81971. A white house out more, a revolt in the streets and the untold history. That event is this thursday the 24th. You can find information about it and all of our happenings and events at twitter, facebook an instagram as well as powells. Co powells. Com. Tonight we are very excited to welcome hes an attorney political activist and antitrust and collections expert. A rising star on the left, her campaign for the near attorney general in 2018 was endorsed by bernie sanders, the New York Times and others. She was part of the team of lawyers that sued donald trump for allegedly violated the clause of the constitution. She sits on the board of the directors of the open markets institute and teaches law. In her new book, break them up recovering freedom from big gag, big tech and big money, she offers a call for liberals looking to find a common cause. She makes a compelling case that monopolies of the root cause of many of the issues that todays progressives care about. They derive econ
Representative john lewis was remembered at a Memorial Service at his hometown in troy, alabama. He died recently at the age of 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The chancellor of Troy University and the mayor lead off the service. Good morning. On behalf of our board of trustees, several of our trustees are here with us this morning. I want to welcome you to this special occasion, in particular the welcome is extended to family and we certainly extend our condolences to the family and our appreciation to what the congressman has met not only to the state in this country but to the world around us. Behalfome is extended on of the party as well. I would be remiss this morning say thank you to those who have brought us all together at this time. Mr. Higgins has been a voice for Racial Justice and on our board two decades at least, and has been a shining example of what all of us should strive to be. I would like to thank mr. Higgins for his influence. In the book of ecclesiastes,
Forhiggins has been a voice Racial Justice and on our board two decades at least, and has been a shining example of what all of us should strive to be. I would like to thank mr. Higgins for his influence. Ecclesiastes, it is written that to everything, there is a season and a time to every purpose. Today truly is a time home the native son of this county. We are very proud that dr. Put thatther king label on congressman lewis so many years ago. We are very proud of the identity it affords. I cannot begin to tell you how many messages and calls i have had, not only from the country but around the world the last few days as people have learned that john lewis was indeed from troy, alabama. We are proud of that fact. We are also proud that angressman lewis shared special philosophy with some of the great icons, such as miss rosa parks and dr. Martin luther king in terms of change, the need for change and the need for nonviolent change. As i reflected on their philosophy over the years, it
Company. As a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Welcome everybody, i am the dean at the Journalism School and im very pleased to welcome you to tonights conversation with the 2020 prizewinners, i am sorry we are conducting this conversation virtually rather than in the room at columbia, i hope her back together again next year and the way we annually celebrate these wonderful awards in the memory of one of the great nonfiction narrative writers of any generation, certainly a great influence on the generation of writers that i grew up around. And probably among the folks who are being honored tonight. What were going to do tonight is try to concentrate on the substance rather than the ceremony since zoom is not a capacious place to exchange awards and the like so we will have a series of conversations with our four winners and then walk us through that, when we are done we will take your questions in chat and we will try to wrap up in an hour using the
S good afternoon, welcome to the february 11th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , and supervisor yee. Mr. President , all members are present. Supervisor yee ok. Thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Supervisor yee on behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts to the public online. Are there any communications. I have none to report mr. President. Ok, then, lets go to our 2 00 p. M. Special order. Special order at 2 00 p. M. Is the appearance by our honorable mayor, london n. Breed. Theyre being no questions submitted from supervisors representing districts 14, the mayor