So i tell the story of black women in the union and im going to tell you about the story, too. They say, that, well, history is biographical. In my case, it is. Im an immigrant. And i went to university and, you know, started doing history and very much interested in immigration and you know what were women doing. And the story is that is that, you know, you have these women coming from the south end work on the great migration and from the british west indys. They worked as domestic servants. They came across a book and there was one line in it and said that, well, they were also garment workers. And i was just fascinated because it was a new narrative. I it made the difference to black folk the an opportunity to break into industry you have men going to war but in the case of the Garment Industry in new york, the sort of sensation of transatlantic you didnt have the supply of eastern and workers and that was the traditional supply for the Garment Industry. Well, there were all of the
I welcome you to the Historical Society and center this eechk. If you do not know about us, its time you did. We are the first such center within the walls of a major museum in the United States. And its about time. Im not going to take too much time, too much time away from the panel, but i do want to do a special shoutout to our moderator, post doctoral fellow in womens history and public history here at new york his r historical. Nick is a fantastic scholar and human being and colleague and i am so absolutely thrilled that hes been with us at a very important moment in the development of the center. I also want to do a special shoutout to the Melon Foundation itself, which about four years ago, gave us a giant vote of confidence and very lovely grant to get the center up and running because at the Melon Foundation, we are here and we are here to stay. And really, really happy about that. In any case, nick went to columbia university, got his phd there just a couple of years ago, as
Lisa hurricane laura is moving rapidly toward a category four hurricane, possibly inflicting billions of dollars of damage on the gulf coast. Interesting to see how that evolves with respect to oil prices. What else can 2020 bring . Tom it is going to bring a lot of challenges in academic growth. Futures red and green on the screen. Lets get right to the Business Review this morning. Ata what we are looking for 8 30 a. M. Is the july durable goods numbers. Interesting to see what this tells us about Capital Expenditures at a time of such uncertainty for companies. The u. S. Is selling a record 101 of a record 151 billion fiveyear yields. See viceing to president mike pence headlining day three of the Republican National convention. Look out for his 2024 that form, also expected money 24 platform, also expected to be his 2024 platform, also expected to be a potential candidate in the future. Tom we need to stop and explain jackson hole. It is a beautiful place with mountains that only M
Thank you everybody for coming. Please continue to enjoy your lunch. Im tim carney, im a visiting fellow here at the American Enterprise institute as well as being a the commentary ted tor at the Washington Examiner. Were here to talk about health care. But i want to ask a specific question about health care. And its a question that some people on the Free Enterprise side, the free market conservative or libertiarian side dont always ask. Kui, bono in latin, or who benefits. I think sometimes people on the right or right of center are uncomfortable with that question in policy debates because they say why should it matter who benefits . Because we see Elizabeth Warren will say a tax cut is bad because rich people benefit. But i think its actually a very important thing to talk about. One, it definitely influences our debates. If you remember in the 2008 campaign and the passage of obamacare, barack obama certainly thought it was very important to point out that he was battling, you kno
Me on a live interview on his new efforts to combat discrimination. Believe it or not theyre getting a lot of pushback. That and much more on making money. Charles President Trump says the market is in a sell mode. Dow dropping more than 500 points near session lows. A of the president unleashed a tweet storm on china. Want to go to Hillary Vaughn live at white house with the latest. Hillary . Reporter charles President Trump is meeting with his trade team after his promise to respond to china after they hit the u. S. With more tariffs today. In a flury of tweets he says that the u. S. Stupidly lost trillions of dollars to china, making it clear he has really had enough. Saying quote, we dont need china. Frankly would be far better off without them. The president is ordering u. S. Companies to pack up and leave the country and set up operations here in the u. S. Tweeting this, our Great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to china. Trum