To justify enslaving black people. Amy the family of Henrietta Lacks, a black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has settled with Pharmaceutical Company Thermo Fisher scientific. We will speak to university of pennsylvania professor Dorothy Roberts about Henrietta Lacks and other issues including the criminalization of pregnancy following the overturning of roe v. Wade. Then to the pioneering legal school Kimberle Crenshaw about attacks on the teaching of history by Florida Governor and president ial candidate ron desantis and others. Nobody can be surprised when suddenly this effort to snuff out Critical Race Theory turns out to be an effort to make antiracism unspeakable, to make where studies undoable, to make intersectionality, one of the most widespread concepts across the discipline, something that collegedirected students can only take if the states allow them to. Amy we will also talk to Kimberle Crenshaw abou
To justify enslaving black people. Amy the family of Henrietta Lacks, a black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has settled with Pharmaceutical Company Thermo Fisher scientific. We will speak to university of pennsylvania professor Dorothy Roberts about Henrietta Lacks and other issues including the criminalization of pregnancy following the overturning of roe v. Wade. Then to the pioneering legal school Kimberle Crenshaw about attacks on the teaching of history by Florida Governor and president ial candidate ron desantis and others. Nobody can be surprised when suddenly this effort to snuff out Critical Race Theory turns out to be an effort to make antiracism unspeakable, to make where studies undoable, to make intersectionality, one of the most widespread concepts across the discipline, something that collegedirected students can only take if the states allow them to. Amy we will also talk to Kimberle Crenshaw abou
Eileen good morning, and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. Im eileen oreilly, the president of the National Press club and the managing editor of standards training at axios. This morning we have a special headliners newsmaker event, featuring diane foley, the mother of journalist james foley who was murdered by isis in 2014. The Foley Foundation is announcing its new Journalist Safety Task force and will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as a journalists remain in harms way all around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal to release the reporter evan gershkovich, who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. We continue to advocate for the release of austin tice, who has been held captive in syria for more than 11 years. We have a hugely active press team here that works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the pr
And how this chase finally came to an end. Then campus closure extended the latest university changing commencement plans amid propalestinian protests. Plus, its not just about capturing the people, getting people to come back to work. Its also about bringing people to downtown from all over the bay area and nightlife revival. Thats the idea coming from San Francisco leaders. The new plans to create the states First Entertainment zone. Good morning everybody. Its saturday, may 4th. Well have more on all those stories in just a moment. But first, lisa is here to talk all about this rain. Here we are again. I know a lot of people like it though, because when it shuts off, it shuts off. Thats true. And everything turns brown and the sprinklers get going and you feel guilty about that. So another watering drink of water for the lawn. And the flowers. Unfortunately for Little League and the bikers, you have to wait till the second half of the day or sunday. Live doppler seven there, showing
We learn more details. For now, we say, good evening, im ama daetz and im julian glover. Its been two weeks since College Campus protests against the war in gaza began spreading from Columbia University across the country, and more than 2100 people have been arrested since april the 18th. Here in the bay area, weve been monitoring encampments at uc berkeley, stanford, San Francisco state and sonoma state. Now we want to get to abc seven News Reporter tim johns, who is here with the latest. Tim. Yeah. Ama julian. Now, in contrast to some of the scenes weve witnessed on campuses in places like new york and los angeles, the encampments here in the bay area have been comparatively quiet and respectful, and University Administrators tell me they dont think these encampments will have an impact on commencement ceremonies. The tents are still up at university encampments around the bay area, from San Francisco state over to uc berkeley and stanford up to sonoma state. Students steadfast in th