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Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 thats the job for a historian. Most historians, if they think about photographs at all, focus on them as images not material objects and as illustrations rather than as primary sources that can and should themselves be the subject of historical analysis. Watch ken burns 1996 series on the west and Pay Attention to his treatment of the pueblo revolt of 1680. While he uses engravings of spaniards it to visual issize the story he relies on 19th and 20th century sorry gave away my story there, trying to highlight this picture here, he relies on 19th and 20th century photographs to depict the pueblo protagonists. This approach conveys an insidious image. European people change with time. One would never use images from two centuries later to depict them, but native peoples live on in an unchanging past, a photograph made 24 ....
You really look at what is happening. But a random act of kindness planted a seed of hope. Soledad i am soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Barriers to the ballot are not new for black and brown people in america. From poll taxes and literacy tests to intimidation and physical violence, all were blatant forms of efforts to suppress the vote. Today, Voter Suppression is the result of overly strict voter id laws, complicated rules for mailin ballots, extreme consolidation of polling places, and mass purging of voters from election rolls. Some examples, oklahoma, where state law requires absentee ballots to be notarized. Texas, where vulnerability to covid19 can not be used as a reason to get an absentee ballot. Kentucky, where just one polling place was open during the primary election in jefferson county, which serv roughly many people could be turned away from the polls in november or find out that their ballots did not ....
Individuals are seated six feet apart. There is no room for the public to attend and the press is working as a pool bang and the hearing may be watched gaveltogavel online. Both of our witnesses, dr. Collins and sargent general adams are participating in person. Some are in person, some are participating by videoconference. The office of attending physician has advised that editors and witnesses may remove their masks to talk in the microphone since our chairs are six feet apart or more. That is why my mask is off and i am more than six feet apart and when i am in a hall or walking on the senate floor, i wear my mask. We are grateful to the committee, the sergeant at arms, the press gallery, the architect at the capital, all who have helped us maintain a safe environment for this hearing. Votesd like to say that began at 11 15 but we will continue the hearing so that all senators will have a chance to participate and if necessary i will ask someone else to reside during the time of vot ....
Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. I would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative matters that we do at the beginning after consulting with the attending physician, the sergeant at arms, cdc, health and Human Services, individuals are seated six feet apart. There is no room for the public to attend and the press is working as a pool bang and the hearing may be watched gaveltogavel online. Both of our witnesses, dr. Collins and sargent general adams are participating in person. Some are in person, some are participating by videoconference. The office of attending physician has advised that editors and witnesses may remove their masks to talk in the microphone since our chairs are six feet apart or more. That is why my mask is off and i am more than six feet apart and when i am in a hall or walking on the senate floor, i wear my mask. We are grateful to the committee, the serg ....
Postmaster general louis dejoy, and the chairman of the postal board of governors Robert Duncan to this oversight hearing, and i thank you all for being here. In all of our districts we are hearing from constituents about significant delays in the delivery of mail, medicines, food, and other supplies. These delays are especially concerning and potentially lifethreatening during the Coronavirus Crisis. These are not isolated complaints. They are widespread. Our offices have been receiving thousands of calls and emails about the detrimental effects these delays are having on our veterans, seniors, Small Businesses, and families across the country. When we asked postal leaders about these delays they downplayed them. They dismissed them as temporary. They discounted them as a minor, unintended consequences of reforms b ....