The extraordinary life of hamilton aellis cose the author of trana they both have a lot to add for people that are interested not only in our history but a lot of current events. Im going to give kimberly and alice a couple minutes to introduce themselves and then we will jump into discussion. Kimberly, do you want to go first . Hi, i am so delighted to be here. As i was saying before we get started, i used to live in austin, he went to ut for my phd so being a part of the texas book festival has been a dream of mine for a long time. Edited picture it would happen this way but i will take it. Im very grateful to participate and thank you so much for having me. Im a historian and ice study women, sex politics, and science and medicine. Now i live in cincinnati and i teach in oxford ohio. I contribute essays to publications like the washington post, i have an oped in there today actually about kamala harris. I also have my new book free thinker which tells the story of the fallen woman a
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Heading into the heart of the vietnam war. I lived through watergate, joined the National Security Council Staff a few months before nixon resigned. I used to tell people we will be the last few minutes of this recorded event. You can finish watching on booktv. Org. We go live to the House Rules Committee as they meet to work on legislation related to the impacts of the covid19 pandemic on the Postal Service. Post office boxes are being ripped out, shredding machines have disappeared, this is threatening peoples ability to get lifesaving medications and Social Security checks in a timely way. All the while the Postal Service is in need of Additional Resources heading into november. The house acted for more funding months ago but the senate has done nothing, not a thing. The Postal Service, this is an assault on our democracy. These actions call into question whether legal ballots will be counted in states across the country. No wonder there has been such immense public outcry. We see t