What is the button you are wearing . The universe book. What does that mean . It means we want the Publishing Industry to have books that actively reflect the children of america. Is there an Organization Behind that . Yes, there is. What is . It a nonprofit and we are working on about six programs in order to get at the issue from im all about creating an industry or recreating an industry that values the fact that books are mirrors, so we have to sort of be able to see ourselves, understand our identity, and books are windows to be able to see outside of ourselves and to become more empathetic and really understand what humanity means. Youre a young adult author, and when you visit with students and you visit with a book group, what do you hear from them . Guest i hear that children are much more advanced than we are as adults [laughter] like the kids get it. They understand that, you know, they are of value, that they are worthy to each other and not because of labels or not because
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The sheriffs deputy seen on video violently removing a student from her desk in South Carolina could lose his job today. The Richland County sheriff is expected to announce whether ben fields will remain on the force. The Justice Department has also launched an investigation. Cell phone video shows the moment when the deputy grabbed and drags the student from her chair. He later places her under arrest. Omarhe put his hands on her but he did not sa justified the actions of deputy ben fields. This is the video sheriff lott is referring to. You can see the student strike the officer at least once after deputy fields puts her into a hadlock and grabs her leg. Even though she refused to abide by the directions of the teacher, the School Administrator and then also the verbal commands of our deputy, im looking at what our deputy did. Reporter fields actions have outraged many in the community, including parents including a dozen who voiced their opinions at a tuesday night School District b
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