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Building in which these people work. you work in a capital that was built for enslaved people. you are there enjoying the benefits of their labor. if you dont want to acknowledge our ties, as much as you dont want to work on the anacostia river. im being flip about that, but this is true. i was doing the research. as latest as 2017, we were pegging pensions to the last heir of a civil war veteran. we are at this very moment still paying pensions to the veterans of spanish-american war. long befo...

That the university sold off 272 people to stay a float in 1838. those people ended up in louisiana on some of the worst plantations in the u.s. one of their descendants is a current student at georgetown. >> my ancestors were here until members of their families were sold in 1838. so my family and who i am as an american actually goes back 11 generations. >> milison is among a group of activists pushing to make the university the first in the country to pay reparations for slavery. an overwhelm...

Repair the sins of its past. >> georgetown is one of the most prestigious universities in the united states. it was founded by jesuits in 1789 on the backs of slave labor. the university owned plantations in maryland and even enslaved people on campus. but it wasnt until 2015 that a student researcher discovered that the university sold off 272 people to stay a float in 1838. those people ended up in louisiana on some of the worst plantations in the u.s. one of their descendants is a current stu...

Slavery. an overwhelming majority of students voted to increase their own tuition by $27.20 a semester. thats 10 cents for each of the people the university sold. the money will go to a louisiana community where many of the descendants live. a community that lacks basic services like a hospital and secondary school. >> were not making a gift to these people. their, like, quality of life is directly ti lly tied to the act the university. even just geographically. being put in communities in louis...

Im glad you clarified that because my point was in the absence of governmental action these are individual steps that white americans can take to contribute toward reparation. but historically the government has a lot to be responsible for. lucy, you got a lot of splaining to do, so to speak. there are enormous responsibilities on the part of the government. mitch mcconnell said were not responsible. all of us have benefited from a society of black labor. even if you werent here when slavery was...

Employees who are worried or johns the local economy is closely tied to the plant and its workers meeting will take a hit to. peer nodded kingdoms exit from the european union is set to have a major impact on britains economy in the southern welsh town of bridge and halfway between cardiff and swanzy the effects of bricks that have begun to impact local residents the permanent employees know from other people so the whole i think i think the whole economy which understands that. this is what a l...

Up what is that sunny. germans play twice as much for electricity for households as neighboring france, which gets 35% of its power from nuclear. the green new deal also proposes retrofitting every building in the u.s. -- one estimate puts the cost of that at $1.4 trillion, with a t, dollars. just her homes alone. proponents argue its an investment. >> for every $1 we spent on infrastructure and get a return on that investment. >> but sometimes the return on that investment is tragic. the grunfe...

Jillian: the migrant caravan marching towards the u.s. border now just 300 miles away and theres new evidence that they could be getting help from government agencies, griff jenkins live with the very latest as more than 2500 migrants make their final push, good morning, griff. >> yeah, good morning, jillian, if they have their way by the days end they will be at the u.s. border, 272 miles from where i stand to eagle pass, texas port of entry, take a look at the video, though, mexican officials,...

Harris unless the issue is resolved. the governor has named a replacement for former elections board chairman, andy penry. he stepped down over the weekend amid criticism for posting a series of anti-trump tweets. the board has plenty of work to do this month. on the 21st or before, theyre going to hold a hearing. if they determine that a second election is warranted, the district 9 congressional seat will not be filled until after the new congress is sworn in hahn january 3. shep? >> shepard: j...

Democrats are expected to hold 272 seats in the next congress with five races still undecided. if the current math holds, pelosi could afford to lose just 14 democrats. in addition, there are other members who say they are opposed to another papa lowsy speakership who have not signed the letter. but, jackie, we dont know even who wrote the letter. nobody is taking credit for that. so the question is, even with these 14 signatures on the letter, how strong is nancy pelosis position inside the dem...