Looks at responses to disasters in American History with an emphasis on research and writing. Over the semester weve examined various disasters from different perspectives. First of all, the psychological and physical problems at jamestown. Responses to fires, hurricanes, and epidemics in colonial america. Famine suffered by the donner party and route to california. Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine and the ability to create new lives in this country. Disaster tourism. The johnstown flood of 1889. The impact of the triangle shirt waist factory fire in new york city and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So, today we are discussing the Pulitzer Prizewinning book polio an american story. You all received questions i posted. Im really interested in this topic because i also teach a seminar on the 1950s, and thats when so much of this book takes place. I think just looking at polio really reveals so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting,
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Chair discusses the coronavirus. Join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington host good morning. It is monday, july 13, 2020. A threehour washington journal ahead and we begin the day the race from the for the white house and we are three weeks away from Vice President joe biden announcing his running mate. We want to hear from democrats who do you think joe biden should pick to be on the 2020 ticket . Democrats in the eastern or central time zones can call in o 274 88000. You can also send us a text. Please include your name and where you are from. A good monday morning. As a reminder, joe biden has said he would pick a woman to be his running mate in 2020, so that helps narrow down the list, but were asking democrats who runninge joe bidens mate. This piece takes up the 11 most logical picks. The top three, congresswoman val demings of florida, senator Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts, and the number one pick, senator, harris of california. Aaron blake writes she has be
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