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To all of-americans as the type of pop titian whos been successful here in vermont and can bring that bit of vermont sensibility to the rest of the country. we should point out vermont not necessarily like the rest of the country. it is certainly more white, certainly more affluent than many other parts of the democratic primary. >> thats one the very issues were debating today. great color there in explaining all that. we appreciate it. with me now to discuss the director for the center of poli...

Alfred kurth fled to prague in march of 1933 judith her older brother michael and their mother also secretly left their home in an affluent suburb of berlin just before the secret police tried to seize their passports they met up with alfred in switzerland the family later moved to paris and finally settled in london in 1035. per wrote when hitler stole pink rabbit which became the 1st book in a trilogy to try to explain to her children what her own childhood had been like. but it was published ...

Judith kerr was born in berlin in 1923 father alfred kerr was an influential theater critic of the weimar era and her mother julie occur was a composer alfred who was jewish was vocal in his opposition to i dont have. a police man. by heart and nobody he knew. my father was ill in bed with this man ran him up and said. theyre trying to take away all passports you must get out immediately. no new hes nathan ive always wondered what happened to him but he saved our lives for anything because my fa...

Historically cops and firefighters, working class and polish and irish and now much more affluent and diverse and the congressman is facing real challenges next year. he won by two points and face the same challenger next year, and the question is will democrats support somebody who on this central issue isnt with them. >> this is congresswoman jayapal making your point of how much the party has shifted. if youre not with us on abortion rights we dont want you. >> personally i do think that ther...

Bulwark of antiquity in the medieval world. no one had been able to conquer the city on the prosperous. more than one seventh of its population were merchants from january and the republic of venice known as latin. this affluent minority had a reputation for arrogance sent a literal and were unpopular with eastern romans. in only eleven seventy one riots broke out in paris the generals course and. the emperor amano were the first come then also accuse the venetians of causing the trouble. finish...

S.a.t.s and trying to get up to college. or going through it with their kid. there is a lot of resentment that celebrities and rich people can bribe their way into schools. but what about the legal advantages the affluent have with hiring tutors and essay consultants. not to mention a top donation. >> money and advantage have corrupted this process for a long time. we are talk about ugly illegal activity. but its note that far removed -- its not that far removed from what happens all the time. p...

Strain of obsessing over the s.a.t.s and trying to get up to college. or going through it with their kid. there is a resentment that celebrities and rich people can bribe their way into schools. but what about the legal advantages the affluent have with hiring tutors and essay consultants. not to mention a top donation. >> money and advantage have corrupted this process for a long time. we are talk about ugly illegal activity. but its note that far removed -- its not that far removed from what h...

More affluent middle class, well educated community that could attract college educated people like himself. and so there is a story in his own biography that is very different from a lot of the democrats running for congress, who really come from blue bubbles in various parts of the country and have worked all their careers with democrats, orourke is not one of those people. hes a progressive, hes liberal, but he has a long history of working with republicans. >> to the point you made, im going...

Like," a conversation about race in america. you note that this illegality, this breathtaking crime, is part of the leaching of merit out of the admissions process, to quote you. >> exactly. money and advantage have krup corrupted this process for a very long time. here were talking about illegal activity, but its not that far removed from what happens with parents paying money to get an edge over the less affluent kids. we need to ask how that happens and what it means. weve talked a lot politi...

Rowers or water polo players to the ivy leagues as the story boarding schools of new england. so they were pawning these kids off at these, you know, fancy wealthy schools to be playing these ivy league sort of sports. and then people complain about, well, you know, i didnt -- what about affirmative action and all of those things when the real crime seems to be people who are already affluent, who are already -- have privilege, privileged in some way, who seem to feel that they are entitled to b...