Arrested over the killing of a model or burry who was shot to death while out running in georgia. Hello we begin in the u. S. Where new figures released on friday show unemployment has surge and april the largest rise in close to 90 years tens of millions of jobs have been wiped out across the country coronavirus lockdowns cripple the economy unemployment skyrocketed to 14. 7 percent it was 4. 4 percent in march and april 28th a half 1000000 jobs were lost the worst result since the Great Depression which began in 1929 its far exceeds the through thousands in a global recession when a point 7000000 jobs were wiped out how to feel her pain caused more. Its a remarkable statistic 20500000 americans are out of work numbers not seen since the Great Depression almost 15 percent of the countrys workers looking for help from the government but because of the way its counted the number is likely closer to 20 percent of the countrys workforce out of their jobs these are not just numbers they ar
Book, captives of liberty prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Revolution history professor t. Cole jones illustrates inhumane conditions inside 18thcentury prison camps and examines how the Continental Congress dealt with the problem of thousands of pows, a population that sometimes outnumbered the American Army. Next, professor jones discusses his book at the American Revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati. Dir. Mccallister clark good evening, everyone. Its so nice to see you here this evening. So many good old friends and new faces. I am ellen mccallister clark, the Library Director at the American Revolution institute of the society of cincinnati. It is my very special pleasure tonight to be the one to introduce t. Cole jones, who us thisspeaking to evening about his new book captives of liberty prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Revolution, which has just come out from the university of pennsylvania press. We hav
Gov. Murphy good afternoon, everybody. Just to remind folks what our plan is for the next couple of days, obviously, we are together right now and i, as i mentioned, unless there is a very meaningful material development, in which case we will change plans, tomorrow will be an email, paper release in terms of the overnight numbers and any other news we have to report, because of the white house vtc on monday, we will do a press conference at 2 00 instead of the usual 1 00 timeframe here. So, i am honored to be joined today, as i am every day, by the woman to my right who needs no introduction. The commissioner of the department of health. Persichilli. To her right, another name well known to most, the state epidemiologist. To my far left, the state police superintendent. And to my immediate left represent the department of workforce development, the commissioner. I mentioned as yesterday that i asked rob to give us an update on the department of labor efforts to ensure every new n in n
Society of the cincinnati. It is my very special pleasure tonight to introduce cole jones will be speaking to us this evening about his new book captives of liberty, prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Revolution. Which has just come out from the university of pennsylvania press. We have known professor jones since 2010 when he received a society of cincinnati scholars grant to conduct research in our library in support of his doctoral dissertation on the administration of enemy prisoners of war and revolutionary america. We have since followed his career and accomplishments with great interest and admiration. He received his ph. D. From Johns Hopkins in 2014, went on to hold post doctoral fellowships at the New York Historical society. Since 2015 he has been assistant professor of history at purdue university. Captives of liberty is an important and thought provoking book that examines how the founding generation of americans grappled with the problems of pr
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