sir? those famous lines ordered by the lawyer, joseph wells, on june 9th, 1954, effectively marked the end of mccarthy-ism, and the investigations that wisconsin senator joseph mccarthy was conducting as chair of the senate permit cup subcommittee on investigations, created initially to investigate government fraud and waste, but he quickly turned into a political pet project to investigate what mccarthy claimed was communist infiltration at all levels of the government. the origins of the mccarthy investigation could be traced back to the post world war i overmine committee, a subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee, and to the house special committee to investigate communist activities in the united states, aka, the fish committee, formed and chaired by new york representative hamilton fish. the fish committee walked into the famous house on american activities committee, formed in 1938, and chaired by texas representative merchandise. much like mccarthy, 12 years
Part young girl and part start, wakes up in the middle of the night, she forgets her mother reminded her not to touch the big moon cake that they made together. it s hanging in the sky to cool, but it s all little stark and think about, so she takes a small bite and heads back to bed. night after night, she does, this until the kick gets to be not a circle anymore, but her mom doesn t get mad. she and little star head off together to make another. that is the plot of grace lin award-winning modern fable, a big man cake for little star. they, the feature of the velshi banned book club. the glossy bath book and it s dunning illustrations ignores things, including a mother daughter relationship rooted in understanding and love. the faces of the moon represented by the moon cake, in a celebration of chinese heritage. a big moon cake for little start was written to honor the moon cake festival, also known
We have the story, and we drew the picture. so, that is usually how it work. every once in a while, i will have an idea for a, all draw a picture and be like, this is what i want to do a book of! that is my newest book, that s coming out in february. that book was actually done that way. i created an image for children s book week, and i loved the image so much i was like, i really want to do a book about this. so, i, my coauthor, kate mesar and i, worked together to make a story just around the picture. so, that was actually very unique. we look forward to having you back, just to talk about books and not the fact of the band. thank you very much, grace, for being there. award-winning author of numerous books, including today s feature, a big mooncake for little star. all that talk of mooncakes got me hungry. i want to get my hands on. one i will have to settle for a flan or a cookie. anyway, that s it for me. thanks for watching. catching back here tomorrow morning for 8 to 10 a.m.
Longer faster in the author of the upcoming, wrote, the history of a national obsession, which hits the shelves on tuesday. straight ahead, texas representative sheila jackson lee joins me to discuss the new congress, including the future of her new legislation to fight white supremacy, another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning, i m ali velshi. it s sunday. i m sorry, it saturday, tomorrow will be sunday. today is saturday, january 21st. two years and a day since president joe biden s integration. we begin with a dire warning for presidents day, but we have to go back in history for this famous exchange. little did i dream you could be so reckless and so cruel. asked to do an injury to that land. let us not assassinate this land further. you ve done enough. have you no sense of decency,
As the mid autumn festival. it s one of the big holidays in chinese culture, and celebrates the day when the moon is set to be the most bright and full. the book is critically acclaimed at is the winner of the prestigious [interpreter] honor. it s also faced calls for ban, one of the many, many titles through from the central york high school in york, pennsylvania, based on what was supposed to be a helpful diversity list. it s not surprising a book written to celebrate chinese culture would be subject to removal. we have seen flagrant examples of this time and time again on the velshi banned book club. after all, the asian community at large has faced and unprecedented uptick of racially charged violence in the wake of covid-19. according to the center for study of hate and extremism, anti asian hate crimes in this country jumped 339% in 2021. a number is conflagrated, us make clear is this thing. the sense of otherness, the danger, the hurt, the exclusion. we featured many titles on