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Congress, not city officials have the final say on how d.c. is governed. >> we have to hand deliver laws to get approval on things we want to do as native washingtonians. >> in the district of columbia, 700,000 citizens, nearly half of them block, are forced to live under a shadow government. they can vote in presidential elections but have no real say on capitol hill. and why that applies to all residents of d.c., not just black ones, but the on going for struggle for freedom is going on. >> is there any freedom for washingtonians without representation in congress? >> april 16th, 1862. we sa...

President biden returns from his trip to europe. now, many of the people that pushed for this legislation say that there are a number of other important agenda items that they are dealing with that have to do with civil rights and african-americans in particular, the biggest debate right now happening around voting rights. there was some progress in that respect this week, senator joe manchin, a democrat in the senate, putting out some changes to the bills that are currently blocked in the senate and the house speaker nancy pelosi says she has hope that there is a path forward in passing some ...

Witnesses and have a fair trial? are the blessings of freedom so meager that we will not endure the fatigue of a real trial with witnesses and documents. president lincoln in his closing message to congress in december 1862 said this. fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. we of this congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. no personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us the fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. i think he was the most interesting president in history. ...

In 1862, abraham lincoln created the department of agriculture. and two and a half years later, lincoln said it is precisely the people's department in which they feel more directly concerned than any other. more than 150 years later, that still rings largely true. for all the demonization of the big bad government, americans across the country in every last pocket of the land rely on the usda in some form or fashion. among its many crucial functions, the usda produces a ton of research for america's farmers to use. much of that research is done by two agencies, the national institute of food ...

Has been done to the african-american community. as i spoke in my testimony, first of all, we've been denied the opportunity to participate. in other words, in 1862 the homestead act was passed, gave lots of land to immigrants. number two, we've been given the opportunity to accumulate. in other words, there have been laws that prevented black people from accumulating. and third we've had public policy violence towards black people. so, you know, a lot of people are reducing it to a check. i don't want to reduce it to a check. i want to talk about community repair. >> i'm curious. we have to e...