Archives. Visit booktv. Org for a complete schedule. And we now kick off with Professor William darity and Kirsten Mullin with their thoughts on reparations for africanamericans. Good afternoon, im director of the hutchens center on fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. We gather here this afternoon virtually because of the covid plague to talk about reparations for africanamericans for the descendants of slaves. We planned this event before covid19 and, of course, william darity and Kirstin Mullen wrote the book long before covid19. Its worth noting that the coronavirus seems to be afflicting blacks much more than whites. Theres a piece in the journal of the American Medical Association which points out that more than half the covid19 cases in chicago and nearly 70 of the deaths involve black individuals although blacks make up only 30 of the population. Theres a story on the front page of the Washington Post today about contrasting the intensive care unit in afflue
By highlighting his life and career. With me here on set is president ial historian michael, radio talk show host hugh hewitt and democratic strategist, don callaway. One of the things, before we get into the many moments of recognition and respect that the nation came to have for senator mccain. One of the things that struck me personally, is that he could get along and reach out to people he disagreed with. He and i disagreed in 2000, when he ran for president. He said things about the democrats were getting too much like the al sharptons of the world. I shot back. Then we met somewhere in capitol hill and he reached out and said, you know, at least you believe in what you believe in and i do, too. We became friendly. Years later, as i started doing this show, i would have his daughter on a couple times. I will never forget he stopped me at the obama inauguration and says, you know, al, i want to thank you for respecting my daughter. Even though you disagree, it means a lot when your
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Chris Kenny, the founder of A Better Delaware, Inc., selected
Kathleen Rutherford as its new Executive Director.
The group “supports pro-growth, pro-jobs policies and overall transparency in state government,” a release stated. Kenny is a supermarket executive who also owns an online news media company.
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Rutherford will succeed Zoe Callaway, who worked on more than a dozen advocacy campaigns for two years, including raising public awareness about a possible soda tax and income tax hike.
Callaway has accepted a position at the Tax Foundation in Washington, DC as Manager of Education.
“While I am saddened to see Zoe leave after such an incredible performance launching ABD to become a formidable presence in Delaware, I am very happy to see her land a much larger role in such a prestigious national organization in DC.”