i worked for many years in los angeles for the "los angeles times." i've written for the "new york times." currently, i write for the "los angeles review of books," and i'm on the board of directors of the national book critics circle. i'm also the author of a book of poetry that deals with la calsa. that's what it is called. at this time, i'd like to introduce miriam. miriam is the former pulitzer prize-winning editor who spent 25 years at "news day" and the "los angeles times." her book, "the crusades of cesar chavez," a biography, is the first comprehensive biography of the iconic, charismatic leader. she has also written "the union of their dreams," a widely acclaimed and nuanced history of chavez's united farm workers movement. she recently received a national endowment for the humanities fellowship to support her work on the chavez biography. please welcome miriam pawel. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> hi, miriam. >> hi, greg. thanks. can you hear me? yeah, okay, i'm on. >> i want to ask you something i feel that is really important. what brought y

. >> here's a look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books according to the los angeles times.topping the list is michael collins examination of this psycho active properties of certain plant and this is your mind on plant. followed plan sites, michael wolf report in the finalist of the trump administration. after that is radio host mark who argues in his book american marxism, that mark is the ideologies in american institutions. and next journalist james account in the science of breathing and also breath, and wrapping up our look at some of the los angeles times best-selling nonfiction books is michelle memoir crying. and some of these authors have appeared on book tv, and you can watch the programs anytime a booktv.org. weekends on "c-span2" are an intellectual feast, every saturday, you will find events and people he's going on up and for nations cast on american history tv on sunday, book tv brings you the latest nonfiction books and authors. this television for serious readers learn, discover, explore i'm a weekend "c-span2". >> look now at some books being published thi

reporter and chief economic correspondent in recent years she's been white house senator for the los angeles times and later this month she will become a washington based columnist for the los angeles times. you can see she's had a lot of experience reporting on u.s. politics over the years draws on that experience as well as much additional research in her new book takes the story of brett kavanaugh's life and ascent on the supreme court puts it in the larger context of the republican party's shift to the right over the past four decades. particularly the determine campaign to dominate the judicial branch. npr review wrote jackie's book called it a remarkable work sink jackie writes elegantly without adornment resisting the urge to editorialize or make grand pronouncements. commended the book as it well written and deeply informed account of the long battle to steer the supreme court right word. jackie is in conversation with another veteran journalist's "washington post" columns are no doubt familiar to many of you. previous incarnations during her long career served as a political correspondent

a los angeles times photojournalist snapped these photos, children bloody after what the photographeralls indiscriminate taliban violence. cnn's clarissa ward capturing dramatic scenes on the front lines today and makie ing clear there is still no order. >> we have taliban fighters all around approaching us, shouting. one man shouting at me to cover my face or he wouldn't talk to me. he was carrying this huge makeshift whip. it was a bicycle lock. he's just using it to get anybody out of his way who gets in his way. there was a consistent stream of gunfire. the most frightening moment for our team came when our producer brent swales was taking some video on his iphone. two taliban fighters came up and were ready to pistol whip him. we had to intervene and scream. another taliban fighter came in and said, no, no, no, don't do that, they're journalists. >> barbara let me begin with you. this has been painfully slow and incredibly messy. >> today i think it is very fair to say there is a public face to all of this and a private effort behind the scenes. publicly the pentagon completely f

jean is a "los angeles times" columnist who has written several columns about the recall race.ek she wrote -- "if larry elder is elected, life will get harder for black and latino californians." her latest column is headlined "gavin newsom has been one of the most pro-latino governors in california history, and he's under attack for it." she joins us from san diego, california. welcome back to democracy now! first, explain this extremely unusual, arcane process in california, how governor newsom could be recalled if 51% of people vote against him but the person who replaces him, which could be larry elder, could get something like 18% of the vote. >> it is incredibly anti-democratic election. even if larry elder only gets come as you mentioned, far, far fewer votes than got some newsom -- amy: just a plurality against the other opponent. he would just need a plurality. >> exactly. it is incredibly dangerous. this whole thing started with anti-immigrant nativists in california who were upset about the pro-immigrant, pro-latino policies that gavinewsom had. it started with a form

. >> here's a look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books according to the los angeles times, topping will assist eiko collins examination of active property certain, this is your mind on plants followed by a landslide, michael wolf's report on the final months of the administration. after that is radio host mark who he argues book, the american marxism that the ideologies in the market institutions threatens the constitution. next is journalist james account of the science of breath and wrapping up our look at some of the los angeles times nonfiction books is michelle memoir trinity some of these authors appeared on book tv and you can watch the programs anytime on booktv.org. ... ... ♪ ♪ book tv continues now. television for readers

it is considered a fraud by leaders of tribes that have federal recognition, writes the los angeles times. here is charles in illinois. caller: i was reading an article in politico yesterday that said the pentagon new that the suicide bombing would probably happen at abbey gate but the article said the americans decided to keep the gate open longer to allow british allies to continue evacuating personnel based in a nearby hotel. that blast, because they did not close that gate, a suicide bomber came in and killed 200 people, including 13 u.s. servicemen. john kirby was asked about that yesterday. we have had few leaks, other than under trump. there were leaks every day. biden has had very few leaks. he said we will not acknowledge any classified security leaks. milley apparently knew the bombing was coming that killed those servicemen. host: we had that reporter join us this morning. you can find that online. next, congressman troy carter joins us with the second district in louisiana. he is in the hearthost: you havo get a phone to call us, but what is the power situation where you are t

i'm wondering if you can talk about that end, clear, right now reporters on the ground from los angeles timeston post, new york times, investigating whether he was in collateral damage the second car that was blown up with the family of 10, seven children, those numbers also have to be verified, but it was the wrong target that the u.s. hit. this is one of the things they are investigating. yes. so the thing i while we now have journalists investigating is because afghanistan is facing a lot of attention on one side and on the others, the drone strike happened in the capital of afghanistan, kabul. of course the journalists, and personally who -- did the last two decades, what, with this tweet, was that in many rural areas, these things happened on a daily basis. we have so many reports about that terrorists killed by drone strikes and all these things and just a few journalists visited these areas and shall he witnsed whatappened. i have been in some of these areas mls reporting the last years and it was always the same story. people terrorized people like farmers were terrorized by these dro

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. >> here's a look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books according to the los angeles times.opping the list is michael pollan's examination of the psychoactive properties of certain plants in this is your mind complex. followed by a landslide, michael will report on the final months of the trump administration. after that is radio was mark levine who argues in his latest american marxism marxist ideology centered americans institutions and threatens the constitution. next is james master's account of the science of breathing in breath and wrapping up our look at some of the los angeles times best-selling nonfiction books is michelle nutter's memoir crying in each market. some of these authors have appeared on tv and you can watch the programs anytime at booktv.org. >>. >> now on book tvs "after words" program robin d'angelo looks at how well-intentioned white people and inadvertently cause racial harm through what she calls a culture of niceness. she's interviewed by eddie grant, author and princeton university professor of african american studies . "after words" is a weekly

he is also an award-winning photojournalist working for "the los angeles times." plans to remain there. he was at the site of the bombing outside the gates of the kabul airport. thanks souch for taking pains to be with us tonight. i know this is not an easy time difference or, indeed, an easy time. >> thank you for having me on the show. >> so, u.s. officials up to and including president biden had repeatedly warned that crowds at the airport might be targeted by an isis terrorist attack. um, when you've been there in recent days. when you have been among the crowds at the airport, what -- what was it like? did it seem like it was a soft target for a potential attack? did it seem like those -- those sort of warnings were -- were warranted on the ground? >> um i mean, first of all, i mean, generally [ inaudible ] and yes, it seems like those warnings are definitely warranted. those crowds unchecked. i mean, there are thousands of people just milling around. i usually keep in mind that the -- the fact that there -- there is a -- a -- a potential for something like t

these photos were taken by a los los angeles times photographer and foreign correspondent named marcus yam on a road near the airport packed with people trying to leave. you can see an injured child, there on the right. his head bloodied apparently unconscious in a man's arms. lying on the pavement a woman also bloodied. also with injuries to her head. he says taliban fighters used whips and sticks and sharp objects and gunfire on the crowd and says at least half a dozen people were wounded while he was there. we should point out that mr. yam does not know why the taliban fired into the crowd and we don't know how badly they were injured. jake sullivan, the president's national security adviser, was asked about such reports. he says they're taking it up in talks through a channel with the taliban. pentagon spokesman john kirby was also asked about it it. >> do those discussions with the taliban include talk about allowing americans or afghans through some of these taliban check points or even potentially expanding the perimeter around the airport so more people can get there safely? th

the "los angeles times" reports real estate heir robert durst took the stand in his murder trial sixfter his arrest. >> did you kill susan burma? >> no. >> do you know who did? >> no, i do not. >> the 78-year-old immediately denied killing his close friend susan berman. he also denied he knew who did it. durst has been charged in the killing of berman who was murdered at her home in 2000. prosecutors say he shot her from aiding in an investigation in the 1982 disappearance of his wife. last month durst's attorney unsuccessfully lost a mistrial. >>> the austin american states man said a texas judge signed an order temporarily blocking the arrest of houseraho quorum. the order came at the request of texas house democrats who fled to washington, d., month to prevent republicans from passing controversial new laws. four democrats returned to the house yesterday but it was still five short of the number needed to conduct business. >>> the associated press reports london's tower bridge got stuck open due to a technical fault. you can see the two halves of the 127-year-old draw bridgepointi

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wrapping up our look at some of the los angeles times nonfiction books is michelle memoir trinity some of these authors appeared on book tv and you can watch the programs anytime on booktv.org. ... ... ♪ ♪ book tv continues now. television for readers. >> we talk about we work which i'm sure everyone has heard of before. as of a privilege of reading a book wrote about this work in an advance copy if you will. when is it actually coming out? >> july 20. >> so july 20 but had the opportunity to read it prior to this to facilitate this discussion. not only was it meticulous so i recommend this is kind of a preview. at its core we rent office space, why is that something important? >> guest: i think it's been almost two years now people forget those is a very simple concept of a company that has some leased office space produce briefly the countries most valuable startup at $47 billion. and lost nearly $40 billion overnight because people realized it was not actually a disruptive tech company as it had been sold to like a string of investors. it was a really long smart list of investors. >

there were two journalists from the los angeles times and deutsche welle who were surrounded by an angryd, i think, that they were journalists from the bbc. cedric alviani, this is a good point to bring you in on the conversation from reporters without borders. how do you judge how welcome or otherwise foreign reporters are in china just now? the situation has changed a lot compared to the past decades. china was never an easy country for journalists, but in the year 2000, actually, it was possible for foreign correspondents to lead investigations. it was possible for them to have a lot of sources. and all this has disappeared, and especially since president xijinping got into power and cracked down on independent media, independent voices. now, only in the year 2000, the chinese regime has expelled 18 foreign correspondents. this was something unheard of in recent times. i believe the reason is that the chinese regime considers it doesn't need foreign correspondents any more. in the past decades, they needed foreign correspondents to somehow promote the chinese economic development, to

written about size in the new york times magazine, the new yorkers, the authentic wired, the los angeles timesial times magazine technology we review among other publications. he is the author of the book ravenous which we see the title on your screen and you are able to order. >> thank you for inviting me, wonderful to have you. i loved your book. i sat on social media, it reads like a novel. i was glued to it, it's all true. coming up with the ideas and connecting all of these dots. it's about a biochemist who was a homosexual living with his male partner in germany get hitler projected him. there are many parts to dissect but i would like to start with automobiles, his family dynamic, his early life. tell us about hised family. >> mill worker, a prominent physicist. jewish, part of the famous worker family and a financial family, cousins of these other workers and at the time it was unusual for somebody, of jewish descent in these positions. his father rises all the way to the top if he grows up in this house full of the world's greatest physicist, regular einstein, close with a meal worker

he is the author of four books ofof poetry in the los angeles times. he has received multiple multiple pushcart nominations little review poetry prize for his poem was the mother of god. by broad potomac sure, great poems from the early days of our nation's capitol by kim roberts is an anthology of poems by a well known and overlooked poets working on living in the capitol 1930. walt whitman and frederick douglass as well as the work of lesser known poets. kim roberts is the author of eight literary guide to washington d.c., walking in the footsteps of american writers from francis scott key and five books of poems. most recently the scientific method, political af arrays collection by campbell is the hybrid chapbook of poetry and prose. the collection focuses on topics such as race, corruption, son violence, police brutality, confederate monuments, reproductive freedom and the sexual harassment of abusive women. he is a writer, teacher, fellow in fiction editor at barrel house. she received her msa from american university and has been moved to the au

including the new york times magazine in the los angeles times and he has received multiple nominations and when that 2012 library little review, poetry prize for his poems. his many was the mother of god. "by broad potomac's shore" great poems from the early days of our nation's capitol, by kim roberts and by both well-known and overlooked poet. working and living in the capitol in the city's 18 hundreds to 1930. included are poems by celebrated writers such as francis - walt whitman and frederick douglass as well as the work of lesser-known poet. kim roberts is the author of the literary guide from washington dc. walking in the footsteps of american writers from francis to others. in five books of poems. it and most recently, the scientific method. political af, "political af" by tara campbell is a hybrid book of poetry. the collection focuses on topics such as race, corruption, gun violence, police brutality, confederate monuments, reproductive freedom and the sexual harassment and abuse of women. tara campbell is a writer, teacher, a fellow and fiction editor. she received her msa f

, washington post, economists, los angeles times, l.a. previous books include texas punishment and boundaries of desire. he comes to us from san francisco. in conversation tonight we have judy miller, a peabody award-winning television correspondent national public radio commentary. working for abc news in 1990, miller has covid, among other stories 1992 rodney king trial, the 1994 north and o.j. simpson criminal trials for which she received an emmy award. we have some excellent guests here tonight. thank you for coming out one last time, allow me to pass it off to eric and judy. >> thanks a lot for that lovely introduction. it's -- but that's okay. you can correct it at the end of the show last i am thrilled to be talking today with eric. eric is truly one of the finest writers i know especially when ithe comes to tackling enormous subjects like the history of censorship in the west. i loved this book, most authors would be intimidated by the subject matter but eric has this great talent taking a subject and serving it up in delicious m

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work has appeared in "the new york times" magazine, the newhe yorker, the atlantic, wired, the los angeles times, the financial times magazine and mit technology review among other publications and of course the author of the book ravenous which you see this title on the screen and you are able to order and that is what we are talking about today so welcome, sam. >> thank you so much for inviting me on. >> of course.nv it's wonderful to have you. as i've said on social media, it reads like a novel. i was glued to it, but it's all true. i'm sure you will talk as we go through. but anyway, so it is about the nobel laureate chemist who was a jewish homosexual living openly with his male partner in nazi germany, yet hitler protected him in the hope that he could cure cancer. but there's many parts to discuss. itthe family dynamic, his early life. let's start there. a very prominent physicist. the family that's known as a financial family at the time it was unusual for the jewish dissent to rise to a high academic position. he really rises all the way to the top of the field and grows up in this hous

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since 2019, the chinese communist party paid $20 million to lx like the "los angeles times," "chicagobune" and "the washington post." twitter which now operates as a publisher also received checks from the chinese government totaling hundreds of thousands ofofto dollars. last summer they stopped abruptly. "the new york times" tried to hide the evidence that anything even happened but why? "the new york times" won't say when we ask. and we kept looking. here's some context for what "the new york times" did. this is what mainstream news coverage in the united states looked like. you can tell the difference. >> i think it's going to come across to a lot of americans as xenophobia. >> he thinks the only path now is to declare the virus a publi1 enemy number one. >> the xenophobia and races is incredibly dangerous, problematic and scary. >> why do you keep calling this the chinese virus? >> it's not racist at all, no. it comes from china. >> as this virus emerged from central china to kill americans in huge numbers, news organizations, politico for example hired a full-time china she'll ca

reagan in addition to working at the washington post she has worked at "time" magazine of the los angeles times in the recipient of many awards including the prize for excellence and recording as four years ago by simon & schuster to write the prior gravy it is being published tomorrow on april 13, 2021. they call nancy reagan a luminous and exhausted biography which chronicles the private life of influence of nancy reagan, the book draws on interviews with cabinet members, friends and family members and she became one of the most influential first ladies of the century. we invite you to join our virtual program joined in conversation by reagan foundation institute board of trustees kathy busch. >> good afternoon i am so pleased to welcome you today for the very special sneak peek at a much-anticipated biography on former first lady nancy reagan, the book, the tramp of nancy reagan written by washington post columnist karen to multi-would be officially released tomorrow and karen has graciously agreed to make the reagan library one of her first thoughts on the book tour. after devouring the boo

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science and health is work has appeared in the new york times magazine, new yorker, the atlantic, los angeles times, the financial times magazine, and mit technology review among other publications. and of course he is the author of the book which can see the title on your screen and you are able to order it. that is what we are talking about today. so welcome sam apple. sue and thank you for inviting me. a. patty: of course is wonderful to have you. i love your book edit raises i said, on social media, every dislike a novel. i was glued to it, it is all true. i am sure that you will talk as we go through about your work how you came up with the idea about writing this book. i connecting all of these thoughts. it is about the biochemist. biochemist otto warburg he was gay and jewish of living openly with his male partner nazi party in germany and hitler protected him. in hopes of curing cancer. but this is true. but there are many parts to this book. but i would like to start with biochemist otto warburg as you. his family dynamics. his early life rated let's start there and tell us about his famil

which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize and won the los angeles time's book prize for history. richard is the professor of american history at stanford university having previously taught at the university of washington, university of utah and michigan state university. please welcome professor richard white. [ applause ] >> i have to position things up here. this will take a second. okay. i'm often accused of having a cynical 21st century view of the associates as the big four called themselves in the 19th century. but actually, that's not true. i have a cynical 19th century view of the associates. and i'm pretty much in line with this with charles francis adams, who is president of the union pacific, worked intimately with the big railroad men of the era, including the associates. the easiest way to characterize them is simply to quote adams. i have known and known tolerably well a good many successful men, big, financially. men famous during the last half century. in a less interesting crowd, i do not care to meet again. either this world or the next. nor is one disassociate

it's a photographer for the "los angeles times" capturing this horrible scene, a man cradling a child with a bloody forehead, people beaten in the street by the airport. not much details behind this picture, but this is what kabul looks like now. armed fighters in the streets of the city. brandishing weapons in broad daylight. but what you don't see, take a good look, hardly any women. clarissa ward is on the ground in afghanistan where she has seen men buying burkas trying protect the women, not to be seen on the streets as billions and billions in weapons fall into the hands of the taliban. they seized one of the afghan airport choppers. it's not sure if they knew how to fly the choppers or if they switched sides. according to the "times," social media is showing the taliban have captured at least 24 of the afghan air forces, roughly 200 aircraft, since may, including u.s.-supplied helicopters. >> what happened to the billion of dollars worth of weaponry that had the u.s. gave afghanistan? does the u.s. have a plan for that? >> we don't have a complete picture obviously of where eve

so friday night, bill is having a conversation about afghanistan and the lady from theg "los angeles timesould be worse if trump were in office and bill was like how? that's not an answer. and it's ridiculous that their entire platform is it could be worse if trump were in office. they've got to come better than that. it's a fraud. to some degree, i wish trump would step aside so that everyone can see the fraudulence and so that bellmawr and other smart people, honest people could start attacking the positions that are undermining and destroying this country. >> tucker: what do you think? i've always wondered this. what is the actual support for the ideas? not do you like trump or biden but for example, do you think men can get pregnant or some races are superior to others. how many actually believe that stuff? >> i don't think 5% of america believes it may be, 10%. i don't know. i'm going to say something difficult to unpack in the short amount of time but it's what i truly believe, i think a lot of what the left supports is satanic. i'm sorry, it's in direct objection to god. in direct o