In one state already and also a Defendant Facing Charges by the very doj that he would run if elected. Kamala harris invokes this on the campaign trail, and it was a theme at the dnc. I took on perpetrators of all kinds, so hear me when i say, i know Donald Trumps type. For kamala, Practicing Law was always about protecting the vulnerable and giving the victims a voice. I cant wait to see her prosecute the case against donald trump on the debate stage. In the courtroom, i stood proudly before a judge, and i said five words. Kamala harris for the people. My entire career, i have only had one client. The people. Harris aides see that record as an asset. Many voters now tuning back in, and they want to know, what did she do as a prosecutor . While critics have questioned if her whole record is a good thing in itself. Which brings us to our Special Report leading off the program right now. On what it means that harris was a prosecutor, what did she do, and how is it relevant . Well, off th
African women became involved in womens suffrage and other political movements in the first half of the 20th century. United states capitalists already and the womens Suffrage Commission hosted this event doctor martha jones was the very first scholar that we recruited for this symposium. Back in the day when you could see one another, i went over to baltimore and we had coffee and got to know each other a little bit. She agreed that she would come and keynote our conference. So we are so honored. Doctor jones is a historian, a writer and a commentator whose work has focused on how black americans have shaped the history of american democracy. Her most recent book, which just came out, is called vanguard, how black when women overcame barriers won the vote and insisted on equality for all. This book is fascinating. You have to get it. It starts with doctor joneses grandmother, Soucie Soucie jones, and i must admit i have not finished the book, but it has Amazing Stories of women who re
Louisiana and thats pretty darn close, that is a great first try at that. Great, admiral you the white house and lead developer of the hhs wire Public Health policy recommendation so i was hoping you could give us an overview of the Current Situation on the ground today. The situation on the ground with the pandemic, i think everyone understands that similar to where we were post memorial day, we had a significant increase in the number of cases, the hospitalizations are starting to go up as well and we do however, know how to defeat the pandemic to control it until we can get vaccines and youve heard this so many times before but physical distancing is important, wearing the mask when you cannot physically distant is really essential, the American People have done a good job, we do rank among the top in the world and mask wearing that weve got to get better as well as doing the good hand hygiene and with all of this we have to have a program of smart testing and im sure we will talk a
National security advisers Henry Kissinger. In some ways, nixon is one of the most brilliant people to occupy the white house. He had incredible political gifts. But on the other hand hes one of the worst people to occupy the white house because he had a broad streak of para nnoia and course in the end ruined himself by bringing about his his own catastrophic downfall in the watergate scandal of 1972 to 1974. Were going to look at the good and bad side of the nixon presidency with National Security adviser kissinger. Im going to share the screen so we can look at powerpoint pictures as we go through the sequence. First of all, here is president nixon himself. He had been born back in 1913 in california and grew up in a lower middle class family. Went to the local college there with the college. He graduated and went to Duke University law school and this is in the worst years of great depression. The mid1930s. During the second world war, he joined the u. S. Navy. You can see the photo
Have ordered a copy of the book, please consider grabbing one nationally, internationally, Curbside Pickup thats open now at limited capacity. Heads up, weekends are busy. The share guidelines and also some to the books. Easy access to purchase. Remember your purchase goes towards our staff. Our guest for the night will be joining us on the screen. We will take questions from the audience to please submit your questions below. If youre looking below all the way to the right, lucy little bubbles, thats where you should put them. We will try to keep track of all the questions. Also, if youre watching via facebook, submit your questions on the comment field and well go from there. I like give a warm welcome to our guest for the night, eddie, phd is an associate professor of Higher Education and organizational change at ucla. College president and the struggle for black students published by Princeton University press. You can find him on twitter at eddie. Also phd, historian of black wome