Rice talking about her new book. In the meantime we are joined onset by author and Pulitzer Prize winner journalist Leonard Pitts his most recent book the last thing you surrender a historical novel but before we get into the book while we were sitting here chatting, several people stop and talked with you. What is your connection to the city of miami quick. The miami herald they have been reading me since before when i was a critic with Michael Bolton and whitney houston. [laughter] for better or worse. Do you still write for the herald quick. Yes sir. I live in maryland does that make it difficult to write about miami quick. I am more concerned with the larger american story what faces the nation emotionally and morally. The characters of your new book the last thing you surrender who are they and how did they meet quick. Is based on the uss oklahoma when george is injured and then his life is saved as the ships capsizing. You are looking at world war ii . Yes. To talk about the race
All that served up on our show today. As many of us know all too well, rice is a key component of asian food. S popular holiday dishes, rice is incorporated in small and big ways. But where does rice come from . We visited San Franciscos japantown to get but where does rice come from . Then well take you to willows, the Northern California town where guey jones began farming rice 100 years ago. Mike inouye a staple in all asian households, rice, with our meals and in favorites like sushi and preparing mochi during new years. But where does rice come from . We went to San Franciscos japantown and asked that question. Female thailand, philippines. Female i believe its from japan. Female thailand, right . Mike and just 120 miles north, its the Sacramento Valley where 97 of all rice is grown in cifora. Willows is the county seat of glenn county and the hometown of the late guey jones, a chineseamerican rice farmer. Doour first harvestthe 10did his first crop. The we are here gathering with
Compelling documentary on Human Trafficking. Abscbn international does very informative pieces for the community and this documentary, kept six decades of servitude, is the latest example. Joining me now is the producer, journalist steve angeles, born in the philippines and another of his documentaries,r lost and found, about filipino orphans in montana. And also with us is the director and cinematographer, jeremiah ysip, a bay areabased awardwinning cinematographer who has been recognized for his work in news, documentaries, films, and features. Welcome to the show. Steve angeles thi know that kept debuted already. Whats the initial reaction youve been getting so far . Steve a lot of people, first of all, they like how we executed it. We mixed it up with some of his shots, of course, as well as some animation and a lot of people really liked it cause its a subject that not too many people talk about or they talk about not in this form of modernday slavery, so good reviews so far. Robe
Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact from michigan. Were here at the Detroit Institute of arts. Famed mexican artist diego rivera painted this mural all around me. Its called detroit industry. And its a tribute to the citys manufacturing roots. But detroit didnt just build cars, it manufactured hope. It was where the American Dream came to life. With a large bloc of blue collar workers, michigan eventually became part of the reliable blue wall for democrats, until 2016, when donald trump won the state by the slimmest of margins, less than 1 of the vote. Michigan hadnt gone red since electing george h. W. Bush in 1988. But in 2020, pundits of every stripe acknowledge black women voters will be the kingmakers, or queenmakers. They turned out more than any other group in 2016 and 2012. Africanamerican women have long been political players. Our special correspondent joie chen retraced the steps of some of americas greatest Political Forces to understand their influence her
American or Asian American groups and then kind of playing the kind of music you were playing. Did you have that feeling at the time that you were breaking ground or, of course, you were just trying to make it too, werent you . June kuramoto yeah, we were just trying to do something and not having any predecessors to follow, it was very hard and difficult. It was blood, sweat, and tears, and blind leading the blind almost, you know . But thats what it takes, you know, if you wanna do something, and you have to create. But you have to have the vision and we had the vision of incorporating these different kinds of instruments and so when you have that, then it, i think, that helps longevity. Robert yeah, when you were sitting there with hiroshima and trying to decide what the sound was going to be, what did you think about . What are, likewhat do musicians do when theyre trying to analyze what they want to play or what they wanna convey . June well, my thing is, i think, you know, we are