Great question. I wanted to write a book that would be a first draft of the history of the long epidemics for the year of covid and beyond but that would speak to an interested reader, not just a specialist in the field. There are lots of specialists in the field and i thought my valueadded might be to translate from specialists in the field to reader who are fascinate by the blizzard of legal issues that werent really on most peoples anda until now. We never thought about pt epidemics but think about them now, particularly what we can learn from them andhat do we know when its going to be over. I want to begin, john, if i can, really at the end of your book, and then ill pivot book at the end of our interview to ask you more but this question. You write, america has two histories, one ugly,he other far more appealing. In the months and years ahead, americans will hold the power between them. Lets hope the make the right choice. Im going to be asking you more but what that right choice
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Written for the New York Times of Foreign Affairs and the new republic and other publications of that sort. Hes also an emmy nominated producer of a documentary series on showtime. Viewing in march. Its called the trade and its about International Human trafficking. William is a graduate of Columbia University International Affairs and also abhe lives in new york and is a frequent contributor to the discourse around several hot button issues around the world. Please join me in welcoming William Wheeler to our discussion tonight. Thank you guys for coming out. Im going to read a little bit to give you a flavor of what we are talking about and then the two of us will talking conversation for about and a half hour then we will open up to questions. Be thinking about any probing insightful questions you want to ask. This passage comes from when i tried to do this book is look at the cycles of Foreign Policy of the u. S. That are behind entrance themselves across south america and are a big
William is a Political Affairs reporter and has written for the New York Times of Foreign Affairs in the new republic and other publications. Also an emmy nominated producer of a documentary series. And it is about human trafficking. As a graduate of Columbia University International Affairs who lives in new york and a contributor to the discourse around the top issues around the world please join me to welcome our speaker to our event tonight. [applause] and then the two of us will talk in conversation for half an hour into be thinking about any insightful questions. This passage look at the cycle of Foreign Policy behind the gate the gangs that have entrenched themselves across Central America and is a big part of the equation driving to the southern border so its to understand the push factors behind the border crisis so i start out reporting as ms 13 and the gang 18th street and then follow them back to el salvador so this passage comes from one of the first gang members that by th
Optimistic message about the outbreak. Americas department of justice is quickly becoming the president s personal department of justice. It is defending trump in a lawsuit brought by a woman who says trump sexually assaulted her decades ago before he took office. A new whistle bror repoblower s that they have been lying to congress and manipulating intelligence reports to match trumps agenda including russias interference in elections and microsoft says that russia, china ka, a, and i have launched of sicyberattacks election campaigns. Donald trump says said its a hoax meanwhile he could would accept it. After the murder of legal permanent drents and Washington Post Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of saudi arabia nagts turkey, trump, quote, saved his ass and that he was, quote, able to get congress to leave him, meaning mow ham mid balone. He was more concerned with defending the crown prince of saudi arabia than defending the United States and its reputation which has now been forever t