discussion with julian, i d like to share a little bit about the history of the strand. the strand was founded in 1927 on book row. stretching from union square, book row gradually dwindled from 48 bookstores until, after 93 years, the strand is the sole survivor. now run by third generation owner nancy bass. we want to thank all for our support because without all of you, we wouldn t be where we are today. and also an update on the store in case you re curious, the physical store in union square is open, we ve been open for about two weeks. so wear a mask and stop by if you re in the area. tonight we re excited to have julian zelizer who is celebrating the release of his book, burning down the house. julian is a class of 1941 professor of history of public affairs at princeton university and a cnn political analyst. his most recent book co-authored by our moderator, kevin kruse and the fierce urgency of now. zelizer has been awarded fellowships with the new york histor
pursuit of meaningful change both in the wake of george floyd step and in the midst of a larger legacy of racial injustice in this country. i want to thank you all for joining and i want to thank jean henning for her organizing the series. let me introduce the moderator of today s roundtable repressor christy lopez. professor lopez joined our faculty in january 2017 right after completing a federal investigation of the chicago police department will goodwill serving of the department just a civil rights division she led that investigation and many others to examine patterns and practices of unconstitutional policing across the country including in new orleans, los angeles and ferguson. since joining our faculty professor lopez has cofounded our innovative policing program which is now launching a prevention program called abler active bystander ship for recently professor lopez has written up that somehow the police culture could have saved george floyd s life and what the fu
she is a former senior fellow with the ford foundation and advisor to the world bank. she joins us tonight to discuss her life, work and new book, being human. she will be in conversation with our very good friend pamela edwards and abc news anchor of the morning addition. duty and pam, the screen is yours. andy, this new age of social distancing is great to see we can get it done. duty, it was an honor to read your book. it is a running theme in the book, how often people tell you they should know they had no idea and i m hopeful that people reading your book and joining in on the conversation tonight will be brought up to speed on what your fight has been about and all the changes you have made. in fact, that s where i want to start, to give people a perspective and i wanted you to compare and contrast what it was like when you are a young person pick you up in the book talk about your childhood in brooklyn. what it was like to be a person coming into the world then with
into the and i demonic young dictate dictator could not be more timely. the book provides insight into who kim jong un is, what makes him tick and what to tell up at night. the book has earned wide praise from among the leading thinkers and former policy practitionersdealing with north korean issues and we re fortunate that they will for the next hour with us down what we need to know about how north korea operates , who jung pak who kim jong un is and what is going on in north korea so welcome them to this conversation. they both areformer intelligence analysts who represent the best of their previous professions. they each were tremendous colleagues while in government and they are tremendous friends now . in addition to being deeply informed , kind and deadly smart, they are also a ton of fun so before i turn it over to jung and sue, we are collecting many questions from members of the audience and welcome you to send more . do so by sending an email to events at brookings
moderating today s conversation could therefore introduce ruth wilson gilmore i want to thank the organizer and the sponsor haymarket books. haymarket is the publisher in a new series called the abolitionist papers and i m proud to publish patient for this hearing is that the gilmore s forthcoming book change every thing, haymarket has three more important events lined up this week. on sunday too much midnight and on wednesday had discussion of schools in the time of coronavirus and on thursday a week from today a conversation. a bit of housekeeping so many people have joined this call we may need your patience if we have technical issues. if it gets choppy at any point you might want to try reducing your image quality. it will be recorded onto youtube channel and we are reserving time for q&a. please post your questions on the live video feed wherever you re watching it. the pandemic forces us to break with the past and imagine the world anew. some responses to covid-19 is o