Hillbilly elegy of the forgotten workingclass men and women part memoir, part historical and analysis. It is an eyeopening journey of the south past, present and future. Anchored in the hometown of South Carolina it illuminates the things that continue to fertilize the soil of one of the worst states in the nation. He traces his fathers life to Martin Luther king and numbered of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. In the dwindling rural black working class many of whom can trace their ancestry back seven generations. In the poetic personal history we are a weekend to the crisis affecting the other forgotten men and women through the media acknowledges. Family members, neighbors and friends. He humanizes the struggles that shaped their lives to gain access to healthcare as the hospitals disappear into to make ends meet as the factories have shut down and to hold onto precious traditions has the towns erode to forge a path forward without succumbing. My vanishing country is al
Quorum call quorum call mr. Sanders madam president. The presiding officer the senator from vermont is recognized. Sorry. Mr. Sanders thank you. Madam president , since last week the senate has been quote, unquote, debating the presiding officer senator, were in a quorum call. Mr. Sanders i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sanders madam president , since last week, the senate ostensibly one of the great deliberative bodies in the world, supposedly, has been quote, unquote, debating the 740 billion National Defense authorization act. Its been a very, very silent debate because of the 700 amendments that have been filed to this bill. There has been no roll call votes on any of them. I do understand that in the managers amendments have been accepted, and thats fine, but weve had a vigorous debate but nobody in the world has heard that debate because theres not been one amendment here on the floor. And knowing the way the senate does
Anchored in his hometown of denmark, South Carolina, my vanishing country illuminates the pride that continues to fertilize the soil in one of the poorest states of the nation. He traces his fathers life to become a friend of Stokely Carmichael Martin Luther king, and member of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. To explore the plight of the south dwindling world black workingclass. Many of whom can trace ancestry back seven generations. In his poetic personal history where awakened to the crisis affecting the other forgotten men and women whom the media seldom acknowledges. These are his family members, neighbors and friends. He humanizes the struggles that shape their lives to gain access to healthcare as rural hospitals disappear to make ends meet, because the factories have shut down and moved overseas, to hold onto precious traditions as their towns erode. To forge a path forward without succumbing to despair. My vanishing country is also a love letter to fatherhood, to
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