although the acp operates independently come under u.s. law both the acp and the government of panama's maritime sector are considered the same. this means any challenges in panama's maritime sector including corruption or foreign influence can have a direct or indirect impact on the operations and long-term stability of the canal. this legal perspective highlights the need for diligence and monitoring the acp's management and panama governments policies affecting maritime operations. since 2015 chinese companies have increased their presence and influence throughout panama. panama became a member of the belt and road initiative and ended its relations with taiwan. chinese companies have been able to pursue billions of dollars of develop meant contracts in panama, many of which were projects on adjacent to the panama canal. many were no-bid contracts, labor laws were laid -- labor laws were waived come in the panamanian people are waiting to see how they are benefited. it is more concerned many of these companies are state owned and late t

he's with the acp. i'm their papers. but then i go into the organization final papers looking at the financial records of who gave money to these organizations. and that's where i really into the nitty gritty of this understanding how individual high net worth folks in new york city were giving money to the organ it to the urban league but also corporations like twc in general electric and and so forth they're giving to these these organizations funding what i call equality racial equality capitalism. right like they think that we want to be on the right side of history kind of like we saw in 2020. this is happening in the mid 20th century as well where these corporations like we want to be on the right side of the civil rights movement. so we want to give this money and delving in those financial records at the library of congress, but also at the rockefeller archive center, i could see this interesting matrix around generosity to black organizations and how black people push back against this out. fear of movement capt

that's presumably why, 60 years after dismissing it as, quote, a prime piece of propaganda for the acpme magazine been crowned the song of the century since the since billie holiday introduced it. our capacity to be shocked has shrunk. taboos have disappeared and novelty itself has grown more novel. but always there will be this unique and uncanny song. the song that was also an event. the question is no longer have you heard fruit, but this strange fruit ever happened since and will should or could a strange fruit ever happen again? thank you. our next speaker be speaker will be margo jefferson a graduate of columbia university school of journalism. margo jefferson was an associate editor at newsweek and an assistant professor of journalism at nyu university before joining joining the staff of the new york times in 1993. there, she wrote about books, theater and american culture in general for her first book reviews and other cultural. to quote the pulitzer prize selection committee. jefferson was awarded the pulitzer prize for criticism in 1995. jefferson and is the author of on mich

former communist in fact that unwra generated communist and he had awful he was written out of the acpood thurgood marshall was very determined to get him nowhere close to the end of acp they wanted communists they didn't want to be saddled with anything smacking of communism. that's right. that's right. that is true. first, let's thank our panelists for today today. and i think i think our suggestion from the audience is a good one was end with billie singing fruit once again. should we sit down we can come down here. some country is better with strange fruit blood on the knees and bloody at the root. black bodies swinging in the sun no free strange hanging from the poplar tree. pastor rose seen of the gallon so no bulging i send that twisted. sent magnolia magnolia sweet and strange then the sudden smell no burning flesh here a fruit for them grow to pluck for the rain together for the wind to suck, for the sun to. for the tree to drown. here is a stray. and me to. cry cry. good evening from

serving on the board of the acp. among the other lectures, articles. political campaigns and boards. she somehow into her schedule. the first lady of the world traveled as an informal ambassador promoting human rights across the globe, always a symbol of president franklin roosevelt and the new deal. she remained a persistent influence within the democratic party at times suggested as a candidate for senator from new york, ambassador to france, vice president and even president of the united states. she was asked on meet the press in 1957 if she would consider running for president and. she just laughed and said she was too old. she was 73. and she was also asked, well, do you see that? we'll a woman president in the future? she believed the we would. and so i think she'd be surprised about that, too. at the 1960 democratic party convention, plainclothes officers encircled, eleanor, as she walked through the arena to ascend the rostrum. and second, the nomination of adelaide stevenson. for the third time, the men firmly held her elbows as they maneuver

we do know you won't have a regulatory issue like the loss of acp like you had in 2025.more entertainment programs going to streaming. therefore, broadband consumption has to go up. comcast is upgrading its plans and doing it all within a very 10% capital intensity. upgrading real efficiently. >> sure. >> the vast majority will be upgraded by the end of the year. so, you know, we think at these valuations, comcast is trading at a lower forward ebitda multiple than its peers, close to its all-time low. yet there's very little downside in our opinion. any sort of hint that broadband sub growth starts coming back, i think you'll have both a revaluation in addition to the higher ebitda. >> fair enough. a lot of bad news price into the stock sch has gone nowhere for five years. i look at the strategy and compare to at&t which finally die vested of all of its media assets and 50% or compare with fox which stayed in the sports and news business with the free streaming app, i believe and also saw shares of 50% last year. comcast kind of split the baby. they're keeping some of th

have been saying about their constituent was the expiration of the affordable connectivity program the acpant challenge for low income households that depend upon us services predict unlicensed spectrum technologies such as wi-fi providing conductivity across all income levels due to the white distribution deployment using schools and libraries utilized by five to connect the students and patrons and can you talk about the wi-fi connecting the new and connected critically with the expiration. >> is a powerful tool predict see the libraries and schools letting out wi-fi hotspots for the students who don't have conductivity at home in another week did that years ago. when i was in school board. the unlicensed is also important for continuing to support the next generation of diversity scientists and engineers and are generating the best authority of luck scientists and engineers in the country the schools and have access to unlicensed spectrums to study new innovations and develop the new devices and innovations and they may miss out on those opportunities. >> thank you any written testimony