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committee, give me a sense of your assessment, of what your role and the role of democrats on this slightly weird committee should be? >> first, i have to say, i am just so grateful to leader hakeem jeffries for having me to be the lead for the democrats on the committee. i think you see from the composition of the democrats, we really represent, once again, the mosaic that makes up the american people. we have older members, younger members, new members, senior members who have been around a while from all over the country with a deep knowledge and experience. in investigations oversight, and aloft. and dems have said, at the beginning of this congress, we are willing to work in a bipartisan matter. because there are areas, of course, velshi, that you know, ali, the need to be investigated. whether that is the irs disproportionately auditing
>> it's been exactly one year since our first ever meeting of the velshi banned book club, a year of literary analysis. and a deeper understanding of the power that these banned books have. especially for readers in middle and high school, readers whose libraries an english curriculum have become an ideological battleground. but as we discussed over this last, year these books can change in life, these books can affect truly change a life. >> this constellation of books that are under attack right now, when we keep them away from our children, we are withholding wisdom from our kids. we are making life harder for our children, and we are damaging our nation. >> i grew up sort of hearing about, you know, lgbtq books
you know all the words to do with nikole hannah-jones, a pulitzer prize warning winner for new york city, she's created of the times initiative, the the 1619 project, but most importantly, today she's the award winning author of the book the 1619 project, and the inspiration for the viewer velshi banned book club. nicole was our inaugural gassed one year ago today, welcome, back thank you for kicking this off for us. thank you for being the reason that want to do this, since, then we have read so much together, and learn so much together. >> yeah, thank you so much for starting this banned book club, especially in these times. it's so necessary to be talking about these efforts to restrict knowledge, into defy them. >> one of the things when we have authors on is their books, or when they experience some sort of, ban limitation, or
all made possible by you. for today's meeting, we are taking you back to the very beginning. now joined by nikole hannah-jones, the author of the landmark 16 19 project, the inaugural gassed. you don't want to miss the meeting. plus, putin's warping history. the justification for the invasion on ukraine. we will speak with a man who knows ukraine more than most. a former united states ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor. but from the broken, economic good news, a very strong u.s. jobs report. what does it mean in respect to the recession that many economists predict will happen this year? velshi is back in a moment. ppen this year? velshi is back in a moment
encapsulates exactly why books like those we have featured on the velshi banned book club, like deer martin, and beloved, are banned each and every day. it is the convergence of a celebration of black america, and a deeply misrepresented fear of so-called critical race theory. it represents change that is not just coming, change that is already here, in which we live. right after the break i'm gonna be joined by the author and creator of the 16 19 project, the inspiration for the velshi banned book club, nikole hannah-jones, stay close, you really don't want to miss a special one year anniversary of the velshi banned book club. lshi banned book club. and at chevron, we're working to help reduce the carbon intensity of the fuels that keep things moving. today, we're producing renewable diesel that can be used in existing diesel tanks. and we're committed to increasing our renewable fuels production. because as we work toward a lower carbon future, it's only human to keep moving forward.
cardona, were you a consultant about that? >> no i was not. that's one of the things the letter i sent him, i advised him, hey, i'm here, i have been appointed, i know it was very recent. and going forward, let's follow the rules of all the practice of the house. i notice of what you are going to do. interestingly, we are on the same hallway, our office is in-house. there is no reason that you can't go on by and see me. unless we are in the best way that we can. we will see if that comes out. you know, i'm not an optimist or a pessimist, i'm a realist. no >> representative plaskett, thank you for taking time to represent us on the show, representative stacey plaskett of the united states virgin islands. so i'm velshi, we are hitting a major milestone, one year of the velshi banned book club.
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into stronger to the ukrainians, and the russians are running out, and they don't have places to go, to replenish their weapons. >> bill, always good to talk to, you thank you for being with, us bill taylor, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, at the u.s. institute for peace. coming up, it has been one year since we started the velshi banned book club, one year of literary analysis, conversations with authors, he read from book club members like diane edson who wrote and to tell us, she started her own version of the velshi banned book club at her local church. she wrote, quote, i love the defiant nature of your banned book club, i decided to emulate it. as a result of your club, i started ours. i have said it so many times. one year later, it feels a little different, and worth repeating, we cannot do this without you, our members. please write to us, at my story at velshi.com. we want to know which doors you want to read, and the authors for what you want to hear, today's meeting is coming, up we went back to the beginning and invited nikole hannah-jones,
being banned, i would have to sneak to barnes and noble and go to the gay and lesbian section and find edmond winds book for example. -- and i would, sometimes i put another cover on the front of it to sort of hide that i was reading it. >> the difference between my children, and the parents of children who can cry out against this book, is that they have to know the information in the book to stay safe. might have to know this information. >> -- gives people hope, i think the world can start to take their hope away. >> shortly after we came up with the concept for the velshi banned book club, we created our own list of banned literature to read. including many titles members suggested, handmaid's tale, perennially taught to kill a mockingbird. we noticed an alarming title, the book center most frequently title for banned almost always explore at least one of the same three's themes. race in america, sexual identity, and women's bodily autonomy, including sexual assault and rape.
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