Orientation and her identity have come to divide and define the world in an entirely new ways in the 21st century and he is joined in the conversation by andrew solomon, National Book Award Winning writer and lecturer on politics, culture and psychology. You can find the full biographies on the librarys website. An ideal place to post this conversation because we have one of the greatest collections of lgbtq history in the United States and archives of pivotal organizations such as the society of new york and individual activists and key cultural figures from Virginia Woolf to james baldwin. Please remember this event is being recorded, not you but for me the event itself. Mark will take some of your questions at the end and you can send them any time during the conversation by typing your question into the qanda box at the bottom of the app. We will make sure they get to mark and andrew and they will answer as many as they can. At the end of tonights conversation we will be showing a
Enough anger is still growing on the streets protesters are out in force again. The opposition calls it a revote theres anger on the streets of balance following sundays president ial election. And the highest profile arrest yes the hong kongs controversial security nor media tycoon jimmy law is accused of colluding with Foreign Forces. And im sorry the homeless now have all the sport some of europes biggest teams gear up for the euro many tournament in germany which kicks off in less than an hour 7 games in just 12 days that will decide this seasons winners. Were begin this hour with developments in lebanon where the president has accepted the resignation. Of his Prime Ministers government sunday admit president michel al now after announcing his cabinet decision to step down on television the president has asked to stay on the caretaker capacity until a new cabinet is formed a resignation follows a violent protest after more than 200 people were killed in tuesdays explosion in the ca
Considering early elections. This Technology Used him to or. Worst idea for people of color. Facing wrongful arrest we look at how the use of facial Recognition Software impacts black asian and native American People in the u. S. The police in hong kong have made their highest profile arrests so far under the new National Security law by detaining a newspaper owner jimmy like 6 others linked to his prodemocracy appel daily are in custody accused of colluding with Foreign Forces the Hong Kong Journalists Association says its a worrying development for Media Freedom sarah clarke reports. Police made the arrests on monday morning detaining jimmy lie at his home in counting the founder of the prodemocracy newspaper apple daily is well known for his criticism of Chinas Communist Party hes been arrested on suspicion of foreign collusion under the National Security law imposed by china last month this morning at around 945. 00 together with our colleagues on the criminal Investigation Departm
Referendum costs. We did it europe is strong europe is united after 4 days of discussions a unit is striking Historic Deal on an 859000000000. 00 recovery fund. And a u. S. President donald trump has conceded that the corona Virus Outbreak will probably get worse across america before it gets better it mission came in the last hour as the president gave his 1st televised National Coronavirus Briefing Since april he also said americans should wear masks when they come socially distance but missing from the briefing was the countrys top Infectious Diseases expert dr anthony fat shape americas the worst affected nation in the world with more than one 140000 deaths and when over 3800000 cases in some areas of our country are doing very well others are doing less well it will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better something i dont like saying about things but thats the way it is its the way its what we have you look over the world its all over the world. And it tends to do t
Government actively avoided investigating russian interference in the brits and referendum. Irans Supreme Leader calls on the visiting iraqi Prime Minister to end the u. S. Presence in his country. So then u. S. President donald trump has warned that the corona Virus Outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better it is a month apart sure from the optimistic picture hes projected so far even as cases continue to rise in many states well trump was speaking of his newly resumed daily Coronavirus Briefing the 1st since april the public to wear masks and promise to deliver a vaccine as soon as possible United States is the worst affected country in the world more than 141000 whatever 3800000 cases. To join a virus is a vicious and dangerous illness but weve learned a great deal about it and who it targets we are in the process of developing a strategy thats going to be very very powerful weve developed as we go along some areas of our country are doing very well others are doing less