Across the United States. We will speak to members of the Standing Rock sioux and Navajo Nation and go to north dakota, which has the highest covid19 death rate of any state or country in the world. Then democracy now cohost Juan Gonzalez looks at how the Corporate Media missed the real story about latinx voter turnout in the 2020 election. Juan the main story is that in an election which saw historic tnout, people of color, and especially latinos, had an unprecedented increase in voting. And they, not white voters, represented the bulk of that increase. Amy plus, we will speak to antiracist activist bree newsome bass and princeton professor eddie glaude about the election of joe biden and Kamala Harris. We have to get about the work of responding to the problems we face as a nation at scale and not returning back to some sense of normalcy, which in some ways laid the foundation for the disaster that was and is trumpism. Amy a that d more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democrac
Watch the communicators monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. Governor Dennis Daugaard outlined his legislative agenda for 2017 in his annual state of the state address. He spoke to state legislators at the state capital. This is an hour. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Ok, sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Thank you. Thank you very much. That was very kind of you. Thank you. It is good to have you back in pierre to the new members of or legislature, welcome. Im sure youll enjoy this experience immensely. Before i begin today, though, id like to note a historical milestone. Today is the beginning of Lieutenant Governor Matt Michaels session as president of the senate and prior to that he presided forever four sessions as speaker of the house. Those 11 sessions make Matt Michaels the longest serving presiding officer the history of the south dakota state legislature. Lets recognize and thank him for that service. [applause] thank you very much. Over the past six years, we have
A heroic statement from someone whos s contributions to the country will not be forgotten. Withthandens disability, there were a f f things that needed to be done to the Homebuilders Association of greater siouxland started the landen project as part of the project for patriots, a nonprofit helping make housing more accommodating to veterans. As part of the project, there will be 700 square feet added to the landens home. The remodel will include a lift, customized cupboards that provide landen with better access and bigger bathrooms. Well theyre just great people, and its the humility, and theyre so humble and deserving. This vis not something that they asked for, this is just one of those warm, fuzzy stories. There e ll be a fundraiser r the landen project on november 5th starting at 5 pm at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown sioux city. Its free and open to donations. As part of the fundraiser, there will be a special screening of the hornets nest, an indepth documentary on landens 101
The legacy of Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, our nation’s 26th President, lives on through North Dakota resident Joe Wiegand. Wiegand resides in Medora, North Dakota, where he works for the Theodore