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Be intelligent. how are they supposed to be treated as equals? how are they supposed to be respected? those are questions that most women, if not all women, are still struggling with and marilyn monroe is the symbol of all of that. >> if she were alive today, i think she would have been on the front lines with a lot of activists and organizers and she would have been a very big voice in the me too movement. >> she was so limited by the public stays of who she was and what she was capable of, but...

Ive had a number of conversations this week. the general mood is that people are incredibly angry. they have abided by the rules all the way through and faced some real hardships. but they did it because they were told to, it was the right thing to do, and to protect their family and friends and people in my village. and to see the prime ministers team and the prime minister himself flout those rules has hit very hard. sir keir starmer has said this morning that it is time for borisjohnson to go...

To be around, including the special times we got to share with him right here on "the beat." >> fashion icon and a celebrated journalist, long-time "vogue" editor andre leon talley, a global brand name. >> he is like a black super hero. >> i think its grossly unfair that i get to be put on a fashion icon such as andre. and that, you know, no woman should have to do that on a friday evening. >> oh! >> he is the nelson mandela of couture, the kofi annan of what you got on. >> he was so many things...

Laying out these eight centers, four opening this week, four opening next week, as they advertised a one-stop shop. you can have a rapid test, get vaccinated, you can take a test home with you. at this center it was empty this morning. this was all part of the plan to get word out to people here in d.c. that these centers are open. as you mentioned, some of these areas are seeing low vaccine rates. ward number 70-c is divided into eight wards. ward 7 has a low vaccine rate. these are not surpris...

To think differently about how you should address some of these problems. in the 1960s, it would have been totally legitimate to say to these states that had disenfranchised black people for a century, you know, its not enough to just take away the barriers to voter registration for black people. we didnt make it actually easierfor black people to vote. we need to do something reparational, we need to do remedial. we didnt do that. right, but how far... how far do you go with this? for example, ...

The chairman of middlesex county cricket club has apologised for comments he made today at a parliamentary hearing on tackling racism in the sport. mike ofarrell suggested that players from an african—carribean background were more attracted to rugby and football, and that south asian people sometimes preferred to focus on education rather than cricket. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. english crickets south asian action plan, one initiative the ecb was keen to highlight today in f...

Administration and finally the george floyd movement from 2020. those are big five factors that this generation has come of age and is now creating their political ideology around those. >> is gen z focused on or aware of voter suppression efforts going on and voting rights? are they motivated by this? >> absolutely, especially if youre a young voter, college voter in new hampshire, who has to fight, you know, to overcome those obstacles that are in place or in texas, et cetera. yes, they absolu...

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That we face and we get discriminated against, we just keep facing the barriers. rose ayling—ellis has backed the call too, she brought british sign language to the attention of millions when she won strictly come dancing, last year. now the government has said it will support a bill in parliament put forward by the labour mp, rosie cooper. this is saying government departments must recognise and use british sign language. therefore, out of their budget, they have to make those adjustments. so...

To appreciate that they have the capacity to overcome these barriers is at the heart of what im trying to say. ive been in montgomery, without travelling as a result of the pandemic, for about 20 months, and its been really interesting to have this kind of time because ive realised that i stand on the shoulders of people who did so much more with so much less. im the heir of a generation of black people who would put on their sunday best and go places to push for the right to vote, push for the ...