welcome to the show. i am mehdi hasan. they called it black monday. it was the day the supreme court issued its famous ruling in brown v. board of education. a ruling that told americans school segregation was unconstitutional. and for a group of white mississippians, that they came to be known as black monday. the monitor came from this man, thomas pickens brady, a prominent segregationist and future mississippi supreme court justice who gave a defiant speech against the decision entitled, black monday. it was printed as a booklet and passed out to white school children in mississippi. seeped in racism and white supremacist thinking, you might not be surprised to hear that it was published by the white supremacist organization, this is since councils, a group that was also formed in mississippi, right after, take a guess, the brown the board ruling. i am telling you all of this to show you how deeply rooted the racism in mississippi goes, how vicious the backlash was to fe
small, rural town, but the capital of an american state. the state legislator in mississippi, what they have done, a great job at ease ignoring problems. that is something they do well. we have had issues with our tap program, where government governor little used it as a slush fund, to take money supposed to be helping those in need, to developers and football players. , we have had hospitals clos, and the legislator doesn t have medical the dispatch. we have what, two billion dollars in federal funding, aqua funding, 18 months ago. that money still has not been spent. there is no real plan for any of it, because our legislator has previously not taken any of these issues seriously, and they have used their abilities as lawmakers to help those who don t need help, to help those communities that have sprouted up outside of jackson, like float would, where the governor
It's been nearly three years since revelers last gathered in the Old Mill District to celebrate Bend Brewfest, a stretch set to come to an end May 13-14 when more than 65 breweries and cider houses from throughout the Pacific Northwest will gather to pour 100-plus beers, ciders, and seltzers on the banks of the Deschutes River. It's been a long time coming, says Beau Eastes, marketing director for the Bend Brewfest. "We couldn't be happier to be back," Eastes says about this year's festival, which also coincides with Bend's iconic Pole Pedal Paddle multi-sport race, held May 14 in the Old Mill District. "The beer list for this year's event is spectacular," he adds. "Von Ebert, Great Notion, Alesong, Boneyard, Spider City, Ale Apothecary, Fremont, pFriem, to name a few – it really is a collection of the most exciting and innovating breweries in the Pacific Northwest." See the full Bend Brewfest tap list here. Construction
she receives from a program for low income. she qualifies by working at a clothing institution. i knew i had to do something better for my four children. i m only eligible for the k tap program for five years after that what am i going to do? what s going to be my income? so i got on a school program. in this portion of the country, employment is hard to come by. the largest town in the county sits vacant and overgrown. there s no jobs here. i mean, there s nothing. with the median income at $22,000, it is one of the poorest counties in america. that s one of the reasonings that more than half of its residents rely on food stamps to make things meet. i get out here and work for