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100 years since the founding of the professional american football association, precursor to the national football league. that was founded in 1920. but it did not integrate until 1946, when it had its first black player, kenny washington, who signed with the l.a. rams. in recent years, of course, at a time when american audiences are breaking up and vulcanize in, football remains this kind of centerpiece of our national political popular culture. and there has been renewed focus on race after, ...

Trends across latin america? isabel allende, in california, welcome to hardtalk. now, i can see your book there, your latest one, violeta, behind you, and it depicts an old woman, violeta, writing a letter to her grandson. now, your... camilo. your book came out at a time when we were all experiencing covid, and its set in 1920 when the spanish flu has just arrived in latin america.

Well, john barrys the author of "the great influenza," and he joins me now. john, thank you for joining us to talk about this. you say that most people think that the 1918 flu pandemic ended the summer of 1919 but theyre wrong. what actually happened, sir? >> well, even the cdc website says there were three waves. but the reality is thats because people at the time were so tired of having lived through it they basically just stopped thinking about it. in 1920, however, there was another wave in ...

Into making the movie. there are eight nominations for the 1920s western the power of the dog, including best actor for benedict cumberbatch and best supporting actor for kodi smit—mcphee. oh, well, do pardon me. good, justice really is possible. jane campion is also nominated for best director, one of three women on the six strong shortlist. these are the british academy awards and there is good representation for british films. belfast is up for six awards that include best film, and support...

Substitute teachers. the most recent survey of schools in october found more than 75% of principals were having trouble finding substitute teachers. according to ed week research center. one school district seeing 2,000 subrequests while only have 700 in the pool. those your headlines. in california they are asking some of the parents to step in. >> steve: and they are in a big way. >> pete: same with bus drivers. >> steve: they need help. all right. so, coming up, a week from yesterday, is vale...

Always has been, i dont think britain has been able to generate mass since the 1920s to the idea we will somehow magic up a huge mass overnight even if we were to go to three orfour micro overnight even if we were to go to three or four micro percent gdp overnight even if we were to go to three orfour micro percent gdp is not necessarily going to deliver the answer we want but i think it shows we are in the right direction and i know i have at my fingertips at the moment is a significant number ...

About war, and the hope is it will be averted, because its result is always certain — destruction of the body and the mind. fergal keane, bbc news, ukraine. the oscar nominations are out and the 1920s western the power of the dog is dominating this years line up. the sci—fi film dune is not far behind and sir kenneth branaghs 1960s drama belfast is also one of the front—runners. olivia colman, benedict cumberbatch and andrew garfield are among the british nominees in the lead acting catego...

Does she interpret political trends across latin america? isabel allende, in california, welcome to hardtalk. now, i can see your book there, your latest one, violeta, behind you, and it depicts an old woman, violeta, writing a letter to her grandson. now, your... camilo. your book came out at a time when we were all experiencing covid, and its set in 1920 when the spanish flu has just arrived in latin america. 18 million people killed,

On enjoying red wine as queen. i hope so. some will never change their mind about camilla. they will never forgive. it�*s a pleasure to meet you. its a pleasure to meet you too. it�*s been a bumpyjourney, but she has moved from vilified public figure to future queen. daniela relph, bbc news, bath. bamber gascoigne, one of the most familiar faces on british television in the 1960s and 70s — has died at the age of 87. a big one coming up, your starterfor ten. he was the first quizmaster of u...

Horrible fascist examples. we have plenty of examples in this country of the same thing in the 20s and the 50s and the mccarthy era thinking back to the scopes monkey trial in the 1920s. i just thought we were better than this, that we were more cosmopolitan, less provincial, and more liberal and less dictatorial and i guess i was wrong. >> so, molly, republicans have made noise for years about free speech on college campuses. they love to use the term "snowflake," right? now, it is the opposite...