From this moment onwards dutch multinationals will be held accountable for their activities and their actions in developing countries and thats an enormous victory for for for that the rights of more globally. By degrees has been following proceedings from a boozer. This is not the only case in court either in the netherlands or in the u. K. Where hundreds of people have queued up to shell for contaminating the niger delta i spoke to an actor is a short while ago he said this is just the beginning and a lot of analysts also believe that it will open the floodgates into so many late editions against all producing Company Production companies that have been operating in nigeria some of these cases have been there for a very long time and they were unsuccessful similar communities up and successful to try call a shell in nigeria and courts for example in this particular case today in the netherlands 2 of the people who filed that case have died have already died but again activists are sa
History university of massachusetts at amherst, or should he sits scorches at ability history, slavery, emancipation, and native american history. First book, which i have four in front of me, her book entitled black slaves, indian masters, slavery, emancipation, and citizenship in the american south. Its quite a title. Published by the university of North Carolina press. This book details the untold story of the enslavement barbara has also coauthored a photographic history of slavery, emancipation and freedom published in 2013, published by Temple University press, and it is also for sale in our bookstore. Tonight, she will be speaking about her recent work and the top is entitled envisioning emancipation, black americans and the end of slavery. Please welcome barbara. applause well, hello, good evening. Thank you for saying this late into the night. Thank you for saying awake. Thank you, peter, for the invitation and the introduction, and allison, who has made sure that everything h
Virus under control. Plus, we have a rare look inside one Production Facility gearing up for a vaccine. And america divided. We hit the streets to learn how politics are eroding our shared sense of reality right down to what we see. Apparently we see things differently. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The gloves are off. I can now call him grossly incompetent. The president held a rally in wisconsin while joe biden appeared at a pennsylvania town hall. I married a silly girl. I look up to you. Do you have any plans to stand up for Us Health Care workers. How will you handle russias involvement with trump . They dont ask me questions like that. A former Senior Adviser on the Coronavirus Task force endorses joe biden. The president said maybe this covid thing is a good thing. I dont have to shake hands with these disgusting people. The Southern Coast working to pick up the pieces following Hurricane Sallys destructive path. We have all hands on deck. We want
Once in their lives in a generally has to be within the same county. Prop 19 would allow seniors to move anywhere in the state, three times in their lives, and still maintain their low tax base. I think that make a lot of sense but dont mistake, theres going to be a billion dollar tax increase on longtime california residence that would pay for this. Reporter scott horton says the other side of prop 19 will have a huge effect, on those who might inherit the parents property. Currently children can inherit the house of any value from a parent, and keep the lower tax rate. But prop 19 would limit that value to 1 million, and require that the child live in the house as a primary residence. If they dont live in the house, and they, rented out, they will play the inflated tax rate. The state Attorney Says all of this should increase home sales, which may be why the California Association of realtors is pushing the proposition. You wont have seniors who, who feel like theyre handcuffed and c
Hi, im kate and im the curator of votes for women. Im standing in front of what we call our title treatment. It is a large blowup of a german born actress. The allegorical figure that represents the United States during the conclusion of the 1913 parade in washington, d. C. Thats just one event of the long Suffrage Movement this exhibition highlights. We have 124 objects of this long history bringing it right up to 1920. But also the 19th amendment. And what it didnt do to enfranchise all women including women with color. I then took the exhibition up to the voting right acts of 1965. If you come with me were going to explore the 1913 parade more indepth. We are standing in front of the photo postcards of the 1913 parade. It was organized by alice paul. This was a completely different tactic than what had been done before with other suffragists. I was paul was trying to creates headlines, after spending time in britain she was radicalized by the british suffragists. She learned how to