Created by americas Cable Television comedies as Public Service and brought to today by your Television Provider. This week on the communicators of democratic member of the federal trade commission, rebecca slaughter. Our guest reporter is leah nylund who covers technology and antitrust for politico. Commissioner slaughter, what has this pandemic fed like for you when it comes to your work at the ftc . Guest thank you so much for thinking for having me. It is a pleasure to be here today. Well, as you can see from my special guest here what this pandemic has involved for me in part has given me a brandnew baby and juggling those response abilities which is not a common occurrence for commissioners pandemic or no pandemic. Ive been muddling through that and then in terms of the work of the agency it has been a really important and really fascinating time. We switch to all telework pretty quickly and i will say it relatively seamlessly in march, which i was very impressed by but even thou
Proposals put out to expand Rural Broadband, especially in this time of covid. Which ones are you supporting and which ones do you think would benefit your largely rural district . Guest thank you for having me on. Its important we talk about Rural Broadband. I have been engaged in this for years and one of the cofounders of the caucus and also have groups meeting all the time because this is not a republican or democrat or independent issue but this affects everyone in the rural area and its important to get this out as soon as we cant because during this, 19 you will see the effects and what can be done when they have the broadband of our rural areas. Everything from telehealth and i talked to so many doctors that they have telehealth but again if you dont have the access and a problem so that is one of the first things on the telehealth side and we have educational side here in the state of ohio where they share closing schools and say we have the kids doing it remotely from home an
Podcasts. Each week american artifacts takes to museums and Historic Places to learn about history. Next we visit the trail of tears gallery at the National Museum in washington, d. C. Which looks at the debate of the 1830 indian removal act and impact on southern tribes. The associate curator leads us through the gallery after an introduction in the american exhibit which examines how indian imagery is previous leal products. The exhibition is built on a paradox, a riddle. The paradox is this. In 2018 the United States is a country of 230 Million People and American Indians are perhaps 1 of that population. Most americans live in urban areas, suburban areas, parts of the country where they never actually see American Indians. Yet an American Daily life, indian images, place names, advertising, mascots, surround people every single day. So the show is about exploring this strange contradiction of how prevalent American Indians are in American Life, really from the earliest memories of
Why do you all know who lizzy borden in and raise your hand if you ever heard of this murder, the jean harris murder trial before this class. A deepest cause where well find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the American People. So were going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right. The tools, the techniques of slave owner power and well also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. Watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the American Revolution to september 11th. Lectures in history on cspan 3 every saturday on 8 00 p. M. Eastern and available as a podcast, find it where you listen to podcasts. Television has changed since cspan began years ago. But our mission continues. To provide an unfiltered view of government. Already this year weve brought you primary election coverage, the president ial impeachment process and
Books and authors. Funding for cspan 2 comes from these companies and more, including charter communications. Lets started does not make covid seem like a very distant memory. This is great to be back again with all you and you know, just to be able to talk to so many lets get started. Does this not make covid seem like a very distant memory . Its great to be back again with all of you, and, you know, just to be able to talk to so many friends. Well, i am just delighted to greet you, and the audience in grand rapid, michigan, as well as our cspan audience everywhere. Im executive director of the gerald r. Ford president ial foundation, and it is my honor to be your host, along with a lot of other good people today and to welcome you to our 2023 edition of americas first ladies luncheon. This years event is centered around a theme. Its first ladies pat nixon and betty ford, lives of leadership, courage and grace, three great words to describe these remarkable women. Our foundations long