A game works on parts of government. You kill the postal service, merry the armed forces, screw agriculture subsidies, mary Social Security and healthcare reform tells us. Great tools because in a free and democratic country politics is a stool balanced on a tripod of power, freedom, and responsibility. We live in a free and democratic he. A little less democratic than it was before last night. Also a great tool of political analysis because we are so passionate about our politics and how do passionate affairs end . And a passion, usually coming in a crime of passion sometimes and occasionally they turn into stable, permanent legal arrangements which is to say the endless. This quarrel known as marriage so how do we approach the Political Institutions of our free and democratic country, do we ever grow throw them with violence, do we screw around cheating on them while based cheat on us or do we try to build something lasting and boring but worthy and annoying, marvelously virtuous and
American history tv on cspan3. Journalngton continues. Host we are back and we will start our discussion on hunger and Food Insecurity in the United States during the covid19 pandemic. With us is heather taylor, the director of strategic campaigns for bread for the world. Good morning. Guest good morning. Pleasure to be with you. Host tell us what red for the world is and who funds you, and whether you are a charitable organization. Guest bread for the world is a collective christian voice. We represent down nominations from all denominations from all over the country who come together to urge congress to pass legislation specifically to address poverty and hunger at home in the United States and abroad. Thate a 501 c 3 , and means we are a charitable organization, and we take donations from individuals, churches, congregations, and foundations. Host how Many Americans are actually going hungry or face Food Insecurity right now . Did we see that number go up during the pandemic . Guest
His writing career and books on indepth. Watch booktv this memorial day weekend on cspan2. Journal continues. Host once again, we are going to open up our phone lines to you with the question, will you attend church in person once they are reopened . On friday,because President Donald Trump announced that his administration is moving toward deeming places of worship essential, which means he wants governors to start reopening religious institutions for services immediately. In fact, here is President Trump and what he said. [video clip] President Trump some governors have deemed Liquor Stores essential, but have left out churches and other houses of worship. It is not right. I am correcting this injustice and calling houses of worship essential. I call upon governors to allow our churches and places of worship to open right now. If there is any questions, they are going to have to call me, but they will not be successful in that call. These are places that hold our society together and
In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Or in maybe in the shallows. Greetings and sell you take shit in the world of us pandemic politics we are on public manipulation overdrive my friends with more than 70000 us deaths and climbing we havent seen this kind of spin control coming out of washington d. C. Since w m ds and dick cheneys iraq war and you can find no better example of this than from our very own brand name in chief us President Donald Trump who took to the airwaves to. Day night and laid bare just who the American People are to him and the business interests that he represents and was created by take a listen. Up healing are great citizens of this country to a certain extent and to a large extent as warriors. Theyre warriors we cant keep our country as we have to put our country. Warriors yes we are all of us we are soldiers and love fights in the great war against. Wages who exactly are we fighting or more importantly what exactly are we fight
Bettye kearse is a pushcart prize winning essayist. The other madisons the lost history of a president s black family is her first book and follows a 30 year quest to confirm her lineage. It was called roots for a new generation. Thank you for being part of this program. Most of us grew up thinking of James Madison, the first draft of the u. S. Constitution, what did you think . What were you told . I was told. With this important figure in American History. I was also told he was my greatgreatgrandfather through his relationship with one of those enslaved cooks. He was my ancestor. Host always remember you are a madison. You come from african slaves and president s. What does that mean for you as a child. To me it sets some clear expectations. It was intended to be an installation. In my family history, also i had slaves in my family to be admired as well. Theres a lot to live up to. A lot was expected of me. She carried the stories of her lineage, both had been enslaved, eight genera