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Welcome. My name is Vivian Schiller and the executive director of aspen digital of the Aspen Institute program really glad you could be with us today. The York Times Bestseller list can often seem to be a near untimely or of the national psyche. As such this year seems to reflect a nation going through and awaking of matters of race. Books written by people of color and about matters of race and racism have filled those lists. Both fiction and nonfiction prayed that is the good news. Sadly, the Publishing Industry does not necessarily always reflect that reality. The recent twitter protest has...

Common occurrence for commissioners, pandemic or no pandemic. I have been muddling through that, and in terms of the work of the agency its been a really important and really fascinating time. We switched to all telework pretty quickly and i will say relatively seamlessly in march, which i was very impressed by, but even though the technological work got up and running very quickly, at least for me personally, i found it incredibly challenging to be juggling the responsibilities of the job and fulltime parenting. This baby here is my fourth so i have three kids home fulltime and needed fulltim...

Students who brought the lawsuit. Welcome to the special presentation celebrating the 50th anniversary of a important milestone in u. S. History and for First Amendment rights. We are joining you live from the auditorium of the state Historical Society in iowa and we are in des moines. With us today are more than 200 students from schools across this state, we are joined online by students in classrooms across the country. Say hello everybody. applause in december 1965 mary beth and john tinker along with their friend Chris Eckhart wore black bands to school to protest the war in vietnam they ...

Hosting. Good night. And now on cspan2 book tb, more television for serious readers. Hi everybody i am Vivian Schiller and i the aspen institute. Really glad you could be with us today. The near times bestseller list can often be a mirror of the national psyche. As such, this year it seems to reflect the nation going through an awakening on matters of race. Books written by people of color and about matters of race and racism have filled those lists. Both fiction and nonfiction. That is the good news. Sadly the Publishing Industry does not always reflect that reality. The recent twitter protes...

Million confirmed cases of covid19, nearly 190,000 americans have died and those totals climb by tragic amounts each day. Too many businesses remain closed, schools begin the year under a dark cloud of uncertainty, and our economy faces the greatest crisis since the great depression. The United States is 11. 5 million jobs short, 11. 5 million of where we were at the start of february, and the number of jobs that have been permanently lost is rising at an alarming rate. All of this reflects a tragic reality. President trump has led the worst response to covid19 of any nation on earth. It is wh...