Its an epistolary work. Its a letter, a series of letters to my sons of course its also a letter to the larger world. Both about the reality of the terror and anxiety and worry that comes along with being a parent of black children and particularly black boys in the United States at this moment but its also filled with my desire for them to lead a life of beauty and joy. And excellence and self regard. Much of which i think one defined the lessons for an extraordinary definition we have to draw from. Where did you come up with the idea to write your sons a letter . Actually have written them letters privately for years. But my editor gayatri at beacon press said is this something youd be interested in doing i think a large part because i talk about my children all the time direct post about them in social media. Initially what we both had in mind was something that was probably a bit more lighthearted. When i started to reflect on what it would mean to try to tell a story about both my
My, how times have changed. I see hustling, i see killing. Thats what i rap about. Its a tough time to grow up in, and nirvana and kurt cobain in particular reflect that angst. I learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people relate to it. That is a platinum record. Country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. The honeymoon is over. Now were getting down to real commerce. Arent these girls just crazy . Yeah, they are. You may think of it as the channel that rattles your china , occasionally her teeth, and hypnotizes your children. But what you may want to note is that mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the Music Business in this country. Mtv makes the hits. Its as if there were just one National Radio station for new songs. Ending the 80s, in terms of rock music, youre getting a lot of hairbands. Youve got poison, rat, warrants. A lot of hairspray going on. There was a lot of sexually suggestive lyrics. Its not really deep music
Can be banned from State Ballots for being an insurrectionist tightening the belt and the Trump Campaign, his team looking to pull back on spending as his Legal Expenses mount and they look toward what could be a long and costly General Election and the air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents online is expected to plead guilty today in Federal Court, we are live inside core. Im sara sidner with john berman and kate baldwin this Cnn News Central happening now, a highly unusual morning, we are standing by the Supreme Court. Why . Because in a rare move, the Supreme Court told us they will releasing a decision this morning. Why . Well, there is a belief that it is likely the decision on whether donald trump can be banned from State Ballots for being an instance direction is there was a belief it is imminent. Why are why now . Well, Super Tuesday is tomorrow. And a lot of people are voting so you didnt chief Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid is outsid
administration s voice on the world stage. at the time he called her a proven deal maker and touted her joining his team. now she s the one candidate posing possible peril for trump and he s arguing she s so liberal no republican should pick her. we have an opportunity to get this right. i don t know that she s a democrat, but she s close. i trust you. i trust every single one of you. you know how to do this. you know iowa starts it. you know you correct it. she s far too close for you. trump s campaign is piling money into those attacks. he started paid ad weeks ago turning to personal attacks. trump s allies claim this race is over. beltway pundits repeat that same false narrative. the truth is new hampshire is where some campaigns take off and we re early in the process. candidates who lose iowa can find their footing in new hampshire. trump knows that because in his first run it was he, then candidate trump in 2016, who lost iowa and joined the comeback traditio
Now. I am so pleased to introduce tonights speakers. Dr. Clarence lusane is an author, activist, scholar and journalist. He is a professor there and former chairman of Howard Universitys department of politics science. Dr. Lusane earned his b. A. In communications from Wayne State University and both his masters and ph. D. From Howard University and political science. Hes been a political consultant to the Congressional Black Caucus foundation and a former commissioner for the d. C. Commission on African American affairs. He frequently appears on msnbc and cspan and was invited by the obamas to speak at the white house. Author of many books, including the black history of the white house. Lusane lives and works in the washington, d. C. Area. He is joined in conversation tonight by Phillip Martin Senior Investigative reporter for the gbh news center for investigative reporting. Phillip is a multi Award Winning journalist and was part of a team of reporters that was honored in 2002 with