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Week because theyre going out of print. on tuesday, dr. seuss enterprises announced that six books would no longer be published because of offensive imagery. these books have been criticized for how they depict black and asian people. in a statement, the company explained the portrayals were, quote, hurtful and wrong. and that caused quite a stir. some praised the companys decision. others called it another instance of cancel culture. what should we do when the books we loved are harder to keep ...

Nations in her commonwealth tv special, right before possible bombshell revelations that will almost certainly put into question the unity within her own family. molly hunter is in london with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. thats right. its all happening. take a look at these newspapers. i know kendis has spied some of the early morning press. i want to show you ""the sunday times."" it says the queen wont watch the harry and meghan circus. prince philip still in the hospit...

Prism. focussing on the parts of the movie problematic. tackling them head on without fear. and addressing them. >> some are adding context. others pulling content completely. dr. seuss enterprises stopping publication of six titles. classics shelved for their sometimes racist imagery. leading to cries of cancel culture. yesterday republican leader kevin mccarthy tweeting he still likes dr. seuss. >> do you like green eggs and ham? >> backlash driving dr. seuss book sales with "cat in the happen...

The course of about three weeks. theyre going four in the morning, four in the afternoon and that process will continue until a jury of 12 and four alternates is officially impanelled. thats something they have scheduled for about three weeks of time. we know that opening arguments for the trial will begin on march 29th. alex. >> shaq, thank you for keeping a close eye on all of that for us. we appreciate it. were going to bring in legal analyst paul henderson. paul, welcome to you. we have the ...

Doesnt simply stop with us. >> thats right. >> you know, so we have to -- we all have a vested interest in a police force, in a public safety system that we feel like if its safe for black people, guess what, it will be safe for everybody else, too. >> all right. im going to have to leave it there. ben jealous and attorney crump, ill see you in minneapolis with the family. thank you both for being here. >> coming up, kicking off womens history month here on "politics nation." and one particular ...

About this bill. >> i stand before you thankful that the george floyd justice in policing act of 2020 has been passed. i have been chosen to turn my pain into purpose. well never have holidays with him again. so its important that you all -- everybody who is watching this understand that we will have change. >> this bill means so much to the floyd family. are you confident, sir, that it will pass in the senate and become law? >> im confident that this president is on board. he fully intends to g...

In their own states its a popular bill so democrats need to put pressure on the holdouts to back a $15 minimum wage and joe biden need to weigh in and win this vote because 2022 mid terms will be upon us quickly and they cant go to the country and say we didnt give you $15 because of the parliamentarian. that just wont work. >> so besides voting unanimously against the american rescue plan another thing that the republicans seem to be obsessed with lately is dr. suess. in the latest chapter in t...

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So draw the line for me here, brad. >> listen, i can tell you, one, if youre buying "mein kampf" to study history and see how someone who is an egomaniac swindlings lots of brains, thats an historical argument thats worth doing it. if youre starting a new nazi party, ive got a problem. the problem is that children learn a lot from books, and this is a hard one. i know we want to make it real easy, but the its hard. as a childrens book author, one of the things i do is try to show people, you wan...

Older, but i think that it has brought it into focus in recent years. and i think also the intersection of we need diverse books with black lives matter has brought into focus the need to raise a new generation that is not as damaged by the follies of racism as the current generation is. >> i referenced in the intro that he passed in 1991 and i showed the images from mulberry street where change had been made in the late 1970s with regard to pigmentation and the depiction of an asian characters....