Across those 318 square miles for a density of about 1,460 per mile, which is pretty sparse when you get right down to it. Were roughly, 29, 30 African American. About 11 latino, 5 various mixes of immigrants and various cultures there. The rest caucasian. Kansas city has variety of neighborhoods. It has an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture. Things that people might not expect. We have tremendous sports teams. We have great art. Its a place of variety and a place of music and barbecue. One thing i can tell you as a mayor is that all cities have similar problems. We have issues that we have to deal with crime. Just like everybody else, too many guns on the street, too much gun violence, too many homicides. We have to deal with that. By educating kids. Because one thing we know is that seldom do you have ph. Ds shooting each other on street corners. You have people who are undereducated and therefore have fewer options who feel hopeless. And when you feel hopeless, you feel ang
She has illuminated political cultural and literature and cultivated the arts. Getting that medal, getting the National Medal of the arts meant personally for me something. It was quite an achievement and one that i felt almost well, really humbled to receive. But it also meant that arts mattered and to have them recognized at that level of the country of government was a profound act, not just for me but for every young person in this country who ever wanted to express themselves whether with paint or with words or with song or with their bodies and dance. I wrote as a hobby. I didnt know it could be a profession at all because i had had no role models. Id never paet novelist or a poet. All these people were names in a book and the only one i really had a visual of was shakespeare and he was long gone. I really thought that i was going to be either a doctor, a lawyer or a teacher. I didnt feel that pressure that you will become a doctor, lawyer or a teacher. It was just in the air. An
Increaseingly fees has been used as a form of profit strain. Thats the material difference i would say in the recent development. No longer just simply to cover revenue cost or expenses. But its a form of revenue or profit for the government. Profit for the private sector. We see they take off in a 1970s 1980s. You may hear about fees here or there in terms of hotel fees and airline fees. My research looks different. Looks at fees in the Consumer Financial industry. The rise of fees particularly in three areas. Which are mobility in america. Housing, education, employment, what gets us from home to school to work. In transportation. And so these four areas are a mobility and post war america. We also see an incredible rise of fees in related financial expenses. In those areas. The Student Loans. For instance. Again im talking about fees but fees are part of a larger expense. For the student loan. Theres a Registration Fee and fees that attach to that. The delinquency fee. Its student l
All of this event available at our Video Library at www. Cspan. Org. We are now taking you down to richmond, virginia. Attention. The are we all set . Everybody all set . Call to order, the Virginia State or of election on january 4, 2018. Have one item on our agenda this morning. Drawingre to conduct a of the winner of the house of delegates in the 94th district. Crowd. To say hi to the mr. Alcorn i do not believe mr. Yancey is here this morning, as is his right. He and his contingency have been caught in snow. E newport newshe norma area. They will be about 30 minutes late . I think we have added an update. We now have a local representative here. Mr. Alcorn thank you. Youre welcome to have a seat in front row. Civic sacrament of democracy, and this election has shown the importance of every vote in the power of one sickle vote. This election will certainly he ever monitored for everybody that every vote counts as we encourage all 12 virginians to participate in the election. I would
On turkey. And the countrys domestic politics. Including the growing power of the president and his party. Also, the role rival parties might play in this novembers elections. Good morning, everyone. Im director of turkey studies at middle east institute. Im very happy to welcome you all to our eighth annual conference on turkey. Each year as we convene this conference we fine keen interest in turkish matters. 2017 was very dramatic and a difficult year for turkey for its neighbors and allies including the United States. So we appreciate if you are making time to join us in our discussion. Our keynote speaker, is a leading voice on Turkish Affairs in Foreign Affairs of the german parliament. She will provide a firsthand report on the challenges facing ankara and berlin. We have elected members of the turkish and European Parliament on the program as well alongside a leader in u. S. Diplomacy toward turkey and expert analyst. You will hear our guest speaking guest speakers on three pane