We are hearing the same thing from some republican elected officials, we are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense order the entire u. S. Military to stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political instigators, we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street,r from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the all of them now on The Hunt For Political N extremists. O we are for moderation and incremental change, we are for the consent of the governed, we dont like extremists either, we attack them regularly. Its not enough to be against something, you have to be more precise than that. What is it youre against . In order to root out a problem, you have to know what it is. You need a sense of what youre looking for, a clear sight picture. You have to define the terms. Heres the remarkable thing weabout this public conversation were having. No one is doing that. Have you noticed . None of these ne
Really thrilled with engagement level we had with all of you. You will be doing a lot of focus stuff and some pretty compelling conversations into the fall. I would say we were probably not be doing any close events until 2021 which is a bit of a bummer but we want to be real about that and the statements but with what were doing. Well keep bring you guys really interesting conversation with authors. So if everything from a wonderful event coming up in october, a conversation you wont want to miss. We just book of that. Everything from that to a conversation with matthew mcconaughey. If thats not a wideranging list of events, its going to be quite a false or stay tuned. You can follow all of our fence on magic city books. Com. I wont go through the full list here. Tonight im so thrilled to have a conversation with mychal denzel smith in a book that seems like it was written for the moment we are living in, although books are written quite a bit before their published and printed and Ev
Hello, everybody. Im allison kiddie, artistic director of the chicago humanities festival and delighted to be here welcoming you to todays program, Maria Hinojosa, once i was you. This program and many more are free and open to the public. You can learn more at chicago humanities. Org, and i encourage you to lend your support, make a donation or become a member. You can also learn more about our commitment to accessibility there thanks to support from chf audiences. All of our Digital Events have closed captioning which can be controlled through youtube. Thank you to our captioner today. And, good news, this program will have both spanish and english subtitles. In my previous life in public radio, the voice of Maria Hinojosa was a constant presence, compassionate, Ground Breaking. Im delighted shes back at chf and in conversation with another essential voice, Jose Antonio Vargas. They are two of the most compelling and urgent thinkers on civil rights in america seen especially through
Once i was you. This program and many more are free and open to the public. You can learn more about her Upcoming Events at chicago humanities. Org. I encourage you to lend your support. Make a donation or become a member. You can also learn more about our commitment to accessibility there. Thanks to support from audiences, all of our Digital Events have closed captioning which can be controlled to youtube. Thank you to our caption are today. And good news, this program will have both spanish and english subtitles. So in my previous life in public radio the voice of maria was a constant presence, one that is compassionate grounding and groundbreaking. I am delighted she is back in conversation with another essential voice, jose vargas. Thereto the most compelling and urgent anchors on civil rights in america through the deep lens of their personal and awardwinning journalist, intellectual connection and so please give me a warm digital welcome to Jose Antonio Vargas and maria hinojosa.
Impact on the legal and political world. She was a champion of human rights, womens rights in particular, throughout her long and shatterbarring career. I had three strikes against me. One, i was jewish, two, i was a woman, but the killer was that i was the mother of a 4yearold child. Reporter so how did she rise to the highest court in the country . Coming up this sunday morning, the notorious r. B. G. , Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Pauley from that sad night, it is on to raising the curtain on the new season in entertainment and the arts. A new season so different from those past, you might as well call it the new, new season. From the challenge of safely reopening art museums to the release of firstrun movies on television, to pop music stars not performing their new work live on stage, this new season bears little resemblance to the new seasons of old, as well be showing you throughout the morning. And speaking of pop music stars, lee cowan will be talking with lady gaga, who says she rele