Coming up this weekend. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern John Hopkins University professors jennifer and discuss their book, what washington its wrong looks how unelected government officials regard the american public. The correlation between the policies which is much stronger. We think there probably should be a stronger correlation between what the progress he is doing and what the public thinks the progress he should be doing. With like to find ways to make that relationship stronger. For many years, i have been annoyed at the various surveys undertaken that seem to be designed to show that ordinary americans dont know anything about government. Sunday night at 10 00 p. M. Eastern april ryan the white house correspondents examines race and Police Shootings in america from the perspective of africanamerican mothers in her latest book, at moms knee. Mother send race in black and white. This book focuses on women because we are the first influencer. For the first teacher. If you look at
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Hello. Excuse me. Hello, everybody. I hope you enjoyed your lunch. We are going to start. Good afternoon and welcome. Im sarah snyder, the Program Director at the William Simon foundation, and im absolutely delighted to introduce todays speaker kay hymowitz. Shortly, i will sit along with all of you as she discusses her latest book, the new brooklyn what it takes to bring a city back. But let me briefly tell you ive come to know and admire kay. The William Simon foundation started supporting kay 13 years ago, and i know that i speak on behalf of the foundations president jim pearson, and my colleague janus, and all those who couldnt join us today in saying that supporting kay as the fellow at the Manhattan Institute continues to be one of the proudest investments that we make each year. A quick overview of her prolific work. She writes extensively on childhood, family issues, poverty and cultural changes in america and has authored by very successful books. She is written for the New Y
[inaudible conversations] hello. Everybody. Excuse me. Hello, everybody. I hope you enjoyed your lunch. Were going to start. Good afternoon and welcome. Im sarah some snyder, the program ticketyear the william e. Simon foundation and absolutely delighted to introduce todays speaker, kay hymowitz. Shortly i will sit in attention with you as she discusses her latest book, the new brooklyn. What it takes to bring a city back. Foundation started supporting kay 13 years ago and i know that i speak on behalf of the foundations president , jim peerson, and my colleague, janice, and all those who couldnt join us today, in saying that supporting kay as the william e. Simon fellow the Manhattan Institute continue to be one of the proudest invests we make each year. A quick overview. She writes on childhood, family issues, poverty, and cultural changes in america, and has authored five very successful books. She has written for the New York Times, the washington post, the wall street journal, new
We have been here for over two years and we are very excited to be here on the Upper West Side supporting these great importance works and i am so happy to have Peter Moscowitz here i loved this book and i think you will all love it, too mac. We do not charge admission so we would ask you to keep supporting great people and great work. For those of you that dont know his work, he is a freelance journalist whos covered a wide variety of issues from disasters to the racist urban planning. A former staff writer at Al Jazeera America hes written for the guardian, New York Times, others. He is a graduate at the school of journalism and joining him in moderating the discussion will be the host of the difficult to name reading series that brings together journalists and others. He is a writer and currently working on a novel. If you noticed booktv is here from cspan and they will be recording. After the talking portion if you could wait for me to come and find you and give you a microphone so