Welcome everyone to the brooklyn book festival. Tonight is the seventh day of an eightday festival where we have presented over 100 programs and almost 300 authors. It has been a tremendous week of literary celebration as were very grateful to have his of the wilkerson and Michael Eric Dyson with us tonight. I would like to say one thing, show the love by purchasing their books in the link below. They are authors with books after all and going to turn over now to both of them to continue the conversation. Thank you very much. Thank you very kindly. Im honored to be here today with a woman who is among the 304 greatest writers in america, arguably the finest writer in america today. I am going to make that argument. So it is an extraordinary honor to be with you, ms. Isabel wilkerson, and to have this opportunity to chat with you. Theyre calling it a a conversation but im just going to fan boy out and as as a sayn the hood, ask you some questions. And see if we can stimulate the convers
Made its way into the sediment. That makes it unlikely these fukushima flounder will be deemed safe enough to catch and sell anytime soon. Ifill and, a look at tainted waters here in the u. S. One of the countrys largest coal producers gets slapped with penalties in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and ordered to clean up waterways in five different states. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the push for a peaceful resolution in ukraine stalled again today. When all was said and done, it remained unclear if
Consequences of any action that we take in syria. Woodruff then, al qaedas fight against American Drones and the black budget behind u. S. Intelligence. We examine the latest revelations from the classified information leaked by Edward Snowden. Ifill roughly one out of every six new yorkers is over 65. Hari sreenivasan reports on efforts to make the big apple a little more agefriendly. Woodruff and are colleges too focused on Career Training . Jeffrey brown sits down with the author of the new book why teach . Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you.
Information leaked by Edward Snowden. Ifill roughly one out of every six new yorkers is over 65. Hari sreenivasan reports on efforts to make the big apple a little more agefriendly. Woodruff and are colleges too focused on Career Training . Jeffrey brown sits down with the author of the new book why teach . Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill president obama began a trip to europe today for an economic summit, but syria stayed at the top of his agenda. The administrations push for military action advanced in Congress Even as the president i
Snowden. Ifill roughly one out of every six new yorkers is over 65. Hari sreenivasan reports on efforts to make the big apple a little more agefriendly. Woodruff and are colleges too focused on Career Training . Jeffrey brown sits down with the author of the new book why teach . Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill president obama began a trip to europe today for an economic summit, but syria stayed at the top of his agenda. The administrations push for military action advanced in Congress Even as the president issued a new appeal to the wor