I spent the better part ofy career focusing on Health Policy issues that were important to women everything from abortions longterm care and everything in between really lived experience of your memoir really i validated to met least my work on policy and why so important to women for not only toomen but to families and it just really want to thank you for sharing your very difficult and intimate story. And while the story focuses on yo third pregnancy. Theres so much year and were never goingo find familiar about their lives n matter where they lived the circumstances of their lives to tell us a little bit about your book what motivated you to write it. To onto the book is called loved and wanted in the catalyst for the book was an unintended pregnancy that i had when i was 40 years old and living in the state of West Virginia and i grew up in upstate new york and i lived in new york city for middle hundred any years my adult life. Also in los angeles for my family had moved from los
Journal yr calls and comments the next. Alex rouhandeh talks about republican congressman mike johnson as House Speaker and what is next on the congressional agenda. We will contin t discussion on House Speaker me johnson, the november 17 government fuindeadline and the u. S. Response to thisel hamas war with democratic congresswoman, hawaii democratic congresswoman. Washington journal is next. Last thing im going to say to the rest of the world, they have been watching this drama play out for a few we. We have learned a lot of lessons, through adversity it makes you stronger. We want our allies around the world to know this body of lawmakers is reporting again to the duty stations. Let the enemies of freedom around the world hear us loud and clear, the peopless house is back in business. Host after 22 days without a speaker of the u. S. House of representative, republicans rallied around one lawmakers yesterday, mike johnson, 51 years old from louisiana. He was elected speaker in the
Everyone is trying to get their head around. That is the lack of wage growth. Megan this is a strong piece about something we are deeply fascinated about. American workers, global workers are fascinated about. And that is, why, we see unemployment reaching or touching lows, a full unemployment state, why are we not seeing wages growing faster . Traditionally if you have a compression, more demand for workers, we have millions of open jobs in america but we still see stagnant or slow wage growth. And what we are really exploring is this is not just an american , phenomenon, its global. Places like japan and the u. K. But, how we can jump start the wage growth. It is difficult to pinpoint to civic reasons why its happening, but there are measures that can be taken to correct it. Carol they talk about things like advancements in technology, and things you cant rollback at this point. The role of maybe unions and all of this. Megan this is talked about quite a bit. Over the past three deca
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. If you dont recognize wallace seans memorable face, you would definitely know his distinctive voice in a career one might describe as inconceivable, hes been entertaining children for decades in films like the Princess Bride and toy story, but its his Award Winning writing thats caught the attention of grownups, his latest text is called night thoughts. Wallace sean an honor to have you on this program, sir. So great to be here. Why would one call your career inconceivable . Well, i suppose i participate in Popular Culture or i certainly did in my greater days and i suppose some of my writing is hostile to the way our society is organized and might seem to be at war with the things that i do. I dont know. Yeah. I dont feel it that way, but some people think that. That, that counter narrative if i can put it that way comes from where . Well, its hard to i mean its hard for me to analyze it, but to i suppose i was
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. If you dont recognize wallace seans memorable face, you would definitely know his distinctive voice in a career one might describe as inconceivable, hes been entertaining children for decades in films like the Princess Bride and toy story, but its his Award Winning writing thats caught the attention of grownups, his latest text is called night thoughts. Wallace sean an honor to have you on this program, sir. So great to be here. Why would one call your career inconceivable . Well, i suppose i participate in Popular Culture or i certainly did in my greater days and i suppose some of my writing is hostile to the way our society is organized and might seem to be at war with the things that i do. I dont know. Yeah. I dont feel it that way, but some people think that. That, that counter narrative if i can put it that way comes from where . Well, its hard to i mean its hard for me to analyze it, but to i suppose i was