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I am Vivian Schiller with the outfit institute. Glad you could be with us today. The New York Times bestseller list can be a mirror of the National Psyche and this reflects a nation going through an awakening on matters of race. Books on matters of race and racism fill fiction and nonfiction. Thats the good news. Sadly the Publishing Industry does not always reflect that reality. The recent twitter protest amy, the pay disparity in the industry between black and nonblack others. There are a few people of color who serve as publishing several literary agents and even fewer who operate at a decisionmaking level and for those who are published, the market exposure can be so awesome. At this year of National Reckoning on racism, we look at the book Publishing Industry and whether it can bring more racial diversity to the field. This is part of our changing the narrative series, issues of race through the media and one program on the news media and another program about the entertainment in
When we treat everybody fairly. Equalen we truly have opportunities. This is not a zerosum game. David i am the fellow for trade and economics at the Baker Institute. Thealso a law professor at university of arizona. I am pleased to welcome all of you on behalf of the center for nd mexico at baker and at rice. This is the first of our five planned webinars on the ,mplementation of the usmca which Everybody Knows went into effect on july 1. Just a quick plug for the other events. September 24, investor settlement, or the lack of. In october, the usmca governing trade and auto parts. That sector accounts for 25 plus Percentage Points of total manufacturing trade within north america. In november come november, environmental provisions. In december, we will focus on the stakeholder issues. Those Companies Directly involved in importing and exporting across the north american borders, who are dealing with new enforcement provisions, a different kind of certificate of origin, and other chal
Should the military be used for domestic unrest such as the recent protests . Should the u. S. Be terminating many of our arms control treaties and even contemplating resuming Nuclear Testing . Should the names of Confederate Military leaders be removed from u. S. Military bases and other statue be removed from our Public Places . To address these questions and many more, today we will have a unique conversation between two recent secretaries of defense, doctor robert gates and general james mattis. As a bipartisan secretary of defense, secretary robert gates served under president george w. Bush and barack obama. He is the author of a new book, exercise of power americas failures, successes and a new path forward in the post cold war world. Doctor gates is an officer in the u. S. Air force and spent 27 years in the cia. He served as the cia director and became the first career officer in cia history to move from entrylevel employee to head the agency. Secretary gates served as a membe
Philip all rosensweig National Security fellow Paul Rosenzweig. Host the washington journal for june 10. At 10 00 a. M. Today the house to share years of george floyd the brother of george floyd and others. You can listen to it on a free cspan radio app. Several states have seen increases in covid19 cases since memorial day. Dr. Fauci still calls coronaviruss Worst Nightmare in new jersey joined the list of states at stayathome orders with that as a backdrop in our next hour, we will ask you to tell us about your current level of concern over coronavirus. You can call us, 2027488000 for the eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacifica, 2027488001. If you are a medical professional, call 2027488002. 3. U can text us at 202748800 post on twitter at cspan wj and our Facebook Page is available to you. Facebook. Com cspan. Richard rogers posting this morning a question concerning those states saying is it true that covid19 cases are on the rise . Pointed to a story on the Washi