If plattsburgh had been lost, god knows what wouldve happened to this country. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] she also details the societal attitudes towards impoverished minorities at the time, focusing on the challenges faced by single mothers. This class is about an hour and 45 minutes. Ur 45 minutes. So, today were talking about the war on poverty, and the urban crisis in the late 1960s in the United States. And were looking at the ways in which the black Freedom Movement raised the issues of poverty, and of racial disadvantage. Really to a level of national attention, and National Action that we havent really seen at any time since. So i want to start just by well, first i should lead you through the outline quickly. Well talk about the ways in which americans at the time thought about black poverty. How did they interpret it. What causes did they think about. And then, what solutions, therefore, did
It depicts this mythical encounter of brothers, one fighting for the union, one for the confederacy. Theyre embracing. If youre close enough you could see the Union Soldier has real shows, the southern soldiers shoes are falling apart. It is brandnew. Its next to, or across the hall from the plaques that talk about secession in a complicated way. But even though i think that this is very much all about reconciliationist memory, i dont know how you could possibly be more about reconciliationist memory than this, i do think that the narratives are changing and much more complicated. We had a candid conversation about slavery. We had a candid conversation about the ways in which the end of slavery became part of the Union Mission during the war. We had a capped identification conversation about reconstruction. Public narratives are shifting a little bit. But i was also kind of curious, and i only had a little bit of time to do some research for this. Virginia, of course, is the northern p
The homeland funding bill. I do not think the democrats did that. The republicans put that in there in order to have a fight with obama about his executive order. I feel that they are so well because the homeland funding bill should be separate from anything else. Anything else. They should not have attached that bill. I would just like you to clear it up for people, and me, to let the people know who attached that immigration bill to that homeland funding bill. Host certainly a topic that you have been writing about recently. Guest republicans did add the rider to limit any funds to be used on immigration. That has been job by some republicans. Some have said, lets do what is called a clean bill for an entire budget bill and that we will separately work on the immigration bill. Again, there are pending lawsuits. Everything is on hold anyway. But, they did attach the rider and that was the big hangup. It continues to be a hangup, even within the republican party. Then, of course, democ
Can we calculate a nations economic wellbeing by adding up those individual measurements . Can we compare National Figures over time to determine if our economy is making progress . U. S. Economic growth what is the Gross National product . With economic analyst richard gill well explore that question on this edition of economics usa. Im David Schoumacher. These computer tapes at the bureau of Economic Analysis in washington document 50 years of americas Economic Growth. They provide access to the Accounting System known as gnp. When the United States faced its worst economic crisis, the Great Depression no such measuring tool existed until this report went to the senate. Copies of National Income, 19291932 are scarce today but back in 1934 it was very popular. 4,500 copies were sold in 8 months. The report was made by a team from the department of commerce when Congress Demanded more information. What was the Great Depression costing the American Economy . Led in part by the Auto Indu
We begin in nepal where villagers have blocked trucks carrying supplies for earthquake victims. They are demanding the government do more to help. That after last weeks disaster left at least 5000 people dead. Thousands more are homeless and short of the most basic supplies. In kathmandu about 200 people protested outside the parliament, desperate to flee the capital and postquake ars, demanding that the government provide more buses to their home towns and villages. Although the country has been inundated with aid it has been slow to reach those in need. Kathmandu plus residents are losing patience with the relief effort. These protesters say the government is not doing enough to help earthquake survivors. We have not had any relief. We are very hungry. We have not had anything to drink and have not been able to sleep. This government has done nothing. Now with this government. The Prime Minister spoke with survivors on a tour of the city, but he had little good news to report. His go