10 minutes. Nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 1950s i like ike. Nan this idea that this pin that so many peoplelike wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956 notion of nostalgia and simplicity. It really emphasizes this ideaa era of1950s as this prosperity where america was a world leader and the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple. And it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth. This ts a political construction. Ideathe 1950s in fact were s a time wrought with racial discrimination,nstr conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was a time in whichin anticommunism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and frequently anticommunists took away civil liberties. These are all different areas of political pressures in terms of enforcing certain ideals and those that wenst
Central steam and special coverage of Donald Trumps Criminal Trial continues now and you are looking a lot pictures down inside 100 Centre Street behind me today, we expect to drama filled de, with important stakes for megarian, go a long way in determining of donald from gets convicted in ten days, 16 of trial right now, the former prisoners motorcade is on route to the courthouse. Once trump arrives in, court gets underway here, we expect the people to call the man whose evolve from protector to trump pariah, To Trump Prosecution witness Michael Cohen. Im interested. Cooper, new york. And then im jake tapper in y shoots and uci and you are wanting special cnn live coverage of Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up Trial Today the man who bent the truth and broke the law for his his former boss, the former president goes on the stand. Michael dean cohen the former trump fixer and lawyer whose imposed trumps will on whatever he could bullying dealing and lawyering his way into getting trump
And sports illustrateds s. L. Price reports on a working class town through the lens of high school football. Thats just a few of the programs youll see on booktv this weekend. For a complete television schedule, booktv. Org. Booktv on cing span 2 cspan2, television for serious readers. So welcome, everybody. Im the cofounder of civic hall, and just briefly, civic hall, i should say, is weve been here now almost two years. It grew out of an yule conference that we do focused on how technology is changing politics and government that weve been doing since 2004 which is, in fact, how i know pote of our guests. Both of our guests. Weve traveled similar paths. Two years ago we opened civic hall to be a yearround gathering point for the same people and conversations focused on civic tech, how tech can be used for the public good. And so its a pleasure to welcome everybody here. Let me just say that im really excited for the chance to get into this conversation about rules for revolutionarie
And we wrap up our saturday prime time lineup at 11 00 with National Book award winner Colson Whitehead talking about his fictional book the underground railroad, that happens tonight on cspans book tv. So welcome, everybody, im the cofounder of civic hall and civic hall i should say is, weve been here now almost two years. It grew out of an annual conference that we do called personal Democracy Forum, which is focused on how technology is changing politics and government that weve been doing since 2004, which is in fact how i know both of our guests. Weve traveled similar paths for a long time. Two years ago we opened civic hall to be a yearround gathering point for the same people and conversations, focused on civic tech, how tech can be used for public good. And so, its a pleasure to welcome everybody here. Let me just say that im really excited for the chance to get into this conversation about rules for revolutionaries, how big organizers can change everything. Because we are livi
Book and interesting conversation. Thank you very much. We are e calls, tweets and emails live from noon till three pm eastern. Go to book tv. Org for. Org for the complete weekend schedule. Welcome come everybody. I am the cofounder of civic hall. And briefly typical i should say is we have been here now almost two years. S. It grew out of an annual conference we do call personal Democracy Forum focused on how technology is changing politics and government that weve been doing since 2004, which both of our guests if we travel similar path. Two years ago we opened a yearround gathering point for the same people and conversations focused on how to hack can be used for the public good. It is a pleasure to welcome everybody here. Let me say im excited for theme chance to get into this conversation about rules for revolutionaries how big organizing can changeies and everything because we are living in a very unusual time. It isnt just a moment after the election. We are living in an age or