she calls it the hamer-baker plan, for fannie lou hamer and ella baker.ara smith jojoins us now m albany, new york. author, activist a and indepepet scholalar. founder of the combahee river collective andnd of kitchen tab: women of color press. her latest book is "ain't gonna let nobody turn me around: forty years of movement building with barbara smith." her recent piece in the nation is headlined "how to dismantle white supremacy." barbara smith, welcocome back to democracy now! as we talked about terrorismsm, talklk about what seeee i the united states. >> well, thank youou so much. it is great to be with you again, amy. i was actualally talking about something a bit different frorom clearly j just so very frameded in the e introductiono. i am not just talking about white supremacist groups were organized whitete supremamacy, t i'm talkinababout a sysystem t t actutually dictates s and shapes every aspectct of life in the united state from where e your kids go to school anand what kd of educationon they're able to get, what kind of housing you have, yo

and what we are doing at the black futures lab is organizing of theey lou hamers country to help us lead in the process of changing rules rigged against our communities for generations, of being new nce structures in this country to determine how resources are distributed, how economies and democracy function, and to make sure none of our communities are left behind. so our whole institution really began from a listening project called the black census, where it is now the largest survey of black in america in 165 years. we talked to black people in every state in the country, every demographic, across all kinds of social, economic, and other demographic lines. what we found from that process is more often than not, people said "nobody has ever asked me what i experience every day, and what i want from my future." and that does not bode well for a political system that is healthy and functioning. what we learned were things keeping the black communities up at night are low wages that are not able to support a family, the lack of affordable quality health care and housing. and when it com

meanwhile, on the pitch this evening, arsenal humilated their london rivals west ham, hamering them 9cored a hat—trick for the away side. the win moves arsenal top. in just over an hour's time in new york — naomi osaka and victoria azarenka will battle it out for the women's title at the us open... the first grand slam to be played since the pandemic hit... and a little earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s tennis correspondent russell fuller who is covering the tournament from salford. he told me both players are in such good form going into the final the quality of those two semifinals was extraordinarily high. the performances they had to put in to get this poor, remarkable. naomi osaka pushed very close in her semifinal byjennifer brady —— to get this far. the powers with which she was able to hit the ball was eventually enough to subdue the american. victoria azarenka, having made a very slow start against an inspired serena williams had to win in three sets picking to 6—3 in the decider. they both clearly like their chances of winning a third grand slam singles title. i think osaka has m

fannie lou hamer, a hugely influential civil rights leader back in the 1960s is latoya's great aunt. she too was bloodied in her battles. less lethal munitions were meant to be a step forward from those dark days, but like the fight for civil rights itself, that work is not over. >> it was always taught to me early on that if you want to see change, if you want to see good in your community, that you have to be a part of it. i do think it's important to continue to participate because there's still so much change that needs to $9.95 at my age? $9.95? no way. $9.95? that's impossible. hi, i'm jonathan, a manager here at colonial penn life insurance company, to tell you it is possible. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get life insurance with options starting at just $9.95 a month. okay, jonathan, i'm listening. tell me more. just $9.95 a month for colonial penn's number one most popular whole life insurance plan. there are no health questions to answer and there are no medical exams to take. your acceptance is guaranteed. guaranteed acceptance? i like guarantees. keep going. and with th

hamer, a pulmonologist who practice and supported the needs of covid patients. and thank you, dr. monty hood working day and night since the pandemic started and for oversight, which is undoubtedly resulted in successful patient outcomes. george rodriguez, thank you for providing clinical guidance care adership on patient and protocol development. shabib who has consulted on every single ovid-19 patient case for st. luke's. also from st. luke's, allow me democrator -- b lab director charlie combs who hero.scribed as an unsung as well as chelsea, christina ndrews, sarah hill, candace fernandez, jason case, nitia cole, lisa who are all nurses and it supersedes any fear to this virus.us and to the thousands of health are workers who, due to time constraints, were not mentioned tonight, please know this. ou are the heroes of this unprecedented time. this country and your be ressman will forever grateful and may god bless each and every one of you and may we see an end to this global soon.ic very god bless you. thank you. chairman.ck, mr. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes t

a caffeinated ama is usually a hamer ama. >> so i did have a half bottle of starbucks today.eed this. that's why i have a little people in my step. >> i thought it was just being in the presence of us. hey there! >> i don't know. with bill's and pete's, we should be tied for number one. maybe taking that spot about the covid-19 virus. it's real. and it's dangerous. so, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. and while we don't yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. wear a mask. wash your hands. stay six feet apart. do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. and get a flu shot, it's even more important this year. we can do this. if we do it together. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the

the president spent the convention and several weeks hamering the message that biden was weak on crimethat he was kind of in league with the violent looters, none of that seems to be resonating in the polls. crime does not rank as a high issue for voters. vast majority site tcite the pa. it's not even clear that president trump has an advantage on the crime issue over joe biden, cnn poll finding six-point margin, biden is more trusted by americans to keep them safe from harm than president trump. the single biggest warning sign for the president was that fox news poll from wisconsin that found him down eight points and down five points on the issue of which candidate voters in wisconsin trust in policing and criminal justice. that's bad news for the president if he wants to keep carrying on with this message. >> i want to pick up on that last point he made with you, ayesha. the president has been using this law and order messaging. biden is leading in support of suburban women nationally by a pretty big margin there. 64 to 31%. is there any concern behind the cenes at the white house b

[applause] >> lee hamer from home magazine and oprah winfrey of oprah winfrey fame got the word out.get people to read my crap copy, i don't know and oprah is like people do and it is all crazy. so this time last year i was finishing up the book. only 19 pages ago, don't mess it up. you never know what will happen in a year when the book is out and i never thought i would be standing here and who knows where we will be a year from now? outside is the hellhole wasteland of trump land. who knows what will happen a year from now? because i am still promoting the book, any words about the election? not really, i am sort of stunned. something that was making me feel better and i guess it was i think other folks, be kind to everybody, make art and fight the power, a formula for me, anyway. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> host: colson whitehead, in your speech you referred to the terror that is trump land, that was just a couple weeks after the election. >> guest: it was. i grew up in new york and as a teenager, a weird tabloid buffoon creature but he persisted. i watched the apprentice, a reality show