Senator mccain speaks at the National Press club in washington d. C. For the about 45 minutes. Senator john mccain, you know all about him. Just going to tell you just a little bit. Served in the u. S. Navy from 1954 to 1981. He was elected to the u. S. House of representatives from arizona in 1982. And the senate in 1986. He was the republican president ial candidate in 2008. He is now serving his fifth term in the senate. And Myron Belkind over here is our 107th president of the National Press club. He has had a 42year career with the Associated Press and he has covered many world leaders. Myron received his ba in 1961 from Ohio State University and an ms with high honors in 62 from Columbia University graduate school of journalism where he won a pulitzer traveling fellowship. When he retired in 2004 myron joined the National Press club and was asked to assume leadership of the International Correspondents committee. He worked to expand the Clubs International activities and also att
On May 31, 1918, Czech and Slovak immigrant representatives in Pittsburgh came together to sign The Pittsburgh Agreement, which formed the basis for the new nation of Czechoslovakia following World War I.
Think you know all there is to know about Pittsburgh? Author Ed Simon is betting that you don’t. He’ll be talking about his nonfiction book, “An Alternative History of Pittsburgh,” at noon March 26 in the Trust Arts Education Center in downtown Pittsburgh, to open the two-day Core Conversations series
The People’s Climate Vote
Thunberg’s supporters span generations. But the media has identified her as a spokesperson for Generation Z, representing the views of those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2010s. A new poll supports this idea.
Organized by Oxford University and the United Nations, it is the largest global warming survey ever conducted. The “People’s Climate Vote” reached 1.2 million people from 50 countries. It found that nearly 70% of participants under the age of 18 believe climate change is a global emergency. Only 58% of those over 60 agree. As a headline in the
Jakarta Postput it, “Greta Thunberg’s generation most likely to believe climate change is a crisis.”