Organization, what is it . Guest she the people is a National Network of women of color, black, latino, asianamerican, and indigenous from all over the country. Women of color who are united in a common cause around gender, racial, and economic justice. Host who supports organization financially . Combination of foundations and individuals. Certain there a political structure . Doesave progressives there have to be progressives, conservatives . Guest most women of color are democrats and most definitely hold progressive or a social justice frame of mind in voting. But is not required. The issue we deal with is bigger than party. It is bigger than politics. It surrounds helping to shift the culture to make space in our multiracial democracy for the group of voters, 20 of the population, who are least represented, but who the country needs desperately. Host leading up to the announcement last week of senator harris being joe bidens Vice President ial pick, you called it a watershed momen
Democratic ticket. K looks atey beycho campaign news. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Good morning, this is the washington journal for august 18. There is the Wisconsin Center in milwaukee, site of some of the activity of the Democratic National convention. A lot of it being done by zoom and other means. Day one taking place yesterday. Day two tonight and it will feature speeches by bill clinton , alexandria of garcia cortez, and dr. Jill alexandria ocasiocortez, and dr. Jill biden. You can watch on cspan and cspan. Org or follow wrong or follow along on our cspan radio app. We will get your impressions of the first set of the convention. What you think of the format and the speakers that were featured. Among them, Michelle Obama. If you support joe biden, collis that call us at 202 7488000, if you support ,resident trump, 202 7488001 and if you support if you are undecided, 202 7488002. Our Facebook Page if you want to post there, fac
In your inboxes for some information about those events coming to you shortly. In the interim im so pleased to welcome my guest Douglas Murray to our event. This afternoon. Douglas is a journalist and im sure many of you if not all have read his work and the pages of the wall street journal, the National Review for a force in the spectator where he is an associate editor douglas is also an author most recently of the 2019 book the madness of crowds. And he was with us in person at the manhattan institute. I think in early 2018 and that was just after the publication of this book, that strange death of europe. Now, douglas is a Formidable Political critic and while he is an observer of all things uk and i think us, im not sure that he knew that the subject of both his most recent book and this one were coming to play so much during this particular moment in time but they have area and its for that reason and many others that it is my pleasure to welcome you to bless to our event this af
Since the end of world war ii stop joining conversation by former defense secretary james mattis. For more Schedule Information at booktv. Org or consult your program guide. Including the evolution of everything and the rational opposite. This new book, primary focus of our conversation today, is the how Innovation Works. He has been a member of the house of lords. Good to chat with you today. Guest thanks, jim. Great to be with you. Host i noticed from doing events and podcasts, listeners love when i read so ill read a few sentences i cobbled together from your book, as a lead any question, i you rate. Innovation is the most important stat missed loose understood. The reason that most people today live lives of pros apart and wisdom compared with ancestor. Theres freedom to change, experiment, imagine, invest and fail. Liberals argued that since at least the 18th century that freedom needs prosperity but it would argue that they have never found the connection by which one causes the
And now you dont biased because you had karuna virus you wrote the book before you go to but you contract a drone a virus what is the health care in the United States being like remembering of course of the United States has plenty of money when it wants to spend money well its health care night states its just another form of making profit so you dont have the money then you dont get the Health Care Even though not under obamacare you have 28000000 people who are on harvard 24000000 more are under insured its not the basis for responding to a Global Pandemic the viruses certainly didnt get the business memo that they were supposed to cooperate with the profit system well they may have killed it may have killed a 100000 or more americans but youre alive. I am gratefully but not by dint of the American Medical System i in essence was frozen out of the my Doctors Office and had to be diagnosed online by a Nurse Practitioner who neither saw either or hear of me and so to be sure that this