With the technology. Number one, were asking all videos to stay off so we dont get video bombed so that we use all of our bandwidth for the conversation as opposed to video. Number two, to ask questions rather than doing it orally, what we are going to ask you to do is to type your questions into the chat box commit to do that if youre familiar with zoom if you run your cursor across the screen you will see at the bottom of box that says chats, click on chat and you will see off to the right hand of your screen a line at the bottom where you can type it in your questions. As you go through this discussion with Larry Rosenthal, if youd be good enough to type in your questions as they happen they will come directly to me. They will not be shared with the rest of the group because we suspect there might be some trolls here who may want to bomb us with hatred and rage. We just assume not have to have all of you share that. They will come to me and thats fine, i dont mind being there psychi
For being here. Im a bookseller and events host at book line which brookline which is in brookline, massachusetts. We could be anywhere. And i wanted to get started by thank everyone for being here this evening, everyone who is supporting these amazing journalists, writers as well as our bookstores by purchasing their copy of the book through us or by choosing to pay your way after the event. Every event really does make a difference, especially in times like these. We cant understate how much we appreciate it. Just a few things about sort of how the event is going to go tonight and the platform. You can see the chat function as weve been doing, throughout the event, you know, its not a disturbance if you have any thoughts or anything, if you want to just give a shoutout. Feel free to. Not a disturbance at all. I, of course, encourage everyone to be kind and respectful, but hopefully that should go without saying. Im just going to do a short introduction here, and after their conversat
Them in a minute. I wanted to start just by saying that we are gathering at a time where we all as country, as these leaders in particular, are leading us as we go through moments of deep pain and anguish for so Many Americans. That has come to the floor in the last few weeks. A product of t is years and decades and even really centuries of unequal and unfair treatments. E murders of george floyd, breyonea taylor, ahmed arbery and Many Americans to shed light on systemic racism that is pervasive in our country. Black people are not safe here not when they go out for a job, not when they go out to church, not even when they stay in their own home and they are too often killed at the hands of police. Right now, our country is dealing with two diseases. One of them dozens of vaccines are on trial, medical professionals are working around the clock. And it is a global effort to become a common enemy. And still so many people are suffering and dying. For the other its a disease thats riddle
If anyone was going to write a tellall it is more likely to be you but any juicy secrets you share anyway, that wasnt really an option for me but this is not a book i am trying to write. I did have some ideas coming out of office. I thought maybe something on a new view of Public Health to rebuild the Public Health infrastructure. I would write about my time in office and what i learned about government. What happened is sometimes you can have the best laid plans and then change direction and that happened to me. In 2017 i wrote an article for Harvard Business review because the editor asked me to. I wasnt entirely sure how interested Business Leaders would be but what i found following publication of the article is i was getting so many messages from around the world other than media folks who said this is a real problem. These messages would come from india, japan, south korea, countries across europe and latin america but a whole bunch of other types of messages. I have been struggl
Bring you new books to the politics and prose community. At any time you can click on the big green button below. We are offering reduced shipping as an incentive with online purchases, 5 tipping. It is a special treat, conversations and partners, author of no justice in the shadow. You can ask the author a question, at the bottom of your screen. You can see the other questions asked tonight, the ones we want to hear her the most or submits go ahead and start asking questions as soon as you have got them. Unlike in person events, we welcome you tonight, we are so happy you are here. In her important new book, no justice in the shadows no justice in the shadows how america criminalizes immigrants, alina das, author, lawyer and professor at nyu school of law show trumps into immigration stance is only the latest of most extreme iteration of the idea of the criminal alien. Joining us in conversation, the immigration reporter for pro publica, and cohost of the podcast welcome. Thank you an