Thank you all. Thank you, thank you so much perrys. Went to welcome it to this session on behalf of humanitys tennessee. Tennessee Arts Commission and a built University Thoughts my honor to host the conversation today between two nonfiction authors who have created what reads as fiction. These are non fiction novels. And i can tell you that by the end of them youll either be rooting for the heroes, hating the villains or weeping with relief that justice is finally been done. So let me introduce you to our authors for today. We have an Investigative Reporter with an author writing arguably about the birth of investigative reporting. So let me bring to the stage the author of citizen reporters, ss mcclure, ida tarbell, and the magazine that re grows america, stephanie bolton. And also joining us today chris hanvey who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reports for the New York Times on how some lawyers and doctors rigged the system to deny benefits to coalminer stricken with black lung diseas
Alleged actions of certain lawyers as well as others in attempting to deny benefits to miners who are suffering from the debilitating effects of black lung disease. Black lung disease is caused through the inhalation of coal mine dust, and it tends to i should say it leads to severe breathing complications and is found mostly in central appalachia, in particular the states of pennsylvania, West Virginia, kentucky and virginia. According to the department of labor, black lung disease contributed to the death t deaths of over 75,000 minders from 1968 to 2007. That averages to over 1,900 miner death cans per year over deaths per year over a 39year period. Thats an extraordinary number. Im a not sure how widely reported that number is. And while overall rates have dropped since 1968, Research Conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and health shows that there has been a spike since the early 1990s particularly in the most severe, fastprogressing type of black lung disea
Good morning. Im richard lui. Communities in the south are on high alert again today. A devastating storm that has killed at least 27 over the past two days threatens a onetwo punch on hardest hit alabama and mississippi. Areas like tupelo, mississippi, were a part of 16 counties reporting tornado damage, says Emergency Management there. They wont know the lives lost until later this morning. Constance lambert returned to her tornadoravaged home, thankful to find her dog alive after one twister. The same storm system killed at least 16 people in arkansas, oklahoma and iowa sunday. Nbcs sarah dallof is in bessemer. Reporter it has been a long night, long morning for our emergency crews here who are still on the scene. Now that the sun is coming up, theyre able to get their first good look at the damage that happened overnight. Relentless and powerful. A night of dangerous tornadoes following several days of deadly storms. Alabama, mississippi, and louisiana were all hit hard. Arkansas,
Its not my style or Donald Trumps style. But it is ted cruzs style. You go to his county conventions an you s and you see the guetactics. Living history. Bernie sanders taking on bill clinton and Hillary Clinton calling drug dealers back in the 90s super predators. What are your thoughts about what he says, senator sanders . Unacceptable. I think we all know what that term meant. In the context that it was said years ago. We know who they were talking about. Black people. Thats exactly right. Thats who it was. Bill clinton defends his out burst over the 1994 crime bill. I still think what i said was right. But i wish i had first said in the hope of being heard by her, youre right about this prison thing, weve got to do something about it. And snl swipe. The politics ahead of the new york primary. The new york city subway is the best way to get around. Its been a while. Is this working . Is this, ill just go in the Old Fashioned way. Ill take the cab. Cab is the best way to get around.