Ainsfieldwolf who had this prize way back in 1985in she understood that literature could serve as the potent elixir in this fight. In the 84 years since the prize was established, our country has made Great Strides forward with regard to respecting and embracing our diversity. But recently we have taken disheartening steps backward. Reported hate crimes have risen sharply in the past several years, including, of course, the mass murders at the Mother Emanuel Ame Church in South Carolina and the tree of pennsylvania. This is a national trend, but it also hits close to home. According to the southern poverty law center, there are more organized hate groups in the state of ohio than in kentucky and West Virginia combined. A great source of re was one, ba clarion call for action. We must rewrite our Current National narrative to vigorously oppose bigotry in all of its forms. [applaus [applause] and tonights ceremony provides an opportunity to energize that sense of purpose. This is the 16t
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff its not a state of the Union Address, but it has most of the trappings. Tonight offers the new president his biggest moment since the inauguration, to tell americans what he wants to do as the president , and possibly to turn around impressions after a bumpy beginning. John yang begins our coverage, from the white house. Reporter President Trump spent today getting ready for primetime tonights address to a joint session of congress. Its a busy day, and tonight will be a rather busy night. We look forward to it. Reporter Senior Administration Officials Say hell tout the Campaign Promises he has kept in his five weeks in office and offer an optimistic look into the future. In a fox news interview th
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff its not a state of the Union Address, but it has most of the trappings. Tonight offers the new president his biggest moment since the inauguration, to tell americans what he wants to do as the president , and possibly to turn around impressions after a bumpy beginning. John yang begins our coverage, from the white house. Reporter President Trump spent today getting ready for primetime tonights address to a joint session of congress. Its a busy day, and tonight will be a rather busy night. We look forward to it. Reporter Senior Administration Officials Say hell tout the Campaign Promises he has kept in his five weeks in office and offer an optimistic look into the future. In a fox news interview th
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Joined tonight by jeremy scahill, investigative reporter, war correspondent, author and editor of the online news, the intercept. Good to have you here. Thank you. Before i jump into particulars about the speech, you had a chance to read it, of course, over the years. What do you make of the parallels of the remarks king made 50 years ago and where we are now . First of all, if you really read the speech and listen to it, this was a meticulous, political, analysis that was being offered by dr. King. It was, like many sophisticated analysis, it was prophetic and timeless. The war at home and the war on brown people and poor people and people of color around the world. If you look at our political context today, we have a president in donald trump, who is gutting social programs and exponentially increasing the military budget. What is the most fundamentally true aspect of that speech is dr. King talked about an a
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Joined tonight by jeremy scahill, investigative reporter, war correspondent, author and editor of the online news, the intercept. Good to have you here. Thank you. Before i jump into particulars about the speech, you had a chance to read it, of course, over the years. What do you make of the parallels of the remarks king made 50 years ago and where we are now . First of all, if you really read the speech and listen to it, this was a meticulous, political, analysis that was being offered by dr. King. It was, like many sophisticated analysis, it was prophetic and timeless. The war at home and the war on brown people and poor people and people of color around the world. If you look at our political context today, we have a president in donald trump, who is gutting social programs and exponentially increasing the military budget. What is the most fundamentally true aspect of that speech is dr. King talked about an a