Fired after he refused to resign. This event from cooper union in new york city is an hour. The man of the hour joins a long lineage of men and women who have broken barriers in this historic call. Advancements in critical thinking, new ideas, and the voices of others that have been marginalized. Some of the most important speakers in history have stood contest, andnt, shape the issues of their day. It is here that Abraham Lincoln made his famous speech arguing against the expansion of slavery and launching his bid for the presidency. Stanton advocated and organized for the womans right to vote. Efforts to form the naacp took place here. It before they were elected, president s lincoln, grant, cleveland, taft, theodore roosevelt, obama, and trump all spoke here. Made his firston Major Economic speech here. A speech that is said to have set the course for his presidency. The list goes on. And so does the legacy of the great hall. Important places tonight and congressman john lewis on ma
Fired after he refused to resign. This event from cooper union in new york city is an hour. The man of the hour joins a long lineage of men and women who have broken barriers in this historic call. Advancements in critical thinking, new ideas, and the voices of others that have been marginalized. Some of the most important speakers in history have stood contest, andnt, shape the issues of their day. It is here that Abraham Lincoln made his famous speech arguing against the expansion of slavery and launching his bid for the presidency. Stanton advocated and organized for the womans right to vote. Efforts to form the naacp took place here. It before they were elected, president s lincoln, grant, cleveland, taft, theodore roosevelt, obama, and trump all spoke here. Made his firston Major Economic speech here. A speech that is said to have set the course for his presidency. The list goes on. And so does the legacy of the great hall. Important places tonight and congressman john lewis on ma
Fired after he refused to resign. This event from cooper union in new york city is an hour. The man of the hour joins a long lineage of men and women who have broken barriers in this historic call. Advancements in critical thinking, new ideas, and the voices of others that have been marginalized. Some of the most important speakers in history have stood contest, andnt, shape the issues of their day. It is here that Abraham Lincoln made his famous speech arguing against the expansion of slavery and launching his bid for the presidency. Stanton advocated and organized for the womans right to vote. Efforts to form the naacp took place here. It before they were elected, president s lincoln, grant, cleveland, taft, theodore roosevelt, obama, and trump all spoke here. Made his firston Major Economic speech here. A speech that is said to have set the course for his presidency. The list goes on. And so does the legacy of the great hall. Important places tonight and congressman john lewis on ma
If you can see i cannot do anything about the space. Theres some room on the floor. Feel free to make yourself comfortable. This is our session on public intellectuals, and i am delighted to be here for this panel. I apologize ahead of time if i have a little less energy than usual. My appendix did not quite make it to the new year so i am just recovering from surgery. This has been a big debate, ongoing debate about public intellectuals in the academy. There was an article by Nicholas Kristof which triggered a conversation. He wrote an article professors we need you are cope he argued that many people in the academy have in some ways render themselves irrelevant for various reasons using languages fall of jargon or revocation or not asking questions that were relevant to the public, and in some ways fostered a disconnect with the public that is unnecessary and is also unfortunate. He did not say this was true of all intellectuals, but he did argue that public intellectuals are in some
About her stepfathers Bruce Jenners transition. I think when you are finally ready to be your true self, then youre prepared for anything. And viva today. Romeo santos one of the biggest superstars in latin music kicks off a special week with a live concert on our plaz today, april 27, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Matt has the morning off. The crowd is here because Kathie Lee Gifford joins me. My gosh. You dont look familiar but you do today. Yes. So great to have you here. Thank you. We have a big story at the top. A devastating earthquake in nepal with almost every passing hour the death toll is rising. Its now more than 3,700. A u. S. Military plane may arrive with search and rescue teams. On mt. Everest helicopters used to transport dozens off of the mountains. This is chilling video of the moment that avalanche swept through ba