nicholas kristof will discuss issues facing the working class in rural america. in this weekend on afterwards specific research institute offers their thoughts on healthcare reform. canada is one of three countries in the world. the other two are cuba and north korea. think about what kind of healthcare that you get in those countries. the nhs started in 1971. it covers about 90% of brits they allow private coverage to run parallel. they have private coverage and some of the countries that are in the uk our american companies. this is becoming more popular because just in december there were over 4 million brits on a waiting list to get treatment and the cancer treatment is not supposed to be delayed more than 62 days. they have not met that standard for over five years in more important under the world health organization study. it's the bottom of the run in most industrialized countries. in all forms of cancer rates. that tells you something about life expectancy with cancer under a government controlled system. afterwards airs on saturdays at 10:00 p.m. on boo

. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern pulitzerards, prize-winning journalist nicholas kristof and sheryl would on report on the issues facing the working class in rural america in their book tight rope. there interviewed by jeff merkley. >> these people, in the small towns around america, the rural areas, people are walking on a tight rope. one miss in the fall. >> in the last 50 years, we have vastly overdone it. we have become obsessed with this personal responsibility narrative blaming the people who fall off of the tight rope for the catastrophes that follow. >> watch afterwards sunday night on book tv on c-span2. >> next on lectures in history, university of north carolina at chapel hill professor william sturkey taught a class about expanding rights in the 1960's and 70's. looking at women's liberation and the gay rights movement. he covered topics such as birth control, the equal rights amendment and the stonewall riots.

[inaudible conversations] >> tonight at 9:00 eastern on "after words", nicholas kristof and sheryl reporton the issues facing the working class in rural america in their book, tight rope. they're interviewed by oregon democratic senator jeff merkley. >> people in small towns around america and therural areas . people are walking on a tight rope. one mess and they fall but there's no safety net. >> over the last 50 years, we have vastly overdone and obsessed with his personal responsibility narrative, blaming the people who fall off the tightrope for the contest of these that follow. >> watch "after words" tonight at 9:00 eastern on booktv, on c-span2. >> author and former public defender, - - recently just cursed his recent book, usual cruelty about the challenges that marginalize people face in today's criminal justice system. he shares his thoughts on the purpose of the criminal justice system in america. >> has anyone heard the phrase, the criminal justice system is broken? it's kind of a popular thing to say no. one thing i realized as we've gone around the country, your theory for wh

. >> on "after words" feel the surprise winning journalist nicholas kristof reporting on issues facing the working-class and rural america in their book tight rope. they are interviewed by oregon democratic senator jeff merkley. >> small towns around america in rural areas around america, people are walking a tight rope. one miss and they fall. >> over the last few years we have overdone it. obsessed with personal responsibility narrative, blaming people who fall off the tight rope for the catastrophes that follow. >> watch kevin meredith, nicholas kristof, this weekend on booktv on c-span2. >> in his next booktv discussion, michael lind says democracies are being unraveled by new class war. >> welcome to the hudson institute policy center. i am john walters, chief operating officer. i would like to welcome our audience here to our pennsylvania court is an c-span audience to our first ever podcast taping that is both live and marks the second season premiere of podcast, the second season of the realignment, my hudson media fellows. we are proud of the realignment. the podcast launched

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booktv on c-span2, 48 hours nonfiction authors and books, pulitzer prize winning journalist nicholas kristof and sheryl done report on issues facing the working-class, chronicles the slave revolt took place in jamaica. and f h buckley talks about states exiting the union and kevin meredith talks about african-american history. find more information in your program guide or by visiting booktv.org. >> welcome to politics and prose. before we get started i want to remind everyone to silence your cell phones. we are doing a recording so please ask any questions into the microphone.

sunday night on afterwards nicholas kristof report on the issues of the working class in their book "rope." people aroundse america, people are walking on a tight rope. one slip, and they fall. years wehe last 50 have vastly overdone it, obsessed with this personal responsibility narrative blaming the people who fall off for the catastrophes that follow. >> watch sunday night at 9:00 eastern on book tv on c-span2. .co so you are now currently on the property of howard hankins, the owner of hampton roads materials.

. >> now, book tvs afterwards, pulitzer prize-winning journalist, nicholas kristof and sheryl linn dunn report on the issues facing the working class. there interviewed by jeff merkley. afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant because house interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. all afterwards programs are available as podcasts. >> i'm pleased to be with you to talk about the book you put out, tight rope and particularly because it it is taking a look at a small town in oregon, town that you come from, nick and i come from a small rural town in oregon. i just ponder how, in your professional career is your traveling the world you are living in a different environment completely and you have reported on world affairs from all kinds of different directions and some of the worst tragedies on the planet but you chose to really focus on a small town in oregon, why? >> well, we were running around covering a humanitarian crisis and then we would periodically go back to my beloved hometown of yamhill where my mom is still on the family farm. and we saw human

this weekend on "afterwards", pulitzer prize-winning journalist, nicholas kristof and sheryl discussssues facing the working class in rural america. >> for those of us in the upper middle classed who are very well educated, at least graduated from high school, some college, we have a fairly wide path ahead of us. if we stall, we pick ourselves up but the small towns around america in rural america, people are walking on a tight rope. one risk and they fall. where's their safety net? >> "afterwards" airs saturdays at 10:00 p.m. and sundays 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on book tv on c-span2. all previous "afterwards" are available as a podcast. to watch online at booktv.org. next on book tv, samuel willie discuss the origins of online disinformation. the national african-american read and. an event that promotes literacy during black history month. later, author christopher looks back at the millions of people in florida in the 19th 40s. it all starts now on book tv. >> i would like to welcome you all, we are thrilled to have samuel woolley with us here tonight. celebrating a very imp

joining us now "new york times" columnist nicholas kristof. great to have you here. so what have they done wrong? what have chinese officials done, including the president, done so wrong here. >> essentially they tried to cover this up from getting out. chinese scientific showed heroics. first showed symptoms december 1st, late december they were having late night meeting in health establishment city of wuhan. by january 10th they have sequenced dna of this and published this, informed cdc. the scientific side did great. meanwhile the political side when eight doctors are discussing this in a we chat group, they summon them to the police station. they warn them not to do this again. most strikingly they announce on television these eight doctors have been reprimanded to accepted a signal across the country that nobody talks about this. so meanwhile in wuhan you have the local legislature is meeting. there are banquets and 5 million people leave wuhan for the rest of the country before the clamp down. once it comes, extraordinary efficiency and one might say ruthlessn

. >> sunday at nine on afterwards, pulitzer prize winning journalist nicholas kristof and sheryl done report on the issues acing the working-class and rural america in their book tight rope. thereinterviewed by oregon democratic senator jeff merkley . >> the people in the small-town around america and the ruralareas around america , peopleare walking on a tight rope .and one miss and they fall. there's no safety net. >> over the last 50 years we have vastly overdone it and it's become kind of upset with this personal responsibility narrative, blaming the people who fall off the tight rope. for the catastrophes that follow. >> once afterwards sunday night at nine eastern on book tv. >> next hearing remembering the holocaust and marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. the house oversight and reform committee heard from witnesses on waste to combat bigotry, discrimination and violence area this is 3 and a half hours.

. >> now, book tvs afterwards, pulitzer prize-winning journalist, nicholas kristof and sheryl linn dunnissues facing the working class. there interviewed by jeff merkley. afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant because house interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. all afterwards programs are available as podcasts. >> i'm pleased to be with you to talk about the book you put out, tight rope and particularly because it it is taking a look at a small town in ore t

prize winning journalist nicholas kristof and sheryl done report on issues facing the working-class, chronicles the slave revolt took place in jamaica. and f h buckley talks about states exiting the union and kevin meredith talks about african-american history. find more information in your program guide or by visiting booktv.org. >> welcome to politics and prose. before we get started i want to remind everyone to silence your cell phones. we are doing a recording so please ask any questions into the microphone. i'm pleased to introduce tonight's big who served, and and counsel to the house energy and commerce subcommittee and commerce consumer protection as a member of president clinton's task force on healthcare reform. .. >> thanks so much. so what we're going to do is start with a conversation between us and then over to audience to ask questions directly. and in the process, i know that their appetites for reading this book will be seriously whetted. i spent the weekend reading it and it is, indeed, terrific. let me start where you start in the book which is to describe the vari

before we look at the upcoming programs nicholas kristof will discuss their book february 15 the cochair of the progressive caucus will discuss impeachment and medicare for all and then washington post will offer his take on the 2020 election. now a few housekeeping details you are free to engage with us online please make sure your screens are turned down in your ringer is turned off write it down legibly pre- signed copies the number one new york times bestseller donald j trumps america is available for purchase after the program and with a short personalization but first names only also a reminder we are nonpartisan forum and they should be held to make their remarks without interruption please join me to welcome our gas. [applause] one - - guess. >>. >> hey everyone welcome to today at the commonwealth club i am the politics correspondent and cohost of the political breakdown podcast i'm really excited to be here today with phil rucker who donald trump's campaign now that you already know to turn their attention to the trump presidency and their book tells the story of presidents fir

book the fierce 44, black americans who shook up the world, pulitzer prize winning journalist nicholas kristofgclass in rural america . our university story professor vincent brown chronicles the 18th-century slave that took place in jamaica known as khakis rubble and george mason university professor at h buckley examines the possibility of states exiting the union, that all starts tonight at 7:15 p.m. eastern here onbook tv . check your program guide her more information. >> on our weekly author interview program republican congressman matt gates of florida interviewed republican senator rand paul about his new book case against socialism. there'ssome of their discussion . >> if i'm going to be a successful capitalist and i sell something i'm not caring about my desire, i may want to be successful but i have to hear about what you want, i have to care about everything you want so everything is focus outward towards trying to getyou to accept and buy my services for my product but if i'm a socialist, i really am not caring too much about popular opinion or pleasing a consumer , in fact when w

nicholas kristof and cheryl report on the issues facing working-class in rural america interviewed by jeff merkley. >> these people especially in the small towns around american rural areas people are walking on a tightrope and one miss i may fall. there's no safety net. >> we have vastly overdone it and become kind of obsessed with personal responsibility narrative blaming people who follow the tightrope or the catastrophes that follow. >> watch of the authors this weekend on book tv on c-span2. see the next reserve chair testifies on monetary policy in the state of the economy. chairman powell appeared before the senate banking committee. this is just under two hours. >> jury will come to order. senator brown has been delayed a bit but i'm going to go ahead because as i think most people realize we had to readjust the time of the hearing to accommodate the fact that both have been called on the floor at 1030. that means senators will really need to stick to their five minutes and even then we may not get through for everyone and i apologize. i will stick around for 15 or 20 minutes

eastern on afterwords, nicholas kristof and sheryl report on the issues facing the working-class in ruralca, interviewed by jeff merkley. yamil and the small areas around america, people are walking a tight rope. one miss and they fall. there is no safety net. >> we have vastly overdone it and become obsessed with the personal responsibility narrative, blaming the people who fall off for the catastrophes that follow. >> watch kevin meredith, fh buckley and the others this weekend on book tv, on c-span2. inside theke you now sis money and -- the smithsonian museum of african-american history and culture, we return fighting, the african-american experience in world war i. retired colonel krewasky salter guest associate curator. first explain, the meaning behind the title. it hints at a story beyond two years of service and fighting over there. return,lly, exactly, we fighting, the african-american experience, world war i. number one. you don't see the world military. it is not just about soldiers. it is about civilians. men and women. soldiers and civilians. young and old. white and black.