Figures the strand is a false fiber that run by thirdgeneration owner. We want to thank all of you for your support. Without a multimedia booklovers and offers like carl and steve we wouldnt be here today and we are so appreciative. So tonight were said to have with us carl hoffman in stephen for a double book launch. Carl is a former contribute editor at the National Geographic traveler and his travels on assignments to 80 countries turkeys off of five books, savage harvest was in the times editors choice, New York Times bestseller, the Washington Post notable book of the year and has been translated into nine languages. The last wild man was a finalist for the competition. The lunatic express was named one of the ten best books of the year by the wall street journal. I marks launch of his latest book liars circus a strange and terrifying journey into the upsidedown world of trumps maga rallies. Steve benen is a producer on the Rachel Maddow show and author of the maddow blog. His art
Panels focus is going to be on Voter Suppression, Election Integrity and security and maybe even gerrymandering if we can get to it and normally we would know what those things mean because its been a long history but its a different scenario now, we all want fair, secure, timely elections but we have three essential problems that are facing this upcoming president ial election, first the Global Pandemic which none of us have ever seen, live through or voted through before, second the emerging tactics of the white house that is moving very broadly and very clearly to suppress the vote and third, the impact of the white house strategy in the Global Pandemic on march penalize groups that include black, brown or those with different abilities, et cetera, and the passenger this administration were Voter Suppression came out, they be put squarely, how it lies, how it lost the ballot and that sort of thing, having been targeted and disenfranchised by the state and federal policy, its a bit m
Too many times to count. So we are thrilled to have them with us today. Say weid also like to have been watching demonstrations unfold in our neighborhood and across the nation as we planned for the future of fords theater. We know we have work to do. We commit to using our platform to tell stories that speak to the present moment with courage, inspiration, healing, and of course, abraham lincoln. With, were talking richard and david about a specific play in which they all took part, necessary sacrifices, which fords theater premiered in 2012. Fords commissioned richard to write the play to celebrate leadership in 2011. This play explores the relationship between president abraham lincoln, played by david selby, and the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, played by Craig Wallace. It seems particularly important this week to consider the leadership of these two great americans as they helped our country find its way through one of our greatest crises. So i want to start this afternoon just
The commitment to our core values. We go live now to president part of ais taking discussion on venezuelan citizens. Many of theump great places we cherish and take care of. I want to thank pastor frank lopez. Where is frank . Thank you, frank. Its not like you not being in the spotlight. Much,reciate it very frank. And my friend, mario diaz, rate congressman and warrior. And he recovered successfully. He was positive, he tested positive. I heard about it and i wasnt thrilled, somebody said his immune system must have been good. It wasnt perfect but you still went through a little bit. Withministration stands every citizen of venezuela, cuba, nicaragua, it stands with the righteous struggle for freedom. The patriots here led socialism to find freedom, and socialism and other things, you know, step beyond socialism in many cases. And now joe biden and the radical left are trying to impose the same system socialism plus. Biden is a puppet of bernie sanders, aoc and the militant left, the
Her book and other matters political. The Washington Post that the professor of history at Boston College explains goldwaters crusade in her masterful Book Publishers weekly says it emphasizes the prevalence of the inequality and other parts of the country during the follow up to the civil war she marshaled a wealth of evidence to support the provocative title conservatives will cry foul but be persuaded by this. Im really excited to dig in here but first i want to invite those of you out there listening to share your questions and you can do that by typing into the qanda box to now it is my great pleasure to introduce Heather Richardson professor of history at Boston College author of books about American College and writer of the very popular with newsletter, letters from an american. Thank you to the historical study for doing this but also to say to people watching that im incredibly excited about this because its the first time weve been able to do our own history thing together a