I hate to be the cause of reduction in buys, but good evening. Im herald holzer, director of roosevelt house and on behalf of the Hunter College president to his in the room tonight im delighted to welcome you all to the home of franklin d. Roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. One of them is going to be talking about gubernatorial administrative work today, he was the new york state governor before he came president and his wife was the conscience of the empire state just as she later became the conscience of the country and the world, who was never afraid to confront challenging and uncomfortable issues like the one we are going to discuss this evening, even if her own confronting husband, privately of course because this was the 1930s. I think you all know as well, the history of this amazing space. Was originally a wedding gift to franklin and eleanor from his mother sarah, and it came to the newlyweds with only one stipulation. Sarah herself moved in and stayed in residence for the nex
The pain of it. You know, my dad was in the black panthers. This is a huge deal. Im telling you what it means to me. My dad was in the Panther Party, the story of early pushing after he left the Panther Party to stay involved. My earliest memory of black men in jail. Commitment jail. I mean it to be true. My dad taking me into the person to see folks. He identified it as the headquarters. He wanted me to watch a close. The buddy said to me, at the time it was mostly folks, radicals or something went wrong i told them that is why you shall. That is why you scream outside the mainstream because you never know when history will come around 45 years later and people verify things that the mainstream at the time and it turns that is exactly right. Ill save that for the bug. Even though im only halfway through. If you hear who are not familiar, can we just get a very quick summary of what happened and why its important. Sure. 1971, abaco like so many prisons in new york were bursting at the
Poverty, immigration, and Climate Change. Today he heads to capitol hill, but the popes visit to washington has not been without controversy. Seven people were arrested wednesday after staging a diein calling for the ordination of women. We will speak with one of the women priests who were arrested, as well as the granddaughter of dorothy day, founder of the catholic worker movement. Then when exxon knew about Climate Change. Newly uncovered documents show the companys own scientists confirmed Global Warming was occurring over three decades ago due to rising carbon emissions. Then the Company Covered it up, spending millions campaigning to stop the world from taking any action. We found a trail of documents that go back to 1977. Exxon new Carbon Dioxide was ,ncreasing in the atmosphere that the combustion of also feels was driving at, and this post a threat to exxon. Amy we will speak to a former exxon scientist and a reporter from inside climate news. All that and more coming up. Welc
Amy in his first trip ever to the United States, pope francis speaks at the white house about poverty, immigration, and Climate Change. Today he heads to capitol hill, but the popes visit to washington has not been without controversy. Seven people were arrested wednesday after staging a diein calling for the ordination of women. We will speak with one of the women priests who were arrested, as well as the granddaughter of dorothy day, founder of the catholic worker movement. Then when exxon knew about Climate Change. Newly uncovered documents show the companys own scientists confirmed Global Warming was occurring over three decades ago due to rising carbon emissions. Then the Company Covered it up, spending millions campaigning to stop the world from taking any action. We found a trail of documents that go back to 1977. Exxon new Carbon Dioxide was ,ncreasing in the atmosphere that the combustion of also feels was driving at, and this post a threat to exxon. Amy we will speak to a for
CHARLOTTE, N.C. United Methodist delegates repealed their church s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers.