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Opportunity for the nation to imagine itself otherwise. Where the country had an opportunity to leave behind the realitycynd how to organize our society and that each of those moments the country double down. And we saw was some call a backlash. We saw instead was an ongoing betrayal. What we think about the post reconstruction. And a lost cause and that anglosaxon and what it meant for the United States and the world as a betrayal. Think the mid 20th century the black freedom movement, law and ...

Writer and commentator whose work has focused on how black americans shaped the history of american democracy. Her most recent book, which just came out, is called vanguard how black women overcame barriers, won the vote and insisted on equality for all. This book is fascinating. You have to you have to get it. It starts with dr. Jones grandmother, susie jones, and i must admit, i havent finished the book but it has Amazing Stories of women who really have made a difference. We look forward, dr....

From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Now 9 Governor Newsome it is really pumping the brakes on reopening the states economy talking about non essential work travel and gatherings for most californians. Were going to be prohibited as new stay at home orders go into effect on saturday at 10 00pm and this comes of course as covid cases and hospitalizations surge throughout the state. Thanks for being with us at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis today state offic...

05 00am every day for a month. Restaurants will be allowed to offer takeout after 10 00pm and essential businesses like grocery and drug stores can stay open after hours. Residents will also be allowed to go for a perform other routine activities take the dog out for instance, as of now the order is set to expire at 05 00am on december 21st Alameda County is one of the local counties affected by this curfew and that is where we find kron fours gayle ong who joins us live scale. How are people th...

Coasttocoast. This is amazing. Im so happy. Hey, hey, hey, goodbye its pretty incredible. Biden already making plans for his first order of business. Our work begins with getting covid under control. But trump and his supporters vow its not over yet. Many cases are going to be filed. Some big, some small. And with that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. It was pennsylvania that put biden and harris over the threshold today, surpassing the 270 Electoral College votes needed. Nevad...

Across the United States. We will speak to members of the Standing Rock sioux and Navajo Nation and go to north dakota, which has the highest covid19 death rate of any state or country in the world. Then democracy now cohost Juan Gonzalez looks at how the Corporate Media missed the real story about latinx voter turnout in the 2020 election. Juan the main story is that in an election which saw historic tnout, people of color, and especially latinos, had an unprecedented increase in voting. And th...

Like america. The battle to restore decency, defend democracy and give everybody in this country a fair shot. Democracy is not a state. It is an act. It takes sacrifice, but there is joy in it and there is progress, because we, the people, have the power to build a better future. A vision of unity as president elect joe biden and his running mate coined the daughter of oakland, v. P. Elect Kamala Harris echoing the words of the late john lewis, laying out their vision for the next four years, we...

And President Trump 48 of the vote with 68 million american vot votes. Now what really counts is electoral counts. 270 magic number at 264. President trump having locked in 214 electoral votes. It is coming down to razor thin margins more than anyone expected if you watch the polls. Liz kreutz has a look at the current state of the race and the discrepancies we saw in polling. Liz . We did. Many of us expected this race to be close but not this close and depending on some results that were expec...

Been battling for every last vote with biden out in pennsylvania and trump in for jane. You know im not thinking about concession speech or acceptance speech. Hopefully will be only doing one of those 2 and you know. Winning is easy losing is never easy now for me its the. But i think we have when we see rallies the likes of which in the history of this country probably the history of the world nobodys ever seen before. Theres a tremendous love going on in this country and theres really a tremen...

A 1000000 people have been if infected in the United States in just the last 10 days, castro has more from washington d. C. Now these numbers are the highest figures. There have been yet the beginning of this pandemic, and theyre translating to see pain across the country in states like texas and el paso, there are multiple mobile morgue units parked behind hospitals in north dakota. Another hot spot that the governor there has authorized medical staff who have tested positive for cobra who are ...