Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. More at rockefellerfoundation. Org Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the nations new attorney general has spent this day under growing fire. And now, Jeff Sessions says someone else will oversee an investigation of russian meddling in the election, and of contacts between the Trump Campa
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. More at rockefellerfoundation. Org Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the nations new attorney general has spent this day under growing fire. And now, Jeff Sessions says someone else will oversee an investigation of russian meddling in the election, and of contacts between the Trump Campa
The cultivation of the instinct of beauty, he observed, is a primary practical concern, especially under a government that makes no plans for an astocracy. On a day i1760, Young Thomas Jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. Back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mounins, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. Though he is critical of the government and the architecture in williamsburg, he will return here many times over the next 20 years to study and practice law. And eventually to take up residence with his family as the second governor of virginia. I was bred to the law, he once reflected, and that gave me a view of the dark side of humanity. Then i read poetry to qualify it with a gaze upon its bright side. The books he was purchasing in these years embraced the whole spectrum of 18thcentury knowledge. None were more treasured than his books on
Aliyah American Horse has been chosen as the Midwest Youth Poet Laureate. She is now one of four teen finalists in the country vying for the National Youth Poet Laureate