farmers and sharecroppers who describe the violence and intimidation they experienced when attempting to register to vote. we will be back live with asalh s black history luncheon in about 20 minutes. is for picture americans, people who call themselves americans. trying to make democracy live. it begins with the painful and heartfelt assumption that we are not an island of perfection, but in fact a land of imperfections in an imperfect world. the negroes are trying to change the situation they are existing under today, to bring about democracy in our land today. mississippi, 1963. for a moment in this hillside home, they are secluded from the white segregationists who carry guns and clubs. been living here 52 or 53 years. participated in everything that the county saw fit for a citizen to participate in. and also, i raised my family , nine children. i only have two kids now going to school in the county. i m president of the naacp here. i do think that every citizen in
uplifting coming to these sorts of events and seeing just how positive we can be about the future. so i m the executive director of the taxpayer protection alliance here in washington, d.c., the tpa is a nonpart son nonpraft nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to protecting taxpayers, looking at issues such as spending, regulation, government waste. as you may guess from my accent, i m not from here originally. i m from australia where i similarly dealt with libertarian type issues. now, we re all here because we fundamentally believe it s our right to live our life how we choose, provided we don t hurt others. so when you look at our personal lives, whether or not we want to live a life where we eat nothing more more in a day than 17 big macs, extra sugar coke and having, you know, whilst chain smoking, or if you want to just eat sort of organic kale smoothie with quinoa and chia seeds, that s your right. whichever option you want to lead your life. if you want to make good ch
superstore in its fourth season. in 2016 she cofounded harness, an organization connecting storytellers and activists to amplify the narrative around social justice. now, in american like me she invites 31 of her friends, peers and heroes to share their stories about life between cultures ranging from the heart fell to the, stories shine a light on a american experience and will appeal to anyone with a complicated relationship to family, culture and growing up. jordan conversation this evening award-winning racial justice and civil rights activist season s community organizer and cochair the women s large and uzo aduba emmy award-winning the critically acclaimed netflix original series oranges but new black. during me in welcoming america ferrera. [applause]. [applause]. hello, union square. my goodness. thank you so much for being here. this is so surreal to me and truly a dream come true this is the first book event first book event i have done in my life and our first
sexual violence experts voiced their support for professor christine blasey ford, who has accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in 1982, when they were teenagers. they also made recommendations on how the senate should investigate the allegations and against judge kavanaugh, before the nomination vote. this took place in washington dc. host: good morning. we are here to enlighten the public discussion and conversation on sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual violence. we are in a teachable moment, but we are also in a historic moment. not since anita hill has this issue been so front and center in the senate judiciary committee. it has been 27 years since anita hill, but where we are, unfortunately, is that the current situation, the senate judiciary has not developed yet a protocol to handle appropriately sexual violence or sexual harassment claims. and therefore, we are having a rush to a hearing, and we believe that it is not ta
from me moment she start writing for the magazine back in the early 90s, she has been a seismic intellectual force, whether writing about philanthropy or crime and punishment or welfare reform of one of her parks, opera. it s always exciting when win off our stories lands, i invariably learn a lot, and that s in part because heather is a great and truly fearless reporter. there were any justice, macdonald would be knee deep in pulitzer prizes and national magazine award for her pioneering work. and if you heather she ll walk into a jail or police station or community meet organize university bureaucrats office and start asking questions. her writings always rich with detail and full of human voices. and it uncovers realities that vested interests and politically correct world views want hidden. heather may be best known for her work on policing and crime. the last work, the war on cops sparked a national dedebate on employing and the attorney general, eversessions, called he