They talk about the history and special relationship between the two cities. Of the wonderful things about bryanCollege Station, you have two cities one community. Really right after the civil war. There was a railroad coming from houston that was marching its way here. After the civil war it continued on and brian for the first few years after the civil war struggled to get itself created but was able to do that. Its876 the University Got first six students and the city of brian was really getting going. Are still some of the first buildings that were being built. 25 years ago this area was a ghost town. Has created growth and renewal in the city of brian. The line between our cities is blurred not just in how we Work Together but geographically. Texas a m founded in 1876. But it wasit grew five miles from the nearest town. Calledknew about a town factge station except the in 1938 when some a m faculty and staff got together and said lets create our own city. We are growing somewhere
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As a public service. Brought to you today by your television provider. Now on the communicators we want to introduce you to sarah miller. She is the executive director of a group called the American Economic liberties project. Which is what . Sarah we are an organization based here in washington that is focused on what we see is a crisis, a concentrated economic power in the country. Essentially monopolies and Financial Institutions that facilitate that monopolization across the economy. That is what we are focused on. We have concerns about the power of Big Technology platforms. In general, we think a lot of the economic and social problems that we are experiencing today can trace back or be exacerbated by these a outside levels of corporate power. Host how did you come to that view . Sarah we looked around at the world, essentially. If you look at market structure, you will find whether it is large markets like media, telecom, health care, online , watch components, software, you hav
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