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Prosperity. And the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple and it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth. And it is a political construction. The 1950s, in fact, it was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was a time in which anti communism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and often anticommunists took away civil liberties. These are all ar...

Of the 1950s as an era of prosperity where america was a world leader and the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple and it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth, and its a political construction. The 1950s, in fact was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was a time in which anticommunism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and frequently, a...

Next, on lectures in history, Purdue University professor Kathryn Brownell teaches a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhowers president ial campaigns. She compares radio and early televised ads and examines what components made them successful. Her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan i like ike. This idea that this pin that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956 conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. It really emphasizes this idea of the 1950s as this era ...

Mr. Secretary, please call the roll. [laughter]. Thank you, madame chair. Prior to calling roll, i would like to note that julie chang is sitting in as director. With that i will now proceed to call roll. Directors, please respond when i call your name. Chang present. E. Forbes present. M. Hursh present. B. Lipkin present. J. Tumlin present. Vice chair gee present. Chair sesay present. Secretary directors, we have a quorum. Chair sesay and secretary, if i may just a point of clarification, this is a regular meeting, not a special meeting, just a point of clarification for the record. Chair ses...

And while we should not be an island grid, storage is essential especially with these fires that are going on that can be problematic for transmission lines that serve our great city. So, seeing were a densely packed city, we should put batteries in and solar panels to help and be able to ride through difficult times as well as be able to store electricity that you can purchase in the overnight when it is inexpensive and send it out to the grid for our customers when market electricity is much more expensive. So continue the acquisition of renewables as we work toward a 100 renewable power, al...