Hog and swill milk. Run primarily by immigrants, these industries faced pressure as well to do new yorkers posted for health and sanitation regulation. This event was cohosted by the museum of the city of new york and the new york academy of medicine. Announcer my talk will have two parts. Professor mcneur i am always happy to talk trash with new yorkers. Even happier that there is a large series on trash in new york. First, i will talk about my book project and the research i have done an environmental history. Then i will go into specifics about my research focusing on the intersection of food politics, and the urban environment and 1850s new york. The book i have written is an environmental history of new york city. Many people believe that new york is the opinion me of a concrete jungle. After coming across a reference to the hog riots, i thought the idea of hogs roaming the streets of new york was amusing. The fact that they were people passionate enough to ride over them was even
And the brush that is burning is what we would normally see in late august. Reporter in rural washington state, homeowners returning to find their houses destroyed. I raised all three of my babies in here, even him. Its crazy. Reporter in Southern California it was round two in the busy cajon pass. Major thoroughfare connecting l. A. To las vegas. Two weeks ago a wildfire moved in so fast, it torched cars stuck in gridlock. Another fire near the same stretch of highway. This time firefighters were able to divert traffic and the flames. Now, the main focus for firefighters in california is up north at the rocky fire. So far 14 homes have burned and others have been saved. The big tanker came in, the big jet. Dropped a lot of the retardant. If it wasnt for that, i dont think my property would still be here. Still, hes packing up and evacuating along with hundreds of others as the fire continues to grow. A relentless fire season only expected to get worse. Here at the rocky fire, fire cre
The devastation from the largest rainstorm to hit the United States is growing. More than 38 people have died. We will go to houston and port arthur texasas for the latest. We will speak with george about the crucial questions hurricane is not being asked about. Another suspect in the brutal beating of Deandre Harris. He has been arrested. Why has it taken so long when the beating was caught on film . We will speak with the reporter who interviewed deandre. There was all of this chaos going around. I felt myself getting hit. Every time i got up, i lost consciousness and fell. And tooks picked me up me over ththere so i can g get. Amamy all that and more, comimg up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, Tropical Storm harvey made a seconond landfall wednesy near the border with louisiana, bringing more rain and catastrophic flooding to the gulf coast as the death toll from the unprecedented storm rose to at least 38. On thursday
We will go to houston and port arthur texas for the latest. We will speak with george about the crucial questions hurricane is not being asked about. Another suspect in the brutal beating of Deandre Harris. He has been arrested. Why has it taken so long when the beating was caught on film . We will speak with the reporter who interviewed deandre. There was all of this chaos going around. I felt myself getting hit. Every time i got up, i lost consciousness and fell. And tooks picked me up me over there so i can get help. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, Tropical Storm harvey made a second landfall wednesday near the border with louisiana, bringing more rain and catastrophic flooding to the gulf coast as the death toll from the unprecedented storm rose to at least 38. On thursday, the city of port arthur, texas, which is 100 miles east of houston was completely under water. Flooding even for
The devastation from the largest rainstorm to hit the United States is growing. More than 38 people have died. We will go to houston and port arthur texexas for the latest. We will speak with george about the crucial questions hurricane is not being asked about. Another suspect in the brutal beating of Deandre Harris. He has been arrested. Why has it taken so long when the beating was caught on film . We will speak with the reporter who interviewed deandre. There was all of this chaos going around. I felt myself getting hit. Every time i got up, i lost consciousness and fell. And tooks picked me up me over ththere so i can g get. Amamy all that and more, comimg up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, Tropical Storm harvey made a seconond landfall wednesy near the border with louisiana, bringing more rain and catastrophic flooding to the gulf coast as the death toll from the unprecedented storm rose to at least 38. On thursday