Our first speaker is joanne mcneil, author of lurking, the inaugural winner of the art foundations art writing award for an emerging writer, resident at ivy, Logan Nonfiction Program fellow and instructor. Our next speaker will be sorry. Hang on. Sorry. I had the video open on my computer and sending my own words back to me. It was very confusing. Our second speaker will be Charlton Mcilwain, author of black software, the internet and Racial Justice. The vice provost of faculty engagement at New York University and professor of Media Communication at nyu steinberg school, our final speaker is author of the new laws of robotics, Robert Citino from the Yale Information Society project. So take it away, joann. Im happy to be on this panel with two others i really appreciate and a topic im sure we have so much to say about. There is something of a history. There are many things to look at and representative of missed opportunities. I wanted to focus on ten or 12 years ago, the time of the
The sect is fighting we accept it but in the middle being wishing for the truth for 15 years. Its important that we know who killed recipe carriere so that people know how peaceful mom was killed but dont give up rule. Also coming up tonight it has been a century since women in the u. S. Won the right to vote an important marker yes but no where near the finish line of Voting Rights equality. Its a lot to celebrate in terms but also it should also be clear eyed about what it has to be done and finished. And to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the bombs that haunt lebannon 2 weeks ago the lebanese capital beirut was rocked by a massive explosion of fertilizers which were improperly stored in the citys poor more than 150 people died 300000 were made homeless we now know that the blast could have been prevented had the authorities heated ward as people in beirut trying to put their lives back together another blast from th
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A lot in store for you on todays program so lets take a quick look at whats lined up today. In senegal we visit some students who are doing great with the new solar car. In germany we hear about a push to make textiles on locally sourced move. On can you know we learn once again how crucial it is to protect our Water Resources. First we had to the south of the continent south africas energy comes almost exclusively from coal fired power plants which is a major factor behind rising air pollution in the name is the government has announced plans to significantly increase the use of renewable sources within 10 years being so long wind or hydropower they mishas of his being sped by green cape a Nonprofit Organization that provides assistance to innovative young green startups. One year ago the protests cutting the school and kept town when solo without paying for the installation the system was financed by quote funding platform their idea small investors buy ponies and earn an income from
Truth for 15 years. Its important that we know who killed refuge carry so that people know a hell of a peaceful man was killed. Also coming up tonight it has been a century since women in the u. S. Won the right to vote an important marker yes but no where near the finish line of Voting Rights equality. Its a lot to celebrate in terms but also it should. Be clear what has to be done and finished. And to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the bombs that haunt lebannon 2 weeks ago the lebanese capital beirut was rocked by a massive explosion of fertilizers which were improperly stored in the citys poor more than 150 people died 300000 were made homeless we now know that the blast could have been prevented had the authorities heated ward as people in beirut trying to put their lives back together another blast from the past in 2005 a car bomb detonated next to the convoy of former lebanese Prime Minister rafik hariri the ass