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Dr. Eberhardt that association between blackness and crime makes its way into all of our minds. Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Today, a look at the pivotal role South Carolina plays in president ial politics. Earlier this year we visited the state and spoke to college of charleston professors h. Gibbs knotts and jordan ragusa, coauthors of first in the south why South Carolinas president ial primary matters. Who do you guys think will win it from the democratic side . Id be very surprised if biden doesnt win the South Carolina primary. And that could be enough to get the momentum to be able to get the nomination. Soledad both men accurately predicted joe biden would win the states primary and also his partys nomination. But neither gibbs or ragusa could have predicted just how close the race would ....
Thank you all for coming out. Its wonderful to see you here today. My name is Christopher Mcknight nichols, im a historian at oregon state university, a scholar of the u. S. International role in the world, i specialize in isolationism, internationalism, and globalization and my work that pertains to the panel today is promise in peril. You can buy it downstairs. I have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this really exciting panel, i think, and i hope youll agree once were done. Its a fascinating topic with tremendous contemporary relevance as well as his totori significance. Our panel is entitled turning. 1916. This the not just about Foreign Relations but also world relations, international relations. Now the spark for this panel is the centennial of the 1916 election in which Woodrow Wils ....
In the ways memorializing Founding Fathers difference from differs from confederates. President lincolns cottage in washington, d. C. , provided the video. Tonight is not unique in that we will be focusing on preconceptions on memorials, but it is unique in that it is not just a conversation in response to recent events, both the killing of unarmed black citizens by mostly White Police Officers or ex Police Officer as well as the protests across the country and around the world, which have called for both systemic change and a reckoning for the symbols, monuments, memorials and flags of white supremacy. Many of which relate to the civil war era. What makes our conversation tonight also different is that weve already had it. Five years ago, in fact. I want you to all think back to think about where you were in th ....
Welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im george hammond, chair of the forum which organized todays events. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime who was here a year and half or so ago and his last book in this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book the 1948 election so we are going back 72 years for another Election Year and youll be amazed at exactly how similar it sounds in some ways and in other ways very different and one of the difference is the politicians were younger then so that is one big difference but a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book, a very good read by the way. Thank you. I want to say a couple of things first. Thank you so much for having me and the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and here we are going through painandsuf ....
Sometimes it seems nothing is happening on the senate floor. The action is going on elsewhere. Order in committee rooms, and senators offices and the offices of the Senate Leaders. But thats all preliminary. Sooner or later, everything has to come here. Here is where the final say, the final act takes place. Here is where the law is made. The United States senate has been legislating and carrying out its unique constitutional duties since 1789. The framers believed the senate should and could be the venue in which statesmen would lift america up to meet its unique challenges. We are still a work in progress in the United States senate. It is time for the United States senate started acting like a senate instead of kindergarten. If you think were emotional, wait until y ....