My wife and i, 31 years ago, began our business. Honestly, over all of these years, we had faced some adversity and challenges, but to be honest, nothing like we are today. We have literally had to reinvent our business several times since the beginning of the year just to stay afloat. We our revenue, for example, is off about 40 . We have half of the employees that we had precovid. And our customers are a little scared, our employees are sometimes afraid to come to work because of the covid. And to be honest with you, i am just frustrated. I dont understand how we got here. We are the greatest nation in the world. And it just seems to me that, maybe if we just came together on this one issue alone, maybe , as americans and being united, we can overcome it. Yeah. Thank you, scott, for sharing your story. I am sure many Small Business owners feel the same way that you are feeling now. We wish you the best for your business and, of course, for your family. Now i would like to turn to mar
I am from montana where i live with my husband, my hero, a marine and retired Police Officer. Coffeeand and i own a shop. We are not a multinational corporation. Our success is not measured by stockholders, but by our neighbors, the people we see at church and jiujitsu school with our son. Our business was on the brink, threatened to be shut down from losses that were not our fault. I was scared. I thought of our 50 employees, the family and i. Of their rent being due, their kids, and i felt personally responsible. I was not proud to i am not proud to admit i fell on my ord, what doayed l i do . His words were clear keep working and have faith. I did have faith. You have to have faith when your husband is a marine and a police thecer that got shot at on job. Faith in jesus, faith in america. We have a generation of americans who have been told the American Dream does not exist. That is a lie. I know it because i live that dream. That is why i feel so strongly we need a president who be
Discussion on racial justice. Here is Actress Eva Longoria leading off the first day of the convention. Ms. Longoria good evening. And eva longoria guest on welcome to the 2020 Democratic National convention, uniting america. Every four years we come together to unite our democracy. This year we come to save it. It is going to take all of us, so tonight we stand together united by the values we cherish decency, respect, justice, and the opportunity to rise up. We always hear that line about this being the most important election of our lifetimes, but this year, it really is. The past few months have tested us all. We have lost more than 170,000 family members and friends to covid. This tragedy is compounded by the loss of jobs and income. But it is not just the past few months. The past four years have left us, as a nation, diminished and divided. And yet in the middle of the fear and sorrow and the uncertainty, people have come together. Because they know we are better than this. Amer
The moment we were admitted to the hospital, we abandoned our symptom, and we behaved the way we usually behave. The question was, would anyone detect we were sane . The answer was, no. Susan your new book, the great pretender, centers around the story of this man. Who is he . Susannah hes a stanford professor, and he was the architect of this amazing study with the incredible footage you just played, called on being sane in insane places. He and seven other people undercover innt Psychiatric Hospitals around the country. Their mission was to test the nature of diagnosis and see if there sanity would be detected. As he said, they were not. Susan the study was done in the early 1970s. Why are you interested in it today . Susannah it came from a very personal place. I emerged from my previous book, my memoir, brain on fire, my experienceed with an autoimmune disease that targeted my brain that was briefly misdiagnosed as a serious Mental Illness. Originally bipolar disorder and then schi
To test the legitimacy of Psychiatric Hospitals. A group of colleagues and i gained admission to Psychiatric Hospitals in simulating by faking a symptom a simple system. We said we heard voices. He voices said, empty, dull the moment we were admitted to the hospital, we abandoned our symptom, and we behaved the way we usually behave. The question was, would anyone detect we were sane . The answer was, no. Your new book, the great pretender, centers around the story of this man. Who is he . Susannah he is a stanford professor named David Rosenhan. He was the architect of this study. Inis called on being sane insane places. He and seven other people went undercover in Psychiatric Hospitals around the country. Their mission was to test the nature of diagnosis to see if their sanity would be detected. As he said, they were not. The study was done in the early 1970s. Why are you interested in it today . Susannah it came from a personal place. I emerged from my book, my memoir, brain on fire