Disenfranchised, dont get to have the education that we might have now or know we have now, going talk to people and places you might not want to talk to people and share what you know. Share whats good and weve got to break that narrative that the democrats have been feeding to the country, that plantation mentality that they been feeding to everyone that this is as far as you get to go and you cant do everything, you cant achieve everything you want. Theres not enough to go around. Then you know what theyre doing, theyre putting a limit on our god. And does god have limits . No, he does not. And neither do you. I go to the university of south carolina. I was wondering your opinion as a conservative woman with our Presumptive Republican nominee being donald trump, he has been in the media a lot for saying some inappropriate things about women, sexual and racist comments, do you feel those are accurate . No, i dont feel theyre accurate at all. They can never tell me anything specific o
Issues, but i think we can get around them. I think we got the sense that there are serious and deep problems that need addressing. We thank you very much for coming to present your book and thank you to the panel. If you have questions we will be at the reception and just ask us in the informal setting. With that, our time is up. [applause] skraz oakland is 11th on the list. To find out the other cities making the top 20 list look for the article on booksquire. Com. Carla hayden was sworn in as the librarian of congress. She is the first woman and africanamerican to hold the position. Thomas jefferson sold most of his library to congress. The british burned the original library of congress when they invaded washington the year before. A later fire destroyed most of jeffersons books we still have some of them. They make up the heart of the library we have here today. Jefferson as you know was a very unique man. Others arranged books alphabetically or by size. He divided his library int
Sell on cable tv this production they came up with called hillary the movie, about hillary clinton. And the Bipartisan Campaign reform act said that because Citizens United was a Nonprofit Corporation, they were limited in how much they could spend in the days leading up to an election. And and so, basically, this group i sued and said youre discriminating against us. Were not able to offer our message because of the Bipartisan Campaign reform act. Now, the court ruled in their favor by a 54 decision. And it was a very close decision and, obviously, hugely controversial. But one of the things that the justices in the majority said is that you cant discriminate against the viewpoint of a Nonprofit Corporation in this sense, you cant reticket them from getting restrict them from getting their message out. However, the justices in the dissent said that, you know, we put these type of restrictions in effect before going back all the way to buckley v. Vallejo. Its not that were keeping eith
Focusing on he thoughts on immigration and immigration is the focus of into book ofs series of campaigns this week. Now another point of view from actress diane guerrero,er book called in the country we love. Diane guerrero has appeared in the liery rated tv series, tv shows, orange is the new black, and jane the virgin. Her new book, in the country we love my family divided is a compelling and moving memoir which has received praise from the literary community. Die diane volunteer with the nonprofit immigrant legal resource center, and with an organization that propromotes civil vomit. And has been named ambassador for citizenship and naturalization by the white house. Tonight she is joined in by the Baltimore Suns awardwinning education reporter, liz boyy and we thank you for being here and moderating this conversation with dianne. Please welcome, diane and liz to the president library. The Pratt Library. [applause] hello. Good evening. Can you all hear us . Hello. This does work. We
The president ial campaign of 2016 as we approach the election, Many Americans say that the political outsiders like trump and carson over the career politicians. A year that americans are so fed up his politics as usual that many now favor unusual politicians. They keep reelecting incumbents over and over. It is really a bizarre moment. Based on a study, independent of the people of the bottom 90 have no impact on the actual congress. The opinions of the economic elite however, are reflected in the action of congress. What looks like responsiveness to the public overall, is really responsiveness to the economic elite. You see the middle class and the poor have virtually no influence over government policy outcome. While the Study Suggests the government does not reflect the people, it can also suggest that congress is susceptible to corruption. But not necessarily corruption by the traditional definition. It is not the petty corruption of trying to earn a few bucks on the side. The co