Serve and Abolitionist Movement. Someone has been missing from the landscape. One group of young people have helped to highlight his legacy. . Boston and massachusetts have made significant contributions to the Abolitionist Movement of the 1800s. With that historic role, a link to iconic figures the contributed to change. One being Frederick Douglass. Friin equality. He became an abolitionist and worked with the group of people who also wanted the same as him and wanted freedom for the black community. Karen but the residents know and understand Frederick Douglass and his two impact in the commonwealth . Boston as the hub of abolition would be were a lot of and interpretation at the amusement african africanamerican history on beacon hill says Frederick Douglass performed grand orations in the african meetinghouse. He wanted slavery to and then he spoke those words in here. He was very active here, and disregard for the abolitionist circles make us know that he was ton was loving its e
Had a complicated relationship, made even more complex by Donald Trumps apparent encouragement of russian spies to hack Hillary Clinton. I spoke with stephen flanagan, senior political scientist at rand, about the delicate dance of u. S. Russia relations. Welcome to the program. Mr. Flanagan thank you, great to be here. So we are almost at the end of obamas second term. Hes focused on his legacy and many who cover him are focused on his legacy. Relative to nato and European Security . Mr. Flanagan well, the president came in determined to strengthen the Alliance Relationships in europe and east asia, which has been strained over the iraq war and other problems in afghanistan and elsewhere. I think that has certainly been achieved. There has been a lot of misinterpretation with the rebalance to asia that somehow, that was turning its back on europe. That was never the intention of the administration. Refocus our attention on east asia because of its growing importance. But it doesnt mea
Jessica hello, im jessica gomez, filling in on this weeks matter of fact. Today, a special edition. A look at our nations cities. When it comes to national politics, weve seen the gloves are off. Hillary Clinton Donald trump simply does not have the temperament to be president. Donald trump shes got the temperament of a loser and i have the temperament of a winner, and we have to win again. Jessica but on the local le it often falls on city leaders to find common ground. We begin with two mayors, jim brainard of carmel, indiana, and Chris Cabaldon of west sacramento, california. Both are working to bridge the partisan gap. Theyre starting with the environment and say National Leaders should take notice. Mayor cabaldon its odd in california. Because of the Climate Change, were dealing with both the potential of hardly any water to drink, except during flood so we are trying to both protect ourselves from water, and then scrounging for it for the rest of the year. The other issue for us
The spotlight. She excited the crowd with the joy and gratitude at the 86th Academy Awards in 2014. [applause] lord god, i praise you and i am so happy to be here representing the ladies of 20 feet from stardom. . I sing because i am happy. [applause] i sing because . I know he watches me. . [applause] elton, i love you. Darlene love joins us now in the studio. What up powerful moment that was. It was. Did you know before you went on stage that that song would come out . The night before they told me i was going on the stage, i had no idea i was going up. They only let the producers come up for the documentary and the director. They gave me 45 seconds so what was i going to do . They better not touch you at all. I just about my head and i said oh lord, give me something. That was the song. That was just perfect. What a great moment of validation that mustve been for you. To receive the oscar for that wonderful story about being 20 feet from stardom. Documentary together and what it was
Online job applications. The city of boston is working to tackle this issue. They call it tech equity. Making sure all residents have equal access to innovation and the internet. It has been said all you need to start a business is an idea. But starting a business isnt that simple. Without access to idea is just that. The reason why technology is so important is because this is the way people are doing business. If you intend to correspond in any way, this is how you are going to do it. It does not make any sense for someone to tell you, this is how we are doing business in jargon internet is to our everyday lives. If you are an adult, you probably use it every day at work or even to find a job. In boston, the city of so much innovation, one in five families does not have access to the internet. Thats a huge number when you think about it. 20 percent of ourse fundamentally important way to get connected. This is the city of bostons chief technology officer. He is tackling the problem o