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And also the literary director of the library of congress. Much of my own writing has been about the history and the people of latin america, and the purpose of this conversation to share a little bit of that history and talk about how it compares with and connects to the pandemic that were living through right now, right here in april 2020. So many of us are at home, working at home, living at home and sheltering in place as science takes the on the covid19 virus. Im so fortunate to have a truly skilled and knowledgeable colleague joining me today, a scholar who wears many hats spanning history, science, linguistics, archaeology and geography. John hessler is the director of the kislak collection and a specialist on early america. He is the author of a book called collecting for a new world. John is also distinguished curator in the librarys geography and map division and an expert in mapping in general. Now, how does mapping fit in with all of this . Well, he is an adviser to a numbe ....
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Al green talks about his continued efforts to impeach trump. Pierce looks at thee Trump Administrations attempts to restrict who can seek asylum in the u. S. You are seeing, that is the final tally from yesterdays houseboat condemning President Trump over his tweets toward four female members of congress. Between the house and republicans over the speaker using disparaging remarks over the president on the president and one member of congress abandoning his post because of partisan squabbling. Looking at the events of the last few days, some members have called for a cooling of harsh rhetoric and more civility. We will show you what took place yesterday. We want to hear from you in light of recent events, can civility in politics be restored . You can let us know by calling the phone lines. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. And 2027488002 for indepe ....
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