the real estate industry was institutionalizing and solidifying racial bias in the way the economy was built. but for a lot of people the story stops there and his new book race for profit picks up the story and looks at what happens after redlining and the short version is that doesn t get better. i m really excited to have her here today. excited that unc press was able to support his unc press universal northcom press has really just publish some amazing, amazing vital work of history of the civil rights movement, so i would definitely recommend checking out the rest of the books they ve been publishing recently because it s an amazing list. this book which was long listed for the national book award is just one of the latest in that and really, really excited to have her here today so please join in welcoming keeanga-yamahtta taylor. [applause] thank you very much. the book race for profit: how banks and the real estate industry undermined black homeownership, and i
Irrationality and radicalism. How did it come to this . To answer that question you can do no better than to read David Horowitz book to left in University Volume eight in the latest edition to a series of collective desk with the conservative writings including the black book of the american left including essays from 1993 to 2010 and addresses what David Horowitz described as one of the underappreciated tragedies of our time the campaign of the left to support the curricula of collegiate institutions and transform entire schools and departments into doctrinal Training Centers for social and political causes for this campaign arguably has done more to steer america towards the left the left goal of the fundamental transformation of this country than any other strategy and cultural marxism. If the chronicle said campaigner for next quarter century and gave of davids efforts to bring political neutrality and intellectual integrity to college classrooms. You party now David Horowitz is t
Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan an arctic cold wave still dominates the nations weather tonight. Its blamed for several deaths, and its making life miserable for millions of people. That includes new york, where a dozen people died last night, in the citys worst residential fire in decades. John yang begins our coverage. Yang it was just 15 degrees when the bronx blaze erupted, forcing firefighters to battle both the fire and the cold. Residents escaping the flames had to brave the elements. All i see is a bunch of kids on the fire escape cold, and with no jacket, no pajamas, no nothing. Yang the citys fire commissioner s
Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan an arctic cold wave still dominates the nations weather tonight. Its blamed for several deaths, and its making life miserable for millions of people. That includes new york, where a dozen people died last night, in the citys worst residential fire in decades. John yang begins our coverage. Yang it was just 15 degrees when the bronx blaze erupted, forcing firefighters to battle both the fire and the cold. Residents escaping the flames had to brave the elements. All i see is a bunch of kids on the fire escape cold, and with no jacket, no pajamas, no nothing. Yang the citys fire commissioner s
[applause] good evening. I am bradley graham. Coowner of politics and prose. On behalf of everybody here thank you for coming. Well try to get through tonight home in time to watch the last words of this evening. [applause] the show hasnt been written yet so its very important we really and on time. Lawrence has had several interesting careers, back in the late 1970s and 80s he was a writer. His first book, deadly force about wrongful death and Police Brutality in which his father was the plaintiffs lawyer was made into a movie and will be reissued soon. If you dont have a copy you can look forward to that. Thats called deadly force. In the late 80s he got into politics working for Daniel Patrick moynihan. Later the finance committee. After that he found his way to tv writing for or producing on the west wing and winning an emmy in the process. He was also involved with other dramas including first monday and mr. Sterling. I mentioned he won an emmy for his work, that was the last thin