Peter rob henderson, author of troubled, a memoir of foster care and social class. You wrote harold bloom once told you you were forged in a fire. What did you mean by that . Mr. Henderson well, that was shortly after i arrived at yale. Harold bloom was an esteemed literary critic and professor at yelp. He was in his Twilight Years at that point. And i visited him at his home when i was a student at yale, and i conveyed my shortened, abbreviated version of my story to him. He was 87 years old at this time and he listened quietly and at the end he gently 8csaid, you were forged in a fi. I think maybe that was his poetic way of responding and encapsulating the experiences that i had had growing up in foster homes in los angeles, enlisting in the military when i was 17, all of the setbacks and hiccups and all of the family drama and tore moyle turmoil id experienced all throughout my childhood. Born into poverty, and attempting to make my way in the world. Peter you also had a yell friend
Investor. Plus, we get a look at the markets right now. That is a lot of red, folks. S p 500, down a little bit more than that. The nasdaq composite, down. The company beat on our earnings. The guidance, or lack thereof for the coming year. Weve heard a lot about people photoshopping their pictures. It is not clear how much money adobe can make off of that. Right now, its shares off by almost 15 . Down 14. 25 . He is managing partner at the cla and a cnbc contributor. Good to have you with us. Its been a pretty good start to the year. It has. It is nice is to see the rally broadening. So it is not just the less than magnificent . No, what you are seeing is at least the breath of the market improving. You are seeing other areas attracting capital. Whether it is in commodities, healthcare, financials, industrials. I think you are seeing some of those sectors that have lagged. And they are actually doing pretty well. I think that combination, along with the overhang. We talk about the mag
Damian we begin today with changes to the College Financial aid application process. Sonia ramos joins us now, shes with calsoap, and Sergio Diaz Luna is with the east Side Union High School District in san jose. Welcome to the show. Sonia ramos thank you for having us. Damian tell us first of all, sonia, about the calsoap. Tell us what you all do with calsoap. Sonia so, calsoap is the California Student opportunity and access program. We are a state funded program through the California Student Aid Commission, which is our state agency which administers all state Financial Aid to our students here in california. And so, calsoap serves regions across the state focusing on increasing the College Going rates and access to Financial Aid for low income and first gen students. And our san jose calsoap Program Works here in san jose specifically supporting students in east Side Union High School District. Damian and well get into the these changes first, but you gave me a startling statistic
Supreme Court Decision banning affirmative action and the fallout from it. Well get some guidance from Bay Area College counselor lauren cooke. But first, the fda has approved the first ever pill for postpartum depression. But there are lots of things you need to know about it. Plus, cal fornia is confronting a potty training problem as the state expands Early Childhood education and transitional kindergarten. Joining us live now to share some important and useful information for moms and kids, dr. Yvonne maldonado, professor of pediatrics at stanford medicine. Dr. Maldonado, thanks for joining us. Thank you for inviting me. I would love to start with this new fda approved pill. How common. But before we talk about the pill, how common is postpartum depression itself . Well, there are pretty wide ranging estimates and a lot of people dont report. But we think as many as 1 in 8 to 1 in 10 women in the United States and globally. Its also a problem as well, clearly underreporting. So its
it is almost independence day, give this thought. we keep asking politicians to get things done, get gas cheaper, who will pay my student loan. i was looking at the jfk inauguration speech, you remember the one. ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. a great line, right? and a gutsy line for a politician. think about it, his first day, he says, my fellow americans, don t look at me, you want something done, do it yourself. that is refreshing and that is what i want to hear more of from now on when i look at candidates, i only have one thing on my wish list. give me one thing and the other things fall into place. give me freedom. it s sad we have to say that, isn t it? it is supposed to be a given. remember the constitution, the first amendment is about freedom, there is a reason founding fathers put it first, thanks old white guys. yeah, yeah. [applause] bureaucratic sas freedom is great, it will have to wait, we re in a climate