Comeback this summer. The Election Campaign getting back to Something Like normal. Its all part of the great opening up which continues rapidly. Georgia was the first. New numbers show that it has bounced back very very quickly. Its economy has. New jersey has lifted the stayathome order. New york city subways have seen a considerable increase in ridership. And the money from the government is finally flowing to business, and get this, Mortgage Applications are surging, too. Add it all up and it looks like a much stronger summer economy. That outlook helping the market. Caution, however. The Federal Reserve releases its first Economic Forecast in six months this afternoon. That could really move stock prices. But right now, we are seeing a Little Movement to the upside, up 50 for the dow, up about, what, 12 for the s p, and another solid gain for the nasdaq, up almost 1 again and back above 10,000. Its great to be back. My thanks to ashley, susan and lauren for working so hard while i
10 year system, so we had a good time debating that entire set of questions. Im confident i won but i have to contest that it worked very well. The most recent book deals with the topic most of us dont know much about and that is the utterly shameful condition of americas indian reservations and the utterly shameful treatment that native americans receive from the federal government. Naomi has very properly entitled the book the new trail of tears how washington is destroying American Indians and when she tells the story you will see why this is such a fitting title and why the story she has to tell is so important. [applause] thank you for coming out today. It appears been won the argument when he was still teaching here. I usually offer a warning before i give a talk about this subject, not the kind you may be used to but a warning you might want to get something stiffer to drink because it is a depressing topic and i dont have good news for you today. I will begin. 3000 people live
But action their plant to graduate school with his. Father. Ims first met her when i would put that was in your system that i thought was enrages i have written a book called fall of the of fantasy so we had could find debating the entire set of questions. I am very confident that i wonder she acquitted herself very well. But the most recent list of us dont know the utterly shameful condition of the indian reservations and in the shameful treatment that native americans received from the federal government. Naomi has coined the new trail of tears san you will see why that is such a fitting title. And why the story she has to tallis the allimportant. [applause] but his this aid depressing topic so i will begin. And of the above the reservation that makes up the second poorest county in the United States in 2013 the five Police Officers assigned to patrol the area receives 16200500 calls for Emergency Assistance program want to take a moment to do the math. As of 2009 there were 39 innin
Why dont they leave is at the heart of this question and i think there are several we kind of naturally grow up in a place and some of the reservations, you fly to rapid city, south dakota and drive and your cellphone may not work. I think just noticing because it i have done a lot of research on families who live in inner cities and one of the difference between rural and urban poverty is in an urban setting, in the vouth bronx, if you are a child you see middle class people getting on the subway to go to jobs. If you are living on the Pine Ridge Reservation you may not have anyone in your immediate family with any kind of employment. You may not have anyone in your immediate family who is not having a problem with drug or alcohol use. You may not have anybody who has a high school education. There are all of these aspects of life that seem normal to most middle class americans that would seem like life on another planet to People Living in these communities. Isolation is definitely o
Other urban societies or whatnot. Also, what are the differences between the indians versus all americans, what would you say the is the vantage of us the other way. One question i get a lot, i dont know what if this is one thing you want to know is why dont they leave . Thats kind of the heart of this question and i think there are several reasons behind that. First is that we naturally i think we grow up in a place and its home and we know it is home. And i think thats maybe more the case on some of these reservations because theres such an extreme sense of isolation. Some of these reservations, you fly to rapid city south dakota and drive 100 miles. Theres nothing around, your gps doesnt work, your cell phone might not work and i think unlike, this is one of the things i was noticing because ive done a lot of research on families who live in inner cities. One of the differences between rural andurban poverty i think , in an urban setting in the south bronx for instance, chances are