Booktv. Org. Up next, Christina Hoff sommers talks about the policies she says harm young men. She is the coauthor of four books and her newest book the war against boys Christina Hoff sommers, how did you define feminism . In the best sense, feminism is philosophy that says men and women are equal before the law. They deserve the same rights. The same liberties. And equal dignigity. You talk about the new feminism in your book, what is the new feminism . It emerges in the 80s and 90s. In the 70s, i believed in quality of opportunity, but in the 80s and 90s i was reading feminist writers and there were theories that were so aggressive in being one, harsh towards male. They were following the model women are from venus and men with from hell. I felt it was a reverse chauvinism. So i took exception to that. And many other things. I found that i even developed terms that i called myself an equity feminist. And the other school is gender feminism because they believed in the sexgender syst
A surge of local anger. Ukraines richest man instigates rallies against prorussian separatists and demands an end to the violence. Im at the Cannes Film Festival where theres no shortage of female actors but where are the female directors . Thats a bit of a sore subject. Find out why later in the program. So dozens of people have been killed after two bombs exploded in nigerian city of joss. The blasts went off in a busy intersection next to a popular market. No claim of responsibility, but boko haram is suspected given the Current Situation there. The latest is live from abuja. Tell us what you know. Reporter well, the blast happened near the main market at the busy intersection that was full of people at that point. One of the bombs were put on a minivan and another one on a truck. Police could be seen on pictures in social media putting in pickup bodies. The police have confirmed more than six people have died. The tensions are rising over the town with the armed forces and police o
The virus from spreading. Good evening, im gwen ifill. And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d.
And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to bu
Good evening, im gwen ifill. And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthu