We start late for every political leader. Neera good morning, everyone. My name is neera tanden and it is my great honor to welcome you to the center for american progress. We are really excited to have a special guest today. The 61st mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu. During his 30year career in Public Service, mayor landrieu has made it his mission to expand opportunity for people a people in his hometown of new orleans and across louisiana. As mayor hes worked tirelessly to make his city safer, to revitalize distressed neighborhoods and to attract new business and investment. His many initiatives are a big reason why new orleans is one of americas Fastest Growing cities. Of course, last month mayor landrieu garnered National Attention for a powerful speech he delivered that explained why he fought to remove four confederate monuments from public spaces in his city. Of course, last month mayor landrieu garnered National Attention for a powerful speech he delivered that explained w
Made it his mission to expand opportunity for people in his hometown of new orleans and across louisiana. As mayor, he has worked tirelessly to make his cities , and to attract new business and investment. s words reaffirmed a simple, undeniable fact, that any attempt to emphasize the lost cause of the confederacy is a decision to embrace a culture that systematically is stripped of innocent men, women, and children. How could an africanamerican Family Living in new orleans explained to their daughter why a statue of robert e lee stood atop their city . When i heard that, i had to say at the time, i thought what incredible leadership but honestly, also why did it take until 2017 until we heard that . That we have the mayor here to talk about that. We all know that there are no good answers to the questions he person who tries to gloss over that monstrous evil of slavery is simply perpetuating the same a good made it possible in the first place. I am really excited to have this discussi
Good morning everyone. It is my great honor to welcome you to the center for American Progress. We are really excited to have special guest today. This is 61st mayor of new orleans. Mitch landrieu. During his 30 year career in public service, mayor landrieu made his mission to expand opportunity for people in his hometown of new orleans and across louisiana. As mayor hes worked tirelessly to make his city safer, move to revitalize neighborhoods and attractses new business. His many initiatives is big reason new orleans is one of the Fastest Growing cities. Of course, last month, mayor landrieu garnered National Attention for a power speech that explain why he fought to remove monuments. Many praise mayor landrieu for passion he displayed that day. That i have to say, i was particularly impressed by mayor landrieus speech for another reason. I was deeply moved by the unflinching honesty he used to confront a surely shameful period in american period. His words reaffirmed undenialable fa
The dakota pipeline. Into something that is going to come back and haunt if not us today, but the future. Amy we will speak with the chair in south dakota. Plus, we speak with the grandson of former Vice President Henry Wallace, who spoke against fascism in america more than 70 years ago. The Wallace Global Fund recently sioux 1tanding rock million for wind and Solar Renewable Energy projects. All of that and more coming up. This is democracynow, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman. Today, in this holiday special, we begin with the words of frederick douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, douglass would escape, head north and become a key leader of the abolition movement. On july 5th, 1852, in rochester, new york, 165 years ago, douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, the meaning of july fourth for the negro. He was addressing the rochester ladies antislavery society. This is actor James Earl Jones reading douglasss historic address during a performan
The dakota pipeline. Into something that is going to come back and haunt if not us today, but the future. Amy we will speak with the chair in south dakota. Plus, we speak with the grandson of former Vice President Henry Wallace, who spoke against fascism in america more than 70 years ago. The Wallace Global Fund recently sioux 1tanding rock million for wind and Solar Renewable Energy projects. All of that and more coming up. This is democracynow, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman. Today, in this holiday special, we begin with the words of frederick douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, douglass would escape, head north and become a key leader of the abolition movement. On july 5th, 1852, in rochester, new york, 165 years ago, douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, the meaning of july fourth for the negro. He was addressing the rochester ladies antislavery society. This is actor James Earl Jones reading douglasss historic address during a performan