The birthday of frederick douglass, we dont know the exact date. Abraham lin on the, the emancipation proclamation and also the birthday of w. E. B. Dubois. My wife was pregnant with our second child, and she went into labor february 22nd, and so we went to the hospital and they said f i said if you hold out a couple hours, well have a duboise baby. And you can imagine what with you would say to your husband 10 or 15 years down the road. But he was born on february 23rd, so we do have a duboise birthday. In a course like this talking about freedom, theres no person that exemplifies the struggle of freedom in america and the world more than w. E. B. Dubois. And, of course, he became famous for this is a little bit of his life. His early years, he was born in great barrington, massachusetts. As hes born there, hes born to, his mother and father. His father, alfred, left the family not long after he left was born. His grandfather, alexander, was of haitian background, spent some time in S
Is this region on a slippery slope towards a devastating conflict . What is tie one doing to avoid it . Just if we thank you so much for joining d, w and taking the time to speak with us. Were speaking just as another sign of the tensions across the Taiwan Strait. A chinese drone was flying over one of the outlying islands, very close to the chinese mainland time when hes troops fight warning shots. What are you trying to say with those warning shots and how do you interpret late . What are the drone flights, which is so persistent . It seems, what are they trying to achieve for the, the drones flying over human. Specifically, the chinese are trying to engage in cognitive warfare. They want to shoot some things and to show in their social media, to show that the company soldiers, i incompetent things like that. And therefore, the chinese will continue to do it when they find that those kinds of footage is useful for them for their domestic propaganda. But i think thats just a small par
Donald trump, in the major republicans represented extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. Bag of forces are determined to take his country backward, backwards to an america where there is no right to choose. No right to privacy. No right to contraception. No right to marry. Who you love . Mag. Republics have made their choice. Today embrace anger. To play thrive on chaos. They live not the light of truth, but in the shadow of light. I will not stand by and watch elections this country stolen. My people who simply refused to accept that they lost also coming up a new school year is starting in ukraine, but there will be no crowded classrooms. Many parents have chosen homeschooling, the safest option, while the war rages on that his and her colleagues even set up proper classrooms down here in the center. The rule is that whenever theres an error rate alert, those sent banks have to be placed in front of the window. But to our viewers watching a p b s at the Unite
Summer has left deep scars in many regions. Germanys longest river is shrinking at an alarming rate. An extreme water shortage on the rhine has hit the environment and the economy hard news channels need to be dredged so that ships can transport goods and people along the river. While the rhine is regarded as germanys most important river, it has inspired a famous authors composers and philosophers over the ages. But with temperatures getting hotter, the mighty waterway is gradually losing its size and stature. Traffic on the depleted water channels has been brought to a stand still in some places along the rhine. Our report are met with people whose livelihoods are being affected by the drought. Ah, historically low water level, in some places, the rhine is no more than a meter. Deep things have come to a standstill. In our trip in western germany, operations have been stalled for days. The water is too shallow for the ferry, which this Family Business runs. This was on mobile, there
The wave of death and destruction sending shock waves across europe and around the world. Also coming up, drought and dread along italys river pole. One of europes largest rivers is drying up, causing a Ripple Effect of floss across the ridge. Ah, im girls as well come to the program. It is exactly 6 months since russias invasion of ukraine shattered. A longstanding peace in europe. Its also the de ukraine marks the anniversary of its independence from the soviet union. But instead of celebrating, it finds itself locked in a war of attrition against Russian Forces. The Russian Ministry of defense says its forces and the armed forces of the don barza making progress in the carson and donuts regions. Ukraine says its army is stabilized the front lines through small Independence Day celebrations in key. If i muted today with ukrainian president Vladimir Lensky and 1st lady alena silica lane, flowers and a memorial dedicated to ukrainian soldiers killed in the dawn bus region during the wa