Focus on outsiders. Amy plantation disaster capitalism. Fear is growing among native hawaiians that wealthy interest will seize land and Water Resources in this time of crisis on maui. As the death cap continues to rise. We will go to hawaii for the latest. Then teach no lies. We go to florida to speak with a historian who is leading the fight against the states new black history curriculum that claims black people benefited from being enslaved. And we will look at a shocking New Washington post expose revealing the smithsonian has a racial brain collection gathered in part by a racist anthropologist. There were children in the collection. There were men and women, fetuses. Many of them were Indigenous People, other people of color. Many of them did not have their identities actually recorded, partly because they were looked at as specimens. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In canada, officials hav
Thank you so much for waking up with us here on sunday morning, the best sunday morning for television. Im mike hydeck. She is erica grow. What can you complain about today weatherwise . Nothing. Tomorrow is when things change a bit. But its a very brief lived change. Not going to last very long as well. Lets get things started with a look at the michael son camera on the patomic river. A lot of sunshine, a few more clouds than we had yesterday, 75 degrees at 10 00, 83 at 1 00, another great day to have lunch outdoors. I saw a lot of people having picnics at the rock creek parkway yesterday. Those parks that line the rock creek parkway just beautiful for any Outdoor Activities today. Your High Temperature once again in the upper 80s. Currently it is a little chilly to start, just like yesterday, 55 in frederick, martinsburg and winchester, you might want to put on the sweater or light jacket. 55 in manassas as well, 54 in front royal but 65 in Downtown Washington. Keeping it clear and
Prizewinning historical novelist Geraldine Brooks. The last time we saw each other was in 2018 when you did our indepth program. I remember it well. It was a marathon and very enjoyable. I loved talking to the readers all over the country. We had talked about your books, but you have a new novel out called force. Is it historical fiction . It is historical fiction, and the historical spine of the model concerns trouble be the greatest racehorse in american racing history. He is a 19th century racehorse called lexington. Why is he the greatest horse . Ms. Brooks he was the fastest horse of his time and possibly would be the fastest worse today in the 19th century. His races were four miles long, which is like two kentucky derbys. He may still be the fastest horse who ever lived. He had the stamina, he had the heart and courage, and he had a lovely disposition. And then when he retired from the track he produced more champion horses than any other race horses racehorse has ever produced.
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Was in 2018 when you did our indepth program. I remember it well. It was a marathon and very enjoyable. I loved talking to the readers all over the country. We had talked about your books, but you have a new novel out called force. Is it historical fiction . It is historical fiction, and the historical spine of the model concerns trouble be the greatest racehorse in american racing history. He is a 19th century racehorse called lexington. Why is he the greatest horse . Ms. Brooks he was the fastest horse of his time and possibly would be the fastest worse today in the 19th century. His races were four miles long, which is like two kentucky derbys. He may still be the fastest horse who ever lived. He had the stamina, he had the heart and courage, and he had a lovely disposition. And then when he retired from the track he produced more champion horses than any other race horses racehorse has ever produced. And this is antebellum period . Ms. Brooks before the civil war, so a lot of those