Hit hard by the coronavirus shot down in mexico city our social media star is spreading the spirit of giving among his 2000000 instagram followers. I am. Omarion evanston its good to have you with us we begin in the United States with scenes of angry protests across the country in reaction to the death of an unarmed black man in Police Custody 46 year old george floyd died as he was being detained in the city of minneapolis earlier this week one of the Police Officers involved has been charged with murder demonstrations have been spreading across the country with some turning increasingly violent like in new york city where police made dozens of arrests. Crowds gathered in front of. White house with many people chanting black lives matter there also clashes in atlanta where protesters set fire to a police car and several 1000 people rallied in Houston Texas the city where george floyd grew up. He took the reporters stacey ivins joins me now to talk a bit more about all of this now stac
And britain the war china against imposing a strict new security law on hong kong and the beijing tells them your efforts are doomed to failure. And feeding the needy hit hard by the coronavirus shut down in mexico city palace to show media stars spreading the spirit of giving among his 2000000 instagram followers. By mary in evanston its good to have you with us we begin in the United States with scenes of angry protests across the country in reaction to the death of an unarmed black man in Police Custody 46 year old george floyd died as he was being detained in the city of minneapolis earlier this week one of the Police Officers involved has been charged with murder demonstrations have been spreading. Cross the country with some turning increasingly violent like in new york city where police made dozens of arrests crowds gathered in front of the white house many chanting black lives matter there were also clashes in atlanta where protesters set fire to a police car and several 1000 p
We weree just talking in the back, her discussion of life in a religious community, doubt, how you decide to leave or stay and how you defend yourself in those contexts is one of those conversations that we need to be having so much more as a culture. I think the it opens up so many doors for people. Megan is herself a writer and an activist. She leftp the Westboro Baptist church in november 2012 and is now an educator on topics relating to extremism and communication across ideological lines. At the age of 53, megan at the age of 5, peg began began protesting homosexuality. This church was founded by her grandfather and consisted almost entirely of her extended family. Picketing at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. As the churchs twitter spokesman, megan was one of the few that interacted with the outside world, and twitter actually did something maybe we can applaud it for, it caused her to begin doubting the Strict Church members and its message. After digital
There is no one simple answer to anything. So when i do write these books try to pick an era in American History. When i wrote about bonnie and clyde was really writing about the depression and growing up poor in the dust bowl. When i wrote about the gunfight at the o. K. Corral which was not actually a gunfight and wasnt at the o. K. Corral, but the accidental shooting in an empty lot on fremont street just did not have the same sort of ring to it when the first people were going to write this history. I wanted to write about the settling of the last part of the american frontier, and about three and half years ago it occurred to me that a lot of that unique time in American History that we know as the late 1960s is either getting completely forgotten or else people are sort of putting their own little twist on it. H, yeah. Some people say the hippies with a lot of sex and drugs. Wasnt that silly and cute . Other people remember the passion over the war. The students marching in the s
When i wrote about bonnie and clyde, was really writing about the depression and growing up poor in the dust bowl. When i wrote about the gunfight at the o. K. Corral which was not actually a gunfight and wasnt at the o. K. Corral, but the accidental shooting in an empty lot on fremont street just did not have the same sort of ring to would. The first people were going to write this history. Wanted to write about the settling of the last part of the american frontier. And about three and half years ago it occurred to me that a lot of that unique time in American History that we know as the late 60s is either getting completely forgotten or else people are sort of putting their own little twist on it. Oh, yeah. Some people say, a lot of sex and drugs. Wasnt that silly and cute . Other people remember the passion over the war, the students marching in the street. Other people remember the space age with the cold war still going on. Tom hayden said when i interviewed him for this book tha