The authors will be deeply grateful for your support. And the panelists are, our esteemed panel today includes mr. Matt taibbi whos a Rolling Stone columnist, and his latest book is hate inc. , the next panelist is jonathan metzl, his book is diagnose of whiteness. And hes also a professor of sociology and psychiatry at vanderbilt university. And save you bhojwani, to my right here, is the founder and president of new american leaders, an organization that promotes incoming, new immigrants into politics, and her book is People Like Us the new t wave of candidates knockig at democracys door. All right. So i thought wed start with a moment of silence for bill de blasios president ial campaign. [laughter] and now continue. [laughter] so well start with matt. You missed that . Ive been moving. [laughter] okay, matt. Tell us what is hate inc. So hate inc. , it started off as a rethink of manufacturing consent. It was a book that i was really influenced a lot before i joined sithe journalism
[inaudible conversations] okay. Greetings, everyone. My name is ted. Im the editor of Frederick Douglass in brooklyn and a professor of journalism. At st. Josephs college in clinton hill here in brooklyn. I want to welcome you to the brooklyn book festival paneland assure you that books for sale are available in the courtyard after the panel. The authors will be deeply grateful for your support. Our panel today includes mr. Matt tie even by. Taibbi who is a Rolling Stone Kole Jim Nuss and hi latest book is hate inc. The next is jonathon mettle. Hi book is dying of whiteness and also a professor of sociology and psychiatry at vanderbilt university. And to my right, the president of new american leaders, an organization that promotes the incoming new immigrants into politics and her book is people like us, the in the wave of candidates knocking at democracys door. Thought we would start with a moment of silence for bill deblasios president ial campaign. And now continue. So, well start w
Has on the and a network, constantly including this evening. [laughter] and he is a historian who has contributed already, while a couple of great books but most recently lincolns last trial. You wonder why i am interested in having him here. [laughter] but he has switched gears and written a book about the man whose home we are in. Fdr. My fifth cousin by blood and my uncle by law. In fact he said it at the very trial that had aprons have written about in this extraordinary book about very little known episode and Theodore Roosevelts life in the twilight of his life. Its an extraordinary legal episode in defense against a charge of bible that was argued here in new york state. So dan, welcome. Soon i think you. Its always an honor to be interviewed by you and always intimidating. The fact a little better though that we are not talking about lincoln. Then i would be in fear. Have no fear. I think its going to be considered new by everybody to who we meet. Start with the obvious. Why th
clashed with parents, opposed to how the district is teaching gender and sexuality. how is school board meeting was about making june pride month, which board members unanimously approved late in the evening. as the braun level, several parents raise concerns about the schools transgender policies and their children were being introduced to subject matters they simply were not ready for. they need to start asking little children what they sexually identify as. children are not sexual beings, nor should they be. the sexualization of children, is pedophilia. nothing more, nothing less. i think it s really be important to be here and santa for all children. and not be exclusive. we are an inclusive community. i am a christian, i go to a inclusive church. i believe in god, and god loves all. i m completely against the law they are trying to pass. to teach little kids in the schools, six years old, to decide about sexual things they don t even know what is going on. teachi
Good morning. Today, were having a hearing on the Biden Administrations fiscal year 2025 budget request for the department of education. And then happy to welcome secretary cardona to her subcommittee once again. Mr. Secretary, looking forward to working in a bipartisan manner again this year with senator capito to help develop h hhs villa billick and pase come pass a senate, pass the senate be signed into law by the president. We did her last year but House Republicans insistence on partisan policy writers had to coding cuts that set our children young people up for success led to repeated shutdown, showdowns and crs. That culminated in passing final appropriation bills in march that we should a past months before. That can askance does nothing to help ensure our federal resources are used most effectively to serve the people we represent. It causes federal agencies to waste time and money instead of working to ensure every dollar we appropriate served our constituents. We cannot play