One closely watched race is colorados citizeninitiated amendment 69, which would finance universal health care , other states are set to vote on marijuana legalization, guns, Public Education, taxes, and the Death Penalty. Then to the Battle Ground state of ohio, where Investigative Reporter greg palast. Today on election day, they are not going to use white sheets to keep away black voters. Today, they are using amy Media Coverage for who will be president that is, who will win the Electoral College. We will speak with rob richie, director of fairvote, who wants to establish a National Popular vote so all states count. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today is election day. And across the United States voters are preparing to go to , the polls to cast thr president , senator, governor, a attorneys general, and a slew of other elected officials. On monday, both Hillary Clinton and donald trump finished
Will make. No, not the president ial, senate or congressional races, but more than 150 measures in 35 states, more thahan in any electction ie last decade. They are Ballot Initiatives. Onone closely watched race is colorados citizeninitiated amendment 69, which would finance universal health care , other states are set to vote on marijuana legalization, guns, Public Education, taxes, and the Death Penalty. Then to the Battle Ground state of ohio, w where investigative repoporter greg palast. Today on n election day, they are not going to use white sheets to keep away black voters. Today, they are using amy Media Coverage for who will be president that is, who will win the Electoral College. We will speak with rob richie, director of fairvote, who wants to establish a National Popular vote so all states count. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today is election day. And across the United States voters are
Will make. No, not the president ial, senate or congressional races, but more than 150 measures in 35 states, more thahan in any electction ie last decade. They are Ballot Initiatives. Onone closely watched race is colorados citizeninitiated amendment 69, which would finance universal health care , other states are set to vote on marijuana legalization, guns, Public Education, taxes, and the Death Penalty. Then to the Battle Ground state of ohio, w where investigative repoporter greg palast. Today on n election day, they are not going to use white sheets to keep away black voters. Today, they are using amy Media Coverage for who will be president that is, who will win the Electoral College. We will speak with rob richie, director of fairvote, who wants to establish a National Popular vote so all states count. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today is election day. And across the United States voters are
Formally because it is being filmed for cspan as well. Could turn off their phones we are going to have an incredible panel. We will start with them. Then we will get questions from some of you. We have an overflow room. It will be going until 2 00. We have plenty of time. We have seats for people just coming in. Ok. Welcome the people in the room and the tens of thousands to the through cspan institute for policy studies for the session on what we have theed election debrief next step support of the progressive movement. I am john cabana, the director for the institute of policy studies i will be moderating todays session with five wonderful scholar activists from ips and allied groups. I just want to read you the that ips wrote when they wrote up the session three weeks ago, because it is still what we are doing. Let me read this. Says, these are these two smart people. They said the election is over. Racism, xenophobia, Climate Change, inequities, inequality are still with us. We ma
Thank you. Bruce. Hello my name is mark levine. Im an affiliated scholar. Program today is called jack london, apostle of the American West. And its being coupon sorried by Stanford University library ris. As bruce was describing, the center is dedicated to advancing scholarship and public presentation on the past, future of Western North america. This is very appropriate pan ford for them. And the University Library comprehensive range both digital formats in support of research and construction here at stanford. Today we ingnaw grate a new center. It is designed to place a spotlight on the humanities in the American West. Arts west offers the stanford community, innovative public programming on the writers artists and cultural leaders that make it further ground for artistic vision. It offers two distinctive series t great writers of the west focuses on western literary heritage and the great artist of the west elevates the western liberal arts. We begin today with jack london whose