A decade ago, if you drove down highway 99, that flat zipper of road down the heart of central california, and you look to the side of the road, you would see this shack standing, and i remember the first time i saw it, i thought, jeez, thats been lifted from the mississippi delta, 1930s, you know, who lived there . Well, as i was driving, you looked closer, there was puffs of smoke coming from the roof. It was not someone who lived there. Someone was still living here in the year 2002, 2003. One day, myself and matt black, a photographer who, you know, is kind of a modern day dorothy lang, evans, we pulledded off the side of the road, came over the Railroad Tracks across this little dirt road here, across from this vineyard, and we pulled up to the shack. It was in better shape then, but a tarp paper shack, and as we walked up, there were rabbit furs that had been that were hammered on to the wall. I remember knocking once, twice, and this place was on stilts. The door creeked open, a
Businesses get it and now how important it is for the vitality of america and endorsed by the aflcio, so labor understands it also. We thank both labor and Business Community for supporting the immigration bill. [applause] so, nick, youve been involved in ufcw, packing house workers and stuff, and its been my experience as i toured them, and i didnt work in them like durbin did. He was a meat cutter in packing houses, but as ive traveled around, i see more and more of the Latino Community working in our packing houses and meat cutting places you represent. Tell us about that. Im with local cw222 from northwest iowa. We have a packing house in cherokee, iowa, and dakota city, nebraska. Too together, thats roughly close to 5,000 employee, and 75 of them are latino. 75 . Yes, yes, so 75 of the membership who we represent are latino and imMigrant Workers, so, again, good morning, ladies and gentlemen, of the panel and audience, senators, im honored to be here to talk about an issue that af
Earnest with an announcement by the president and office of management and budget. Welcome to the washington journal. As the sequestration has begun, 85 billion is at stake. You have heard from the president and the speaker of the house. Now it is your turn to weigh in on the mandatory budget cuts that are taking effect effective today. The number is 2025853884, democrats 2025853881 for republicans 2025853882 for independents. You can also send us an email, the addresses there. We want to begin by showing you some of the headlines around the country, beginning with the chicago tribune, regarding the sequestration. The president s home town newspaper from the Atlanta Journal constitution, and on the front page of the Long Beach Press telegram, they say the sequestration will cost 250,000 will cost 750,000 jobs. This morning in the fort wayne indiana, no end in sight. We are going to take a look at more of the covers. Lets go to the phones. First of this terry in hagerstown first up is t
Day, and movies that depict the struggle of a young man or young woman coming out of prison for the challenges they face or heroic efforts to survive on the outside, that tells a different story than the one we have been fed for so long about criminals and what ought to be done with them. In the meantime we have to take responsibility for educating ourselves in our own communities using the means we have at our disposal. We begin a special look with a look at the library of one of the nations most famous. It is to d the boys, my friends so long. My regret of the war is that i was not with them for the companionship. The two years of death and misery is a spouse that tolerates no divorce. Companionship is part of ones soul and not obliterated. The experience was about youth. He wanted to have that story and tell a well and honestly so that you could connect with people you had never seen. His early career, before he started as a war correspondent, he was a journalist, wound up as the ma
Tootive they came in the mail along with the other junk. In fact the Company Knows you dont bowl or cut your own lawn. Its merely covering the tracks so that what it knows doesnt seem so spooky. You with watch this and other programs online. At booktv. Org. From politics and prose in d. C. , Lawrence Wright rights on the church of scientology. The author who interviewed over 200 current and former scientologists exams the church, recounting the history, and profile the founder, the late Science Fiction writer. Its about an hour. [applause] thank you, bradley. And thank you all for coming. This bookstore is a great institution, and its ive been here many times. Ive spoken here many times, and my son used to be a baa baa rei stay here as a matter of fact. We have a lot of ties to politics and prose. And, you know, i thought i would talk a little bit theres so much to say about scientology. Here i am in washington which has a unique role about scientology. I thought i would talk about how