With great personal stories so ive got to think long and hard. The other reason you to think long and hard as you spend so much time doing it. It pulls you away from your family in your day job so you want to choose wisely. Host breaking in is the name of Joan Biskupics is that the rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the politics of justice. Thank you everyone for being here. Welcome to book people. Im steve one of the owners the store and very happy to be here. Im particularly happy to be able to introduce Richard Parker this evening to talk a little bit about his book, lone star nation. Richard in case you guys dont know this is an awardwinning journalist. He has written works that have appeared in the new york times, the new republic and that columbia journalism review many other prominent newspapers and journals across the country. He has written about wars and conflicts in places like mexico our neighbor and iraq, kosovo but now he is come to an even more dangerous place to write and that
Program, the organizers have asked participants to pledge four hours to reading. Throughout the past week booktv asked you on social media what you were planning to read, and heres what you said. On our facebook page, carroll says she just started of by all of james madison. Let us know what youre what you are reading for the National Readathon day on facebook or twitter using hashtag time to read and go to Penguin Random house. Com readathon for more information on how to participate. You are watching booktv. Next, author and journalist Richard Parker reports on the transmission of texas into a Publishing Center and argues the stable have as big an impact on the country in the 21st century as california did in the 20th century. This event is from book people bookstore in austin, texas. Its about 40 minutes. Thank you, everyone for being here. Welcome to book people. Im steve bercu, one of the owners of the store. Im very happy to have you here, and im particularly happy to people intr
[applause] in my role today i am wearing two hats one as the director for human rights of children, and the cochair of the newly appointed committee of students of layla. I want to provide a bit of context as to why we invited everyone here faculty, students, staff and a few members of our community here today. Please let me know if im speaking too quickly because i would love to get through this so you can hear everyone. The issue is face today are intrinsically linked to human rights and childrens rights. It promotes the notion that children are not passive objects of carer were Charity Societies and governments have the ability to protect the social and political and civil rights. This includes the right to be safe him of the right to education and the right to family. This right to the framework is also tied to the social justice with bedrock principles being one of acceptance and affirming dignity of all persons. Advancing social justice acquires a full participation of the commun
Abundant and clean energy while here in our communities. While we spend tax dollars on less viable options. I would like to ask favorable consideration on the bipartisan hydro amendment to be offered very shortly. With that, i yield back. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. For what purpose does the gentlelady from oregon rise . I have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment offered by ms. Bonamici. Page 27, line 13 after the dollar amount insert reduced by 9 million the chair the chair recognizes the gentlelady from oregon. Ms. Bonamici i rise today because of the power and potential of water and in support of a bipartisan amendment that im pleased to offer with my colleagues from pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, our amendment would increase funding to the department of energys Water Power Program by just 9 million, a small price tag that will yield a huge return. This increase is offset by an equal amount by the
Supporters of the military. In this country, in fact, they are essentially a group of people who are about as american as you can get. What we learned about this sort of culture of poverty in the cities, we learn that segregation matters. Segregation matters. There is a long history of how america has treated them. Look at the early civil rights leaders, segregation was a problem. Martin luther king was referring to the need for integration. About the same time there was this group going against the culture, there is also a reaction the idea of segregation as problematic. Coming from the black leadership. And the same set of forces, in fact, they come from the rise of black pride. To learn and so on. What it did, as well as the most decorated sociologist tried to point out, it brings segregation off the table. Let me tell you, it is a problem. To succeed in america, you need not just book knowledge, not the knowledge you learn in school, but cultural and social capital. Whom you know i