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for sending those containers of off the cargo ship and into the water. jackie ward with the story. it s an unusual sight to see, hundreds of crates and a trail of debris on the shore of acre beach. this is the first time i ve seen something like this happen. sometimes it s small it small things coming to the beach but not this bunch of stuff. this stuff is containers from and sent in santa ana. creek cleanup crews were on the beach this morning, it was partially open to the public with limited access. you can tell the cleanup efforts darted yesterday, you pan over to the water and you can see what appears to be an even bigger container getting washed a along shore. that shipping company that was moving the containers hired environmental contract your to clean everything up. the coast guard said 11 other large containers are believed to be out in snack out to see, it s unclear that they sank or still floating. we do see more on the beach and we want ....
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: in iraq, army units advanced deep into ramadi today, in a bid to recapture the key city from islamic state control. it s the latest push in a slow-moving offensive. isis captured ramadi last may, striking a blow at the baghdad government. the city is capital of anbar province, the country s sunni heartland. iraqi officials reported sporadic fighting today in the city center. in afghanistan, taliban fighters pressed beleaguered afghan forces in a crucial southern province. the government sent reinforcements, and britain sent military advisers. alex thomson of independent television news has the story. ....
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: in iraq, army units advanced deep into ramadi today, in a bid to recapture the key city from islamic state control. it s the latest push in a slow-moving offensive. isis captured ramadi last may, striking a blow at the baghdad government. the city is capital of anbar province, the country s sunni heartland. iraqi officials reported sporadic fighting today in the city center. in afghanistan, taliban fighters pressed beleaguered afghan forces in a crucial southern province. the government sent reinforcements, and britain sent military advisers. alex thomson of independent television news has the story. ....
on. or be able to put the speech back in radio? yes, he and others were a great crop of journalists at that time during the outbreak of the second world war and i wish that we had more people like that today. the cocoa now martha beyond the end her book, the black revolution on campus. this event was part of book tv visit to northwestern university. it s 20 minutes. host: now joining us author martha biondi. what do you do hear? guest: professor of african-american studies. host: what do you teach? guest: i just finished teaching a freshman seminar called is america post- racial. i do african-american history after the civil war down to the present. host: what is your answer to that question? what does that mean, post-racial? guest: the course interrogates this idea that began to circulate after the election of barack obama to the presidency that perhaps the united states had overcome its long history of racism, segregation, and white supremacy. ther ....
americans have forgotten and i m not talking about a handful of places but in all of the major public universities and colleges large and small, public and private. if your purse the typical american literature professor and ask why there are no black writers on the syllabus, where is richard wright or langston hughes or james baldwin, you would probably be told that they were not worthy of inclusion on aollcuul but i think that all disciplines in the liberal arts have that impacted for the better. you address some of the critiques lot:dash an african-american studies. with this doo-doos first learn these demands first the students started just by negotiations and medium is and trying to do research to demonstrate this was an appropriate area of inquiry but in light of foot dragging and a lack of change the students the tactics. they engaged in direct action protest, the classic form of protest. they went on strike, occupied buildings, organize demonstrations. b ....