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Lynton history prize, mark lynton history prize and the j. Anthony prize, the work in progress prizes are administered jointly by Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for journalism at harvard md. And i want to introduce our host for this evening. Thats ann marie lipinski, Pulitzer Prize winning former editor of the chicago tribune, and the curator here of the Nieman Foundation. Weve got a good and very stimulating evening ahead. So ann marie. Were killing the music. Ive done it. Thats it. Its my folks that jazz. Its called the jazz lounge bar. In case anyones interested interested. Thank you, jonathan, and welcome everyone to the presentation of the j. Anthony lucas prize project honoring the very best of american Nonfiction Book writing in celebrating gifted writer winners this evening, we remember Pulitzer Prize winning journalist j. Anthony lucas, a 1969 nieman fellow, and the late mark linton, a history enthusiast and expert and Senior Executive at the firm Hunter
constitutional right to an abortion. for president joe biden to lawmakers, to everyday americans, it seems like everyone is bringing the newly minted justice jackson the behavior of the supreme court of united states. what we have seen in the last weekend on guns, climate, abortion is just a preview of we are seeing not only the overturning of decades of protection, but with the descend upon us, there is an indication of what else could be coming down the line. this affects the personal freedom of everybody. newly minted justice ketanji brown jackson, the first black woman on the supreme court will be on the bench when the next term starts in october. there are already some cases on deck, including an election case that some experts warn could bring complete chaos to american elections. joining me now, talia let mick, legal correspondent for slate and podcast. jim jared kushner and host of jack stiff matters podcast. both are msnbc analysts. some are calling the
Train. And then i saw the notes app, so i opened it up and i started writing and i used to commute to and from school every day. And i would read harriet the spy and Babysitters Club and it was there that i felt an immediate connection to that. I felt like she was sitting next to me kind of just telling me where to go. And from then on it, just the all of the memories poured out of me right, right. Chloe cooper jones is a philosophy and freelance journalist who was a finalist for a 2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing her book easy beauty, a memoir is out now. Linda villarosa is a contributing writer at the New York Times magazine, where she covers race equality and public health. Her new book, under skin the hidden toll of racism on, american lives and on the health of our nation, was published in june by doubleday. She is a contributor to the 1619 project. Meghan orourke is the author of the New York Times bestseller the kingdom reimagining chronic the long goodbye and the poetry c
Philosophy and freelance journalist who was a finalist for a 2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing her book easy beauty, a memoir is out now. Linda villarosa is a contributing writer at the New York Times magazine, where she covers race equality and public health. Her new book, under skin the hidden toll of racism on, american lives and on the health of our nation, was published in june by doubleday. She is a contributor to the 1619 project. Meghan orourke is the author of the New York Times bestseller the kingdom reimagining chronic the long goodbye and the poetry collection sun in days want and half life. She is also the editor of the yale review. Okay, lets do this. So we live in a society where racism and discrimination are into the systems, into the institutions of america. This country was built on the mistake and idea that some humans have more worth than others. The three authors here today, chloe cooper jones, Linda Villarosa and Meghan Orourke have, written books that are an