News from the holy oaks home. On sunday night, Lieutenant Governor, secretary and i first learned of the tragic situation that was unfolding at the holy oaks home. As of today, there are 13 confirmed deaths at the facility with at least six attributed to covid19. Someone who visited this amazing place on multiple occasions and found it to be a source of joy and grace and comfort and kindness for the residents their families and the staff that works there this episode is a gutwrenching loss that is nothing short of devastating to all of us. Our hearts go out to the families and the loved ones and the staff who have been so horribly impacted by this series of events. We have Public Health experts on the ground conducting thorough review of the Health Status of all the residents and staff there. We spoke to several members new team on the ground there this morning. Immediate steps have been taken such as implementing clinical command team and testing all patients and staff at the facility
Carried it alive and we are pleased to be joined by former radio host and msnbc contributor Charles Sykes whose new book is called how the rights lost its mind is this a book about donald trump . Guest now, obviously he plays a major role but its really about the conservative movement, what happened to the conservative movement and how it enabled him, capitulated to him and how where did you go wrong . How do they conservative movement go from being run by William F Buckley to sean hannity . digital from Ronald Reagan to donald trump . How do we go from edmund burke to and culture . What happened to us that led up to that and this is the big question i had after the election. What just happened . What did we miss . The things going on that i thought i understood that maybe i didnt. Host was there a seminal moment . Was it years in the making . With the 2016 . Guest i started off with a thesis that donald trump was a black swan. He came in and took over sort of as a fluke, took over thi
Dr. , tatum, we are talking to you about a book that was written 20 years ago, why is that . We are talking about a book that i wrote first 20 years ago and i i have revised and updated which was releasedleased in sep. This book in some ways is a new book because theres a lots of clang in the last 20 years. Was it your idea to update it or the publishers, did they come to you . The publishers approached me about it but i was thinking about it because i wanted to write a book for young people of the 21st century. Why are all black kids sitting together in the cafeteria . That conversation is really a conversation about identity, Identity Development which unfolds in adolescent. One of the things we know is that racial Group Membership is an important part of identity particularly for young people who are targeted by racism in our society. Sitting together can be a source of support, it can be a way of finding affirmation of identity, a way of providing a buffer against the racism of the
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