But i think it is something thats underrealized or viewed as sort of not serious. Theres a difference between being not serious and stupid. Its sort of data visualization. Right now were in the very days of that world of news content and people who have been in traditionally news look at that stuff as interesting, sort of a novelty, lets play around with that. But i think were living in an incredibly, incredibly complicated age and being able to break down issues, being able to break things down in a way thats more easily digestible and bringing those experiences right now, theyre very, very expensive and very hard to replicate on mobile devices. I think as that field grows it is going to become a bigger and bigger part of mainstream News Coverage and how we take issues and how we deliver them to people. Theres one thing that i think is, if i may, serious now that i think will be sill ly later whi is sort of niche media sites, things that are focused exclusively on one audience. There
We had the honor to introduce a few people who will make some remarks to celebrate congressman conyers. First, as a tribute to congressman conyers and the way he works the way he builds strong coalitions to fight for what is right in this country there are 19 other groups that have joined i. P. S. And honoring congressman conyers here tonight. I mention them as among the hundreds of groups that have worked with the congressman over the year, that have partnered with this man for this half century. Let me mention the 19. The naacp, the sentencing project, the nation, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, that is prejohn conyers for the nation. Peace action, National Peoples action, jobs with justice, friends of the earth. Social security works. Campaign for americas future. Progressive democrats of america, council for a livable world, alliance for justice fund for constitutional government, wi without warn, Economic Policy institute, and the center for economic and policy research. [a
And other minority groups. Host we are asking if you have questions about what is happening in iraq right now, specifically the efforts of the kurdish people, we are joined for the 35 minutes or so by the head of the Regional Government for the kurds in d. C. U. S. ,re outside the the curtis tend government held kurdistans dan Regional Government, what are they asking right now . Guest we are confronted with a lot of challenges right now. Verse, you mentioned the military and crisis. We have a population of about 5. 3 million. About 1. 5 million. Theyre coming in the tens of thousands, if not the hundreds of thousands. This has been a huge burden under the leadership in providing for and assisting these refugees. On top of this, we have not received a single penny that we are entitled to from baghdad as a result of the oil revenues. Us 9 billion. There has not been a single penny that has come since the beginning of this year. Without revenue coming in, we try to upset and making up fo
Belonged to the kurdistan charges, but Saddam Hussein drove the kurds out. There was an article in the iraqi constitution that calls for a referendum. But that article was also held hostage under the leadership of almaliki. In terms of the oil, the whole region is very rich in natural resources, oil, gas, and other minerals. This is why isis has made the region their target. Not only that, there are american diplomats and businesses and investors on the ground that they would like to go faster. That is why it is critical that we continue to receive the means that we need to push back on isis offenses. Host that is all the time we have in this segment. Ofant to thank Karwan Zebari the Kurdistan Regional government, director of the d. C. Office. Thanks for being with us. As part of our series this week on Lyndon Johnson, we will focus on the elementary and secondary education act of 1955 and how it continues to influence the Education System. And later in the make a Robin Williams suicid
Lets start with the big picture and why this partnership is such a good fit for comcast Nbc Universal. The philanthropic focus is really Digital Literacy. But Digital Literacy is most important to us because we are very concerned about the Digital Divide and how to bridge that Digital Divide. This is our opportunity to work with boys and girls club which we know is very central to the communities where they work. Young people who are coming in and out of those clubs. This will give them an opportunity to learn about Digital Literacy, to learn how to use computers, to learn how to use computers safely and open up everything that is offered for young people. Weve been really contributing to boys and girls clubs for almost 15 years. So this is the continuation of a longterm relationship, but its huge because of our impact. Millions of you p affected by t and were really excited about the partnership. You mentioned technology, dr. Williams, ill ask you, too, without it, young people in tod