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Officials in any government to speak out after charlottesville and after the tuesday statement. >> when you represent the united states overseas, as a lot of people have, including myself, you understand that countries respect our military and economic and political power but they respect the big idea at the center of the creation of the country, which is human equality. and were a diverse society, were welcoming to people of all faiths and religions. if the commander in chief, the president, th...

Wrote of course that extraordinary founding document that said we take it as self evident that all people are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights and if if there was any self evidence on the mountain in 1776 than the fundamental human equality and so we see in king drawing on his ak sem i can self and a moment of african-american american woman dom preacher dom and the great historic document. >> we talk about the historic speeches and you can see tens of t...

In period is a bad idea. >> okay. van jones, this sort of reminds me of conversations in america in the 50s and 60s, which would go along the lines of i dont mind having thought about this quite carefully, black people using the same bus as me but im not really ready for them to come to the same school. is it that kind of repositioning? >> its sad. first of all, we are on the verge of one of the great breakthroughs and achievements in human freedom, human equality. i cant tell you how proud i am...

Of the sacrament. so i dont think that government should be involved in marriage, either. i think bringing the government in period is a bad idea. >> okay. van jones, this sort of reminds me of conversations in america in the 50s and 60s, which would go along the lines of i dont mind having thought about this quite carefully, black people using the same bus as me but im not really ready for them to come to the same school. is it that kind of repositioning? >> its sad. first of all, we are on the...

They used him in a run up to the civil war and lincoln used him to articulate the experience of the human equality saying the honor to jefferson. fdr needed him wonderfully. i love the story about washington. fdr was intent on getting the jefferson memorial built and dedicated in parts of the democrats to compete with the republicans and lincoln. the lincoln memorial. >> everything is political. >> its all local and legacy and things change of course. >> and they dont. >> and they dont. >> john ...

What is that pitch to the average 20 something-year-old guy today? why should he call himself a feminist? why should he be engaged? >> i totally believe men should be much more involved in the feminist movement. young man have written for the f bomb. one of the most common themes i seem to find among these young men is body image. it really affects young women of our generation and theyve gotten a lot of time on that in the media and elsewhere but something that seems to go undiscovered largely ...

Unquote hooked up generation have a krunique power to connec us all. jack myers new book "hooked up" describes that. tell us about it, you call the script of individuals, you call them internet pioneers, who are they and what sort of sets them apart from the rest of us? >> this shares a partial outlook on the much maligned generation, its the first generation to grow up with the internet that are in college today. because theyre online they believe that everything is social and collaborative, th...

Reminder of all we have learned from our past. you see, we know better than to act as if those who do our hardest, worst paid, most reviled jobs are dangerous enemies invading our country. theyre the backbone of our economy. we know better than to act as though profit alone is a sufficient, moral guide for our collective lives. government is here today as it was in 1865 to ensure our work does more than build profits for our employers. our work must also build futures for our children. we know...

Nonviolent resistance. on the front yard of america. to symbolize the corner stone of our true democracy. it was 48 long years ago when thousands of us yearning for justice and freedom stood a short distance from here in the shadow of the lincoln memorial. many of us hwere fresh from the front line of the struggle for human equality in america. together there in peace with our hearts and our hands hoping to see some sign that our cries would be heard through the cold marble walls of this distant...

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