lubaina himid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s a great pleasure to be here at this exhibition, which you have curated. ijust wonder if it continues a theme that i see in so much of your work over a very long time that is, trying to make visible people, communities, things which are so often invisible to most of us. would that apply to what you ve done here? yes, i think i m trying to do two things, probably more than two things, but i m certainly trying to do two things. i m trying to make a set of artists who are making really interesting work more visible. and i m trying to show some of the things that those artists and i have seen, observed, discovered in manchester. rooted here in this place, so what do you think this exhibition tells us about manchester, its past and its present, that might not be familiar to even people who live here? well, i think they might be things that are familiar to people who live here. i see audiences as people who bring their stories to
lubaina himid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s a great pleasure to be here at this exhibition, which you have curated. ijust wonder if it continues a theme that i see in so much of your work over a very long time that is, trying to make visible people, communities, things which are so often invisible to most of us. would that apply to what you ve done here? yes, i think i m trying to do two things, probably more than two things, but i m certainly trying to do two things. i m trying to make a set of artists who are making really interesting work more visible. and i m trying to show some of the things that those artists and i have seen, observed, discovered in manchester. rooted here in this place, so what do you think this exhibition tells us about manchester, its past and its present, that might not be familiar to even people who live here? well, i think they might be things that are familiar to people who live here. i see audiences as people who bring their stories to
lubaina himid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s a great pleasure to be here at this exhibition, which you have curated. ijust wonder if it continues a theme that i see in so much of your work over a very long time that is, trying to make visible people, communities, things which are so often invisible to most of us. would that apply to what you ve done here? yes, i think i m trying to do two things, probably more than two things, but i m certainly trying to do two things. i m trying to make a set of artists who are making really interesting work more visible. and i m trying to show some of the things that those artists and i have seen, observed, discovered in manchester. rooted here in this place, so what do you think this exhibition tells us about manchester, its past and its present, that might not be familiar to even people who live here? well, i think they might be things that are familiar to people who live here. i see audiences as people who bring their stories to
take the dough. you can be sure that all of their states and communities will be benefiting from this, and they won t be complaining about it back home. the republican party clearly adrift in the absence of donald trump. and without a new plan, they re returning to their greatest hits. on that familiar set list, culture wars. a recent example, senator ted cruz s new fund-raiser. he s now signing copies of dr. seuss book green eggs and ham, and it can be yours for a $60 donation. that is not policy. that s not making american lives better. it is distraction in lieu of governing. what senator cruz ignores is it was dr. seuss estate that made the decision to stop publishing six books due to their racist and insensitive imagery. but it doesn t matter if it fires up the base and helps those voters forget that you didn t want to partake in legislation that would send them desperately needed relief, all while reducing childhood poverty by nearly 50%. next up, a tune you might
pandemic. it s the most significant change for middle class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class, in decades, in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. this is a critical moment. this is a moment where we have to make sure that the american people know what s in this plan. they understand what s in this plan. and by the way, this bill is 90 some percent coronavirus centric. this is similar to the bill that we wrote in may, the heroes act, some of which was implemented in december, much of it now. so in a moment i m going to talk to democratic congresswoman jackie speier about covid and what is next for her party. while democrats are focusing on covid relief, the republican party has hoped to find the issue they hope will blunt that, immigration. kevin mccarthy about to lead a fact finding mission to the border as republicans step up the rhetoric on the issue. is the biden open border policies that are inviting even more ill