Good evening. Im Joshua Johnson of qkqed news. Imagine that your fate was determined by a coin toss. Heads you win, tails you lose. Or die. Sounds extreme. But that is what many africanamerican boys in oakland face as they work to complete high school. In the last decade, the number of black males who have died on the city streets is nearly equal to the number who have graduated from its high schools ready for college. But now there are new efforts in the School System to turn this around. The strategy . Pair black boys with upstanding black men. In hopes of teaching the kids a better way forward. Morning, sir, how you doing . Good. Siswe teaches the Manhood Development class at oaklands sky lie high school. Glad you could be with us. He and about a dozen africanamerican male teachers are focused on making sure plaque boys graduate high school. Take a step back. Yall ready . Were trying to make transformations. A lot of our brothers are failing disproportionately. If we look at statist
Good evening. Im Joshua Johnson of qkqed news. Imagine that your fate was determined by a coin toss. Heads you win, tails you lose. Or die. Sounds extreme. But that is what many africanamerican boys in oakland face as they work to complete high school. In the last decade, the number of black males who have died on the city streets is nearly equal to the number who have graduated from its high schools ready for college. But now there are new efforts in the School System to turn this around. The strategy . Pair black boys with upstanding black men. In hopes of teaching the kids a better way forward. Morning, sir, how you doing . Good. Siswe teaches the Manhood Development class at oaklands sky lie high school. Glad you could be with us. He and about a dozen africanamerican male teachers are focused on making sure plaque boys graduate high school. Take a step back. Yall ready . Were trying to make transformations. A lot of our brothers are failing disproportionately. If we look at statist
Woodruff we break down two big deals in the world of technology and telecommunications. Ifill as the debate over a living wage is reignited by fastfood workers, ray suarez sits down with the new secretary of labor, thomas perez. Good luck the only service that can be sustained in america are minimum wage, no benefit jobs. I categorically reject that woodruff and schools in oakland, california, want to curb a decade of declining graduation rates. We profile programs aimed at engaging students. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like
Woodruff we break down two big deals in the world of technology and telecommunications. Ifill as the debate over a living wage is reignited by fastfood workers, ray suarez sits down with the new secretary of labor, thomas perez. Good luck the only service that can be sustained in america are minimum wage, no benefit jobs. I categorically reject that woodruff and schools in oakland, california, want to curb a decade of declining graduation rates. We profile programs aimed at engaging students. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like
Not talk a lot about race. I said because i am a neurosurgeon. And [applause] so i thought that was pretty strange. I said, when i take some into the operating room and get this guy up and pull it down and take off the bones and open, im operating on the thing that makes that person who they are. The cover does not make them who they are. When are we going to understand that . [applause] surgeon and author dr. Ben carson takes your calls, emails, facebook comments, and tweets theories three hours live sunday at noon eastern on book tv on cspan2. On july 19th book tv attended the 20th annual Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit from the Heritage Foundation in washington d. C. For the next five hours, we bring you several of their presentations from that event. Our coverage includes talks from james antle, benjamin wiker, greg autry, jerome corsi, m. Stanton evans, Hans Von Spakovsky, stanley kurtz, william federer, and Ryan Anderson. We start with james antle, author of devouring fr