Carter g. Woodson library in chicago. We thank you for being here today. Its such a joy to have this project between book covers now. You know, its been so long. And, you know, weve been talking with michael, you know, and eventually going get this project done. Each step of the way he keeps saying, you know, one day were going have that big event at the library. Here we are. Its finally here. So im happy to have all of you here with me today. And thank you for coming out on a saturday afternoon. Today i want to begin by talking about how i found this project. Sort of how it found me. Tell some of the background how the negro in illinois was conceived. The individuals who carried it out, then read some passages from the book. My wife and i moved to town to 2004 to urbana champagne, it didnt take me too long to find the Harsh Research Collection. It was straight up the interstate. I came here pretty promptly. I was interested in a fascinating figure. He had been a harlem renaissance poe
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And that was what prompted my direction to say we are going to overhaul the standard performance contract for Medical Center direct recent visitor directors because we are not going to have a contract with their result is aligned with the patient outcome. I think is going to take some of those kinds of structural changes as well to ensure we get people focused. The last thing i would say is this. You know, we are so focused on wait times. As we think about how we teach timeliness of that is in the future, the centerpiece of that is a much more robust focus on patient satisfaction. I think that helps us resent her back on the veteran we are serving in notley cannot wait times in the 700 other metrics that weve got people. Those types of responses should be the driving force to whether someone gets a bonus or how they are compensated. Yes. The spec or general reply to us at it is led to more layers of administrative aspect rather than actual care and that really is a concern. I had a mee
One plan would increase that tax by . 12 per gallon within the next two years. The as he taking on the debate take you to the debate on both sides we are asking your sock your thoughts on the your thoughts on the nations roads and bridges. Republicans can call in at you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages, twitter, or email us. A very good saturday morning. Gearing up for what is going to be a busy travel week created an increase of 1. 9 percent in traffic over last year. This report coming out last week. An estimated 41 Million People will travel during the holiday. Nce day 89 of those will be traveling by car. Is 39 Million People using an automobile during the holiday. That means a lot of wear and tear on the nations roads. The mechanism used for funding road repair is on the road to insolvency. Heres the headline from the national journal. There have been some proposals on capitol hill for an increase in the tax. Sayre is what they had to in an editori
And at the gates, but they are. They hope to be inside and in charge of the castle. No joke. What do we do now . What did the American People do . The obvious answer both have left a mark on the democratic and class struggle over the past 300 years. Be no different. As much as racism and and the struggle against it are timeless , they express themselves differently over time as conditions change. I would argue that the best social and demographic changes going back to the 1960s have been given rise in the opening years of this century to a new racist order and a new Antiracist Movement resisting that order. This dialectic makes the struggle against racism and equality more difficult and more promising. Here is why. Hand, notable victories led by people of color in the first place, have been registered over the past few decades. Perhaps no more than the stunning election of president obama in 2000 eight and 2012. Furthermore Racial Attitudes and sections of the White Community have chan