Reconstruction, 1862 1920 with Manisha Sinha in conversation with John Stauffer, the American Antiquarian Society is located on the ancestral homelands of the nipmuc Tribal Community who remain an active presence here in central massachusetts. Tonights program is being recorded and will be available on our youtube page or channel following this program. And we are delighted to welcome both those of you who are with us tonight in antiquarian hall in worcester, massachusetts, and those of us who are joining us across the country and around the world on youtube. My name is scott casper. Im the president of the American Antiquarian Society. And tonights event is a special one for us because we are honored to help launch a brand new book published today by an author who has been part of the a community for many, many years. And i would note that her book has already today been reviewed in the New York Times. Indeed Manisha Sinha and her exemplify a us mission which is to cultivate a deeper
To talking war reporter David Patrikarakos as he prepares to return to the frontline of the conflict in ukraine. Hes reported on the war since it started not last, not last year, but all the way back in 2014. And hell be telling us what he thinks the greatest threat to a ukrainian victory is. Thinks the greatest threat to a ukrainian victory is. Looking ukrainian victory is. Looking forward to that. And the Northern Ireland legacy bill has passed the house of commons despite unanimous opposition from within Northern Ireland itself. The bill would grant conditional immunity for all crimes committed during the troubles. Many former soldiers support it, of course, but well be speaking to victims represent Kenny Donaldson on why its so unpopular for others. And well unpopular for others. And well also have stefan kyrees to reflect on the last of the summers theatre productions, including a little bit of shakespeare and later in the show, well be debating the ongoing cashgate scandal thats
Examines the development of the us. Well, first state the way americans have gone about making social provision for themselves. Social provision includes the range of programs at reducing risk or enhancing quality of life. As you know, our focus has on the specific issue of poor relief because relief of poverty seems to present therican system with its most intractable, intractable problem. And im going to depart from our usual format here a little bit. Im going to do a fair amount of reading this afternoon because im concerned about covering all the material that we have to cover over the course of our exploration of the construction of the american welfare. Weve encountered several different persistent themes. A among these are the idea that in the united states, social provision is divided, public and private institutions. Public provide government provides welfare programs. The public like shapes welfare their programing through the tax system on the private end, as discussed, priv
To talking war reporter David Patrikarakos as he prepares to return to the frontline of the conflict in ukraine. Hes reported on the war since it started not last, not last year, but all the way back in 2014. And hell be telling us what he thinks the greatest threat to a ukrainian victory is. Thinks the greatest threat to a ukrainian victory is. Looking ukrainian victory is. Looking forward to that. And the Northern Ireland legacy bill has passed the house of commons despite unanimous opposition from within Northern Ireland itself. The bill would grant conditional immunity for all crimes committed during the troubles. Many former soldiers support it, of course, but well be speaking to victims represent Kenny Donaldson on why its so unpopular for others. And well unpopular for others. And well also have stefan kyrees to reflect on the last of the summers theatre productions, including a little bit of shakespeare and later in the show, well be debating the ongoing cashgate scandal thats
The specific issue of poor relief because relief of poverty seems to present the american system with its most intractable, intractable problem. And im going to depart from our usual format here a little bit. Im going to do a fair amount of reading this afternoon because im concerned about covering all the material that we have to cover over the course of our exploration of the construction of the american welfare. Weve encountered several different persistent themes. A among these are the idea that in the united states, social provision is divided, public and private institutions. Public provide government provides welfare programs. The public like shapes welfare their programing through the tax system on the private end, as discussed, private entities provide Charity Philanthropy and importantly american employers provide the bulk of social welfare benefits. Another theme is the experimentation with institutional forms. Weve worked our way through outdoor relief. The idea that impove