Good evening, everyone. My name is elijah and id like to welcome you all to the Elliott Bay Book company, where were very happy to have stephen here to give a reading on his most recent book, inequality kills us all. Covid 19 Health Lessons for the world stephen bezruchka, m. D. M. P. H. , is an associate teaching Professor Emeritus in the departments of Health Systems and Population Health and of Global Health at the school of Public Health at the university of washington. Were also joined tonight by cspan booktv, who are recording tonights event. Were going to have a little conversation and start off with stephen, have a little q a from, the audience, and then were all done. Well wrap up our book signing in the back where you can also purchase stephens book from me. So with that lets all give a warm welcome to stephen. Thank you, elijah. I hope you can hear me and thank all for coming and i want to i think this is a complex hearted book. And if i were to read passages from it, it mig
Hurricane harvey tops 63, we will look at the fallout from the historic storm in a spspecil report from houston, texas, the epicenter of the fossil fuel industry in the united ststates. We will take you on a toxic tour of the city from the flooded Oil Refineries spewing contaminants into the air of neighborhoods, so often poor commmmunities s of cocol. Plus, wewe attend a a fundraiseo pay for the e funerals of four rescue volunteerers who were electrocuted when their small boat was swept away by churning floodwaters. They were undocumented. Then we visit with the father of the Environmental Justice movement dr. Robert bullard after he returned to his houston home after a mandatory evacuation. How can we make invisible communities visible yucca those communities who have been inundated of pollution before the storm yucca when a storm like this, happens, it exposes that vulnerability. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report
Industry in the United States. We will take you on a toxic tour of the city from the flooded Oil Refineries spewing contaminants into the air of neighborhoods, so often poor communities of color. Plus, we attend a fundraiser to pay for the funerals of four rescue volunteers who were electrocuted when their small boat was swept away by churning floodwaters. They were undocumented. Then we visit with the father of the Environmental Justice movement dr. Robert bullard after he returned to his houston home after a mandatory evacuation. How can we make invisible communities visible yucca those communities who have been inundated of pollution before the storm yucca when a storm like this, happens, it exposes that vulnerability. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. North korea carried out its strongestever nuclear test sunday, just days after the u. S. And south korea wrapped up their massive joint military d
Hurricane harvey tops 63, we will look at the fallout from the historic storm in a spspecil report from houston, texas, the epicenter of the fossil fuel industry in the united ststates. We will take you on a toxic tour of the city from the flooded Oil Refineries spewing contaminants into the air of neighborhoods, so often poor commmmunities s of cocol. Plus, wewe attend a a fundraiseo pay for the e funerals of four rescue volunteerers who were electrocuted when their small boat was swept away by churning floodwaters. They were undocumented. Then we visit with the father of the Environmental Justice movement dr. Robert bullard after he returned to his houston home after a mandatory evacuation. How can we make invisible communities visible yucca those communities who have been inundated of pollution before the storm yucca when a storm like this, happens, it exposes that vulnerability. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report
Closed. Pres. Trump nobody thought a politician would have the guts to prove that final leg. And i just close my eyes and said amy we will get response from Standing Rock sioux chair dave. Dave archambault then we speak with commerce and Keith Ellison, suing President Trump. President trump has received billions of dollars from foreign governments leasing space in his properties, placing diplomats in his hotels. He has received valuable trademarks from foreign governments. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. The benefits that we know he has received from foreign governments in violation of the constitution. We need to have a transparent process. Amy the lawsuit aims to make sure the president abide by the constitution. We will also talk to congressman ellison about how President Trump is now under investigation of possible obstruction of justice. Trumps plans to reverse the historic normalization of relations between the u. S. And cuba brokered under president obama when he goes t