Amendments ratification. The final section examines both the Immediate Impact and the struggles that went into modern day. And we have the curator of that exhibit. [ applause ] one of the goals is to recognize the broad diversity of suffrage activists and the many b bases which american women have been barred for voting. The exhibit looks beyond the familiar names such as susan b. Anthony and others and brings to our attention activists from a variety of backgrounds showing that the cause of suffrage was advanced by american women across race, ethnicity and class. Susan ware, a pioneer and a leading feminist biographer is the author and editor of numerous books including american womens history, still missing, Amelia Earheart and letter to the world, seven women who shaped the american century. Educated at Wellesley College and Harvard University shes taught at New York University and harvard where she served as editor of the biographical dictionary, notable american women. Since 2012,
Corporate funding is provided by. Support for this episode was provided by viewers like you. Thank you. Thats Elise Stefanik from upstate new york on her victory night in 2014, to congress at the time. Elected full disclosure stefanik has been endorsed this election cycl by a Political Group in which i am an officer that supports republicans who advance lgbt equality, american unity pac. I believe deeply inhe constitution. I believe deeply in liberty and freedom. The principles of peace i focus on foreign policye way and National Security issues. She learned about the importance of Small Businesses from her familys company. Al we are a plywood whol distributor. The trucks have to be on the roadive days out of the week and the Economic Impact of upstate new york is felt Small Businesses. So inderstood from a child up to high school how integral Small Businesses are to our local economy. Stefanik was the first in her family to graduate from college at harvard and worked in the white hous
Laborer jobs. Nowadays, gig work is associated with platforms. Apps. These are temporary jobs that you get through your phone. Host lets look at some of the numbers from the Labor Department to see the trajectory of an unemployment in the country as a result is what has happened with the pandemic. March 21, we had 3. 5 million jobless claims. The following week, 6. 8 million. The week ending april 4, 6. 6 million. Right now, we are approaching nearly 17 million americans claiming unemployment benefits. Guest thats right. Theres no doubt about it. This is a very serious economic crisis, stemming from this Major Public Health crisis. Host for those who are driving uber, working parttime, minimumwage jobs, what are the options for them . Well, as your previous speaker suggested, some companies are benefiting from this crisis. Companies such as amazon, instacart, uber drivers. Other companies are hurting. Theres a lot of variety in the gig economy. Some are doing well. Some jobs are openin
If you are recently unemployed, 202 7488002. We begin with the numbers, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. 1. 9 million confirmed cases. The death toll around the globe, 125,000. In the u. S. , 600,000 confirmed cases. The death toll has now exceeded 25,000. This is a piece from the wall street journal that is focused on the pandemic. The headline is, Coronavirus Crisis legacy mountains of debt. He writes the following. The full impact of the coronavirus pandemic may take years to play out. One outcome is already clear. , andnment, business households will be loaded with mountains of Additional Debt. The federal government budget deficit will reach 3. 6 trillion in this fiscal year. 2. 4 trillion the year after that. Businesses are drawing down Bank Credit Lines. Preliminary signs are emerging that some households are turning to credit for funds. The debt surge is set to shape how governments and the private sector function long after this virus is tamed. He joins us from his home i
And the dramatic increase in those applying for jobless benefits. We want to hear from you. If you are a medical professional, we want to hear from you. Tweet andso send us a we are on facebook at facebook. Com spaceman. Facebook. Com cspan. We begin with the numbers tonight courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Now, more than one million cases worldwide and nearly 52,000 deaths. Rapidly. S. , we are approaching a quarter of a million americans infected with this disease as we outpace every country including china. The death toll in the u. S. 6000. s 6000 nearly and the Unemployment Rate as the continues to spike. Six point 6 million americans are filing for unemployment and if its come at doubling what we saw nearly a week ago. The economy collapsed. Heather long writes the following the past two weeks have a race nearly all of the jobs created in the last five years come a sign of how fast and deep and painful the shutdown has been on Many American families. Job losses have skyrocket