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And then trying to show that its a better system rather than just struggling our shoulders and saying to let the strongest win. its important to note that these examples from earlier, democracy is under threat, but also things like the rule of law. the independent judiciary, or more broadly, human rights are a threat. we have to be able to use that kind of language as well. i think its very wobbly worldwide, but i think biden is doing the same thing to -- and hes also doing the right thing by su...

The ukrainians. russia invades ukraine thats an autocracy trying to destroy democracy by force. thats place where you have to look ukrainians are taking a risk, they remind us that democracy requires us taking a risk. >> interestingly though, when russia invades ukraine, its not an abstraction. this was a democracy that may ceased to be a democracy. the other stuff you talk about the threat to the rule of law, the threat to an independent cue dishsy like in israel, democracy is under threat beca...

You cant let go, thats the place where you really do have to say, look, ukrainians are taking a risk, and theyre reminding us that democracy requires taking risks. lets help them take that risk, and maybe take the example for them. >> interestingly, when russia invades ukraine, or a country invades and other independent country, its not an abstraction. its easy to get our head around the fact that this is the democracy, it may cease to exist as a result of this action. all of the other stuff you...

Julia Voss, author of 'Hilma af Klint: A Biography,' spent a decade retracing the life of the enigmatic painter.

In 1959, the very year the Cuban Revolution amplified Cold War tensions in the Americas, museumgoers in the United States witnessed a sudden surge in major exhibitions of Latin American art. Surveying the 1960s boom of such exhibits, this book documents how art produced in regions considered susceptible to communist influence was staged on U.S. soil for U.S. audiences. Held in high-profile venues such as the Guggenheim Museum, the Walker Art Center, MoMA, and the Art Institute of Chicago, the ex...

My fiduciary he used that word. i think that it is the first - i have already seen this, by the way. there were a law firms who hav been collecting shareholderss complaints to begin the proces of filing litigation this is not just a abstraction. the law process is already underway to file these general directions im sure theyre waiting to se what happens in this case. >> thats right. >> delaware doesnt have a cap on punitive damages. it could be significant. >> thats right. you and i will be wat...

American war." those years were a defining time for just about everyone, vietnamese or american, who lived through them. and though there are still a lot of conflicted feelings back home, for most vietnamese these days, the war has become an abstraction, not even a memory. vietnam is still a poor nation, but the standard of living has improved a lot with the relaxing of hardline communist economic policies. more and more foreign tourists every year, western chains inevitably, are everywhere, and...

>> services for the news? no, still be surprising thank since i was voted to be the cover of sncs 2022 how. take that hammer. there is a new sheriff in town, his chaps are made of leather. they hear both the media and the white house agreed, january 6th was the worst thing since the civil war. but i bet link english is the worst thing that happened to him was that somebody just stole his podium. because he was shot. we have a lot of young people in the audience, january 6th was just like the civ...

People who maybe saved their lives, if theyre still in afghanistan. im sure you hear from those people a lot or directly from afghans. and what it means to those veterans -- our veterans, american citizen veterans to have these people living in limbo like this? >> i think veterans speak about the afghan allies abstraction. the comrades in arms, brothers and sisters who we fought alongside. moral injury is when you are forced to betray what you think is the right thing to do. and so to take our a...

Chinese artist Chen Wenji's work toes the line between painting and sculpture, and is the result of a lifetime of learning and experimenting.