We hear it in the news a lot these days, the idea that we all need safe spaces from me in words,tr trigger warnings and opeds that might constitute a microaggression. This is the language of the campus social justice seminar but increasingly its the language of our workplace and our culture. Besides just last weeks. At the news york times. I published an oped there that said simply while we respect Peaceful Protesters we have zero tolerance to looting and rioting. If the police are overwhelmed or outnumbered the National Guard and if necessary the federal troops have to restore order. That p support from a large majority of americans if you look at the polls. The Editorial Page Editor admitted publicly, the publisher defended the decision publicly rosethe news york times up and amended the oped be taken down. They demanded the grownups or i should say the suppose the grownups did run the news york times apologize and thats exactly what happened. What could only be called a struggle ses
Panel and we are each going to say a few words about are quite different roles. Well nathan and i have the same rule. He is trying to steal the 20th century for me and doing a good job. Well have a different roles and back stories. We will talk about that a little bit. Then were going to open it up to questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes of back story. In fact, rarely are we in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like. I talked to him every week even though. Introducing myself. I am a professor at the university of virginia. I cohost back story and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost Nathan Connolly is known to most of you as an outstanding scholar. He is the herbert back stir adams chair Herbert Baxter adams at the john hops guns university. The remaking of jim crows south florida. He is also hard at work on a book that is really a deep transnational
A few words about our quite different roles well, nathan and i have the same role. Hes trying to steal the 20th century from me and doing a pretty good job of it, but we all have relatively different roles in backstory. 9 were going to talk about that a little bit. And then we are going to open it up to your questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes at backstory. In fact, were rarely in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like, for instance, even though i talk to him every week. So introducing myself, im a professor at the university of virginia, i cohost backstory and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost Nathan Connolly, of course, is known to most of you as an outstanding scholar. He is the Herbert Herbert baxter adams chair of history at the Johns Hopkins university. He is the author of a world more concrete real estate and the remaking of jim crows sout
Just so you know you are not on the wrong flight. Im brian balogh and ive been a cohost for backstory for over ten years now. Im going to introduce the panel and then were each going to say a few words about our quite different roles well, nathan and i have the same role. Hes trying to steal the 20th century from me and doing a pretty good job of it, but we all have relatively different roles in backstory. Were going to talk about that a little bit. And then we are going to open it up to your questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes at backstory. In fact, were rarely in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like, for instance, even though i talk to him every week. So introducing myself, im a professor at the university of virginia, i cohost backstory and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost Nathan Connolly, of course, is known to most of you as an outstandin
From survive these historic set backs and does joe biden have what it takes to beat. Special coverage on just. That shape also not official shelter suddenly. Im going to consider just im also not still maintain for the final im. So im just you know i speak out the beach a couple. Hello im richard has been youre watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that were looking at this week brazil both are not all and the fake news contagion that colors the coverage of covert 19 the World Health Organization took too long to get the word out on the virus but the story is more complicated than it seems in pakistan a cleric tells the media what he really thinks of them live on the air and its full of clorox makes your temperature go down dont trump the prospect of him bleach mint and making the medicine go down. A president at odds with his advisors and scientists over covert 19 who has said that the virus is no worse than the flu and who s