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Historical precedent . 1918 is the one that comes to mind. And we have nobody better to tell us about 1918 than my good friend christopher nichols. He is a professor of history at oregon state. Hes also director there. Oregon state center for the humanities and founder of their citizenship and crisis initiative. He also studied at harvard, waysleyan and at the university of virginia. Chris is an expert on, i would say, earliest parts of the 20th century. Of course, is he expanding out. He and i,...

We have a lot of work ahead of us knowing the vaccine is going to be effective. Its great news, but we still need to complete the joint process. This is not the time for complacency. There are many, many questions about the condition of action taking back the disease that its in suppositions, especially if theres going to be a long period yet before a vaccine. It is. So we have to make sure that we are ready for this winter. This is a dangerous virus which could attack every system in the body t...

It could be given to americans in the next three weeks. And in the battle for the white house today, new data shows just how poor a performance joe biden had in the november election as compared to the number of votes he received. And how many questions now surround the election of 2020. Biden won 212 few or counties than barack obama back in 2012. 212 fewer counties. Yet supposedly he gained more than 13 million vote than did the former president. 13 million more votes while not coming close to...

Minimum. And hollywood actors more accustomed to the red carpet than the football pitch, cast their lot with a big cheer, soccer club in wales. Again, the new owners turn the club into the next liverpool or manchester united. Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show. We start with another promising breakthrough in the race for a vaccine against cove at 19. The us pharmaceutical firm says its experimental vaccine is 94. 5 percent effective. Similar to results of another vaccine being developed ...

Up 95 points. The dow better by 393 points. Perhaps on investor belief that the worsening pandemic will shake congress fists open leading to, perhaps, the passage of a relief package. But as millions rush to get tested, rapid covid testing suddenly under fire from billionaire Tesla Ceo Elon musk who claims he took four tests with confusing results. So were bringing out one of the breakout stars of the netflix dock you series pandemic, dr. Jacob glanfeld, what he wants to hear from the president ...

Learned and what to better improve the process. Its been a decade since the last significant piece of the telework legislation, the telework enhancement act of 2010 and it set the baseline standards for them to follow with telework and over the last ten years, weve seen great advances in technology and workforce expectations and the increase in cybersecurity threats. So many changes in the world it makes sense to take a close look at the telework policies and strategies than the federal workforc...

Finish the fight the history of the Suffrage Movement. A look at the Civil Rights Movement in new york followed by discussion with authors and historians about writing lesser known stories. Lesserknown stories. It all begins now on book tv on cspan two. I want to thank you all so much for joining us today for a conversation about the New York Times bestselling books. It is time to celebrate the names and stories with the historical women whose stori have really yet to be told. And what a fantast...

Civilians are believed to have been tortured and murdered. The world. Antidoping agency accuses us of double standards after the Senate Passes a bill to jail those behind doping in sports except in american leagues broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. This is our team international. Im sean thomas. Glad to have you with us as we recap, weeks top stories with our weekly program. Right now, a french bill intended to protect the police, has sparked outrage and several days of riotin...

U. S. Economy unprecedented move secretary of state pompeo in israel, making a controversial visit to settlements in the occupied west bank these are impressive times. Reporter r. Plus, how the new work from home culture is pressing many people to take a permanent vacation. Announcer live from nbc global heads, the fact, the news with shepard smith. Good evening. The coquid predictions are all coming true, more people are sick, hospitalized and dying than ever before 252,290 americans killed lik...

From digital humanities, digitalization, hot gas, historical fiction, public history. Remember when i said earlier about our speakers commitment to mentorship and to education. She is the author of essays published in 2018 and 19 on the civil war, transformation of american citizenship and new perspectives of the union war. As i was preparing this introduction with her work in the flagship journal a part of a round table discussion of the views on revision isnt. And the boundaries of freedom in ...