With them more. So, welcome. My name is miriam pawel and i write about california history and farmworkers, not guns. It was a treat for me to read these books and learn about an incredibly timely topic. We will do quick interruptions introductions and then get right to the conversation and leave some time for questions and answers at the end and there will be microphones at the appropriate time. To my left its mark for men. Mark foreman, the National Affairs editor of mother jones and the author of trigger points inside the mission to stop Mass Shootings in america not to the left, Jennifer Carlsen and associate professor of sociology in government and Public Policy at the university of arizona, an expert in gun culture. It is her second book on that topic. She is a 2022 macarthur fellow. And, finally, ryan, the author of unfired my battle against the industry that radicalized america. He was one of the top executives at a gun Manufacturing Company and he took on the Industry First fro
Overwhelming against it. I was drug czar, director of National Drug control policy, 8 990. We didnt have this kind of research then. We had some, smattering. But now it is overwhelming, the harm that marijuana does. And i just have to believe or want to believe the American People are not informed of these facts. And so the point of the book was to get these facts out so they can make a second judgment on this, an informed decision. Let me get to the end of my story. I think in colorado which has been kind of ground zero here, that they will reconsider at the end of the day. Host uhhuh. Guest try to put this jeepny back in the genie back in the boding and recriminallize because theyre starting to see the results. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. And its day two of booktvs lye coverage of the Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs
Los Angeles Times festival of books. On your screen the campus of the university of Southern California, home of this 20th annual festival. Yesterday we covered programs on journalism publishing, World Leaders and more, and today we continue our live festival coverage with author panels on u. S. History, california history and crime. Youll also be able to talk with authors such Azzam Quinones and ben shapiro. Theyll sit down with us on our outdoor set to answer your questions via twitter and by phone. Check booktv. Org for a complete schedule of todays events, and you can see schedule updates all day long at the bottom of your television screen. All right. We kick off todays l. A. Times festival inside newman hall on the usc campus. Youre going to hear from Claudia Rankin author of a book called citizen, which was a finalist for the National Book award. Live coverage of the 20th annual los Angeles Times festival of books starts now on booktv. [inaudible conversations] hi everyone welco
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis some sobering stats. 20 one Million People worldwide are modernday slaves. 43,000 in this country a loan. Now freeslave and to tell her story. Her book is called hidden gir. Thanks for being on this program. Talked, and i was so taken by our conversation i thought we would continue this a bit. I want to have you go through this again. How yousome sense of found yourself being sold into slavery in the first base. It really started with my older sister. I am seven of 11 kids. Egyptrks for a family in by choice. She would pretty much steal money from them, and they gave of either a choice put her in jail or you give her someone else as a replacement and somebody younger so we can teacher our way exactly how we wanted. Tavis it was either prosecute your older sister for so your replace her, ended up being put up by your parents as replacement for your older sister to payoff this. Give me some sense of this fam
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis march 31 is the birthday of one of the most charismatic and important leaders, cesar chavez. He got a nice farm workers and took on big agriculture, demanding fair play for those in the field. The movement he created remains a touchstone for many and the nation. The crusades of cesar chavez is a new meticulously researched biography. Lets take a look first at news chavez of shop as announcing a strike. They will not recognize the association. I . Is a pretty charismatic in a very untraditional way. He was not a very good speaker. He was not comfortable speaking. He was not charismatic in the way we think of Martin Luther king, bobby kennedy, yet he exudes real power over people. Charismatic,s certainly alec, but initially thested the call to be leader. Is cesar chavez the same way . It was the reverse in some ways. He became the leader, and the movement grew up around him. Tavis there was no resistance on