today s event will analyze these challenges and we will discuss the how the federal government can help equip workers with skills needed to excel in the post pandemic landscape. i would like to thank work date for supporting this event and the black economic alliance for the future for cohosting. let me introduced dane, the director of strategic initiatives who will lead a discussion with our keynote speaker, representative lisa blunt rochester, of delaware. thank you, and welcome everyone who is watching. i have the pleasure of chatting with representative lisa blunt rochester for this event. the congresswoman represents delaware s at large congressional district, an interesting committee assignment across a wide variety of issues most relevant for today s topic, she has learned worked for several years on issues related to america s workers and cocreated the future of work caucus in the house. congresswoman, welcome. rep. rochester: thank you for having me and it is goo
post pandemic landscape. i would like to thank work date for supporting this event and the black economic alliance for the future for cohosting. let me introduced dane, the director of strategic initiatives who will lead a discussion with our keynote speaker, representative lisa blunt rochester, of delaware. thank you, and welcome everyone who is watching. i have the pleasure of chatting with representative lisa blunt rochester for this event. the congresswoman represents delaware s at large congressional district, an interesting committee assignment across a wide variety of issues most relevant for today s topic, she has learned worked for several years on issues related to america s workers and cocreated the future of work caucus in the house. congresswoman, welcome. rep. rochester: thank you for having me and it is good for being part of this discussion and i want to the bipartisan policy center for the work you do every day. it is probably more important now than ever
the bipartisan policy center. covid-19 has trained america s labor market and worsen existing inequalities and accelerated trends toward automation providing challenges and opportunities for american workers. today s event will analyze these challenges and we will discuss the how the federal government can help equip workers with skills needed to excel in the post pandemic landscape. i would like to thank work date for supporting this event and the black economic alliance for the future for cohosting. let me introduced dane, the director of strategic initiatives who will lead a discussion with our keynote speaker, representative lisa blunt rochester, of delaware. thank you, and welcome everyone who is watching. i have the pleasure of chatting with representative lisa blunt rochester for this event. the congresswoman represents delaware s at large congressional district, an interesting committee assignment across a wide variety of issues most relevant for today s topic, she
minister resigned well the country s foreign minister. at the general election he s . facing a country. i m phil gayle welcome to the program. britain s prime minister is on his way to berlin to try to persuade the german chancellor to reopen brags that negotiations boris johnson is seeking the removal of the so-called stop this is the policy agreed between mr johnson s ousted predecessor and the e.u. to ensure that there ll be no hard border between northern ireland which is in the u.k. and the irish republic which remains a member of the european union mr johnson claims the backstop would violate british sovereignty but the existing it just doesn t work for the u.k. and parliament started out 3 times we can t have this backstop so i m going to go to see all friends of bottling going off to germany and then to france and then to see the g 7 appear it s and i m going to make the point that the buck stops going to come out but e.u. leaders have already rejected mr johnson s de
story and indeed those of us at city lights across paths within whilst. he passed through the bay area kenneth test to this thompson was a regular atasca cafe just across the street from city lights. so we d see him on a pretty regular basis. his life was intertwined with north beach culture and awesome. see him walking down the street either warren hinkle from editor of ramparts or jeanette etheridge former owner of tosca. so peter richardson is not a stellar job. he seem together the trace elements of thompson s literary influences and a really compelling. it so we re thrilled. he can grace our halls peter richardson has written critically acclaimed books about the iconic rock band the grateful dead also ramparts magazine legendary muckraking magazine and carrie mcwilliams the radical author journalist and editor of the nation magazine. he s going to be joined tonight by none other than david talbot. i actually can t think of anybody better to be doing the honors. david is