Slavery in the united states, through 1950. This was a period that witnessed both progress and backlash. Blackthe civil war virginians and americans embraced new opportunities. On one hand, black lives flourished under the new promises afforded by freedom in American Society. Black people suffer from backlash from the white establishment. At the same time that we see the incess, we also see regress the form of disenfranchisement and legal s segregation in the forms of American Society. We will look at a few stories that exemplify push and pull dynamic. The section starts with reconstruction and key legislative amendments that fundamentally shape the rights of black people in america. In 13th amendment, first 1865, which finally and definitively ended 246 years of slavery and america. Ratified in 18 68, which guaranteed Citizenship Rights to domer slaves and promised to process and protection under the law to all americans. Its an amendment regularly cited in legal cases today. Amendmen
Visited in pennsylvania. County isthampton considered a pivot county. It voted for obama twice and that it voted for trump in 2016. Won by about 5500 votes and obama had won by 6000 votes the election before. It is one of those crucial swing districts and one of the most important areas in the country in a state, pennsylvania, it might be one of the most crucial states in the 2020 election. Betweencated halfway new york city and philadelphia. The lot of ways it mirrors wider demographics of the country. Easton, almost, mirrors it exactly. It is an interesting lab in which to speak to rural voters and urban voters, as well as the people in the middle, the suburban voters, all within 15 minutes of each other. It is an interesting crosssection. Host at the top of your story you said why we wrote this. People have strong opinions about socialism when our reporter Harry Bruinius went to pennsylvania to ask them about what they thought. The more they spoke, the more Common Ground he found. W
202 7488001. That enthuse those of you without Employer Health care plans. We would also like to hear from you on social media. But first, how many people get health care from their employers, the average annual 7,000, 6896nearly single coverage, 19,660 contribute workers 18 of the premium for coverage, 29 for family coverage, and 89 of workers have an annual , the average is about 1500 to 1600. Thats from the Kaiser Family foundation. The issue of employersponsored plans really came into focus in the most recent debates. The Los Angeles Times writes about that with this headline, news analysis, Democrats Ask americans, are you ready to give up jobbased Health Care Coverage . They writes that sharp disagreements among president ial hopefuls have crystallized a critical and explosive political question. I democrats willing to upend Health Care Coverage for their fellow americans . The party is closer than they have been to embracing a Health Care Platform that would move all americans o
Circumstances. You hear about that debate over job creation what the Unemployment Rate is at the beginning of a democratic administration. Bobby scott in the house say■s thq eres supposed to be a House Budget Committee hearing on Budget Committee hearing on later this week the house would force legislationoce tiktok to diversities ownership or face a ban. Live coverage now of the house on cspan. Order. Motion to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 1752 and h. R. 886. Thede first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinish business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from missouri, mraves, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 1752 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerkl report the tile tle. The clerk Union Calendar number 187, h. R. 1752, a bill to amend the public works and Economic Development act of 19
To leave israel. Hes never going to cut off all weapons, leave them without an iron dome or anything like that . Clearly that did not come across as much of a threat to the israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, who said, as you mentioned, that the offensive in rafah on the ground will press ahead as planned he said that the fighting there could take two months, maybe six weeks, perhaps only one month, but it will happen regardless, despite warnings from the us and from even israels closest allies, that going into rafah, given you have well over 1 Million People sheltering there and really no other safe place for them to go inside gaza would be catastrophic. And he also said that that is israelis are byinlarge behind him. This was in response to President Biden saying that, yeah, whose policies are hurting israel more than its helping. Heres netanyahu well, i dont know exactly what the president meant but if you meant by that done, im pursuing private policies against the majority