Ourselves, saving our communities. I feel good. [laughter] i knew that i would. [laughter] thank you again. Be back by 2 00. Oh, is someone [inaudible conversations] oh, okay. Thank you. Please, stay for your pictures. See you at two. Knox. [inaudible conversations] next, from the National Black writers conference at Medgar Evers College in brooklyn, a panel on changing historical narrative. [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. Were here enter well, im really glad to be here, in person, right here in front of you. You know, we in this panel we dont grown groan and bemoan the destructive narratives about us misrepresenting who we are and how we are with. This panel will help us to reconstruct, to tell our own stories, the real deal. Our stories, this is our story, this is our song, let the work ive done speak to me. And so to moderate this panel on reconstructing the historical narrative of us is professor woodard who was given, i dont know if hell tell you this
The most diverse in the nations history, but not the most aggressive. Who is in and who is out, with john nichols. Then a debate on fracking. Energy selfsufficient and can ensure coming from an area that is tougher from the legacy of industrial pollution, there are all saying, dear Governor Cuomo, we need you to make sure this is an adequate, comprehensive, and it must be completed before any other step in the process moves forward. As new york weighs whether to lift a moratorium on fracking, we will host a debate. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Congress opened its 113th session thursday, swearing in a Record Number of women and people of color. New members include the only africanamerican now serving in the senate, tim scott of South Carolina, the first black republican senator in more than 30 years. Congress now has a Record Number of women in both chambers, 81 in the house and 20 in the s
Can ensure coming from an area that is tougher from the legacy of industrial pollution, there are all saying, dear Governor Cuomo, we need you to make sure this is an adequate, comprehensive, and it must be completed before any other step in the process moves forward. As new york weighs whether to lift a moratorium on fracking, we will host a debate. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Congress opened its 113th session thursday, swearing in a Record Number of women and people of color. New members include the only africanamerican now serving in the senate, tim scott of South Carolina, the first black republican senator in more than 30 years. Congress now has a Record Number of women in both chambers, 81 in the house and 20 in the senate. The house narrowly reelected john boehner as House Speaker despite criticism from Party Conservatives over his handling of the socalled fiscal cliff. The new Con
Republicans call 2025853881, democrats 2025853880 and independents 2025853882. Look forward to your calls and also your participation by social media. You can send us a tweet at twitter cspan wj. You can also send an email journal cspan. Org. Is the cost of College Worth it . Allen writes, it used to be but right now it slightly losing steam. Now people that are caught with a minimum of expectations while being strapped with a new burden of paying back the loan making short money. Its a nightmare. Mark writes, College Education has the highest correlation with future earning potential. Little bit from the write ups from the paper today. The president is on a twoday four stop tour of upstate new york and northeast pennsylvania. Well have more coverage today. The Washington Post writes obama proposes a College Rating system. For decades magazines have rated colleges to help families navigate the Higher Education market. On thursday president obama proposed that the federal government rat
Existence and they are are safe and they are beautiful but we want Public Policy transformation for our communities and our young sons and daughters who are living and dying all over the United States. We are optimistic that they can be better and we have to organize. Stokely carmichael said organize organize organize and that is what we need to do. [applause] you know, i love anything sasha and malia and so any kind of image of them is beautiful and i do love them and i believe the notion put forward of that kind of new generation set of conversations but i also think and i know that is a set of possibilities as kendall said that is very limited, very small, very narrow and very elite. The two images that are notions of communities talking to each other and having dialogue has stuck with me this week where the interview with juror 37 that Anderson Cooper did and im really glad for that interview. I am very thankful for the honesty of juror p37 and what she said and the insight that sh