nikole hannah jones, welcome back to democracy now!ongratulations on your new books as you join us from des moines on the way to waterloo. can you talk about that moment in high school? what the difference i school teacher makes? >> absolutely. thank you for having me on. my teacher changedy life. he is the teacher who introduced to how vast black history was, even though we had not been taught hardly any of it. he is the teacher that introduced me or suggested that i join my haskell newspaper and write the stories i wanted to see. i opened the preface for the 1619 book with that because that was a transformative moment for me. i had no idea black americans had been here this long, that we had a lineage that went back on us as long as the english people . and that number stood to me for any erasure and really made me understand at a young -- 15 or 16-year-old that the history are taught is not necessarily the most important thing for all there to know, but was summit has determined what we should know and there's so much more out there

nikole hannah-jones won the pulitzer prize for commentary.o received lots of criticism and became a widely controversial object of scorn and derision on the right. >> the 1619 project with the new york times, or the democrat party is trying to reeducate american youth to tell them that our founding fathers were criminals, slave owners who are trying to create a sleeve state. >> let's be real about this. and 1619 they were exactly 20 slaves in america. so, the idea that these 20 guys were essential to the american economy or the building of america, is nonsense. >> the whole project is a light. i think certainly if you're an african american, slavery is at the center of what you see as the american experience. but for most americans, most of the time, there were a lot of other things going on. >> next year, donald trump launched a special committee to lot counter the 1619. he called it the 1776 commission. >> today, i'm also pleased to announce that i will soon sign an executive order establishing a national commission to promote preacher arct

still to come on the newshour: journalist nikole hannah-jones' new book offers an expanded look at theg legacy of slavery in the u.s. tamara keith and amy walter break down the coming congressional battle over the president's agenda. the life of the late designer virgil abloh and his impact beyond the fashion world. plus much more. discussed, the number of deaths from covid-19 has surpassed 775,000, a staggering figure. but left behind are tens of thousands of children, some orphaned entirely, after their parent or a grandparent who cared for them died. in this report co-produced with the newshour, kaiser health news correspondent sarah varney looks at the risks these grieving children face to their well- being, both in the short and long term. >> i think the little boys don't really have a concept of what's really happening, what really happened. because i think they keep looking for him. >> reporter: betty hamilton says her five grandchildren still haven't accepted that their dad died suddenly of covid in august. the boys, ages four to ten, came to live with her in eastman, georgia b

the "new york times" is the fact overrun by nikole hannah-jones which seeks to get the people routinely which lies about american history and when's pulitzers. everybody is supposed to genuflect at the altar of nikole hannah-jones and if you don't you might find yourself out. if you cross the mildest line which that like like a move then you find yourself out. you can be the editor ede editor and finders of out of a job because you write a pretty generic op-ed by a united states senator. you can be donald mcneil and be the science writer for the "new york times" and finders of out of a job because on a school trip a while ago you said to a student there were certain uses of the inward not the same uses of the inward and newspaper campfire you over that after the groundswell. this comes to the nature of a bunch of little some of these institutions. the "new york times" was a liberal and has been for decades. the problem is liberals didn't have the courage in saying to the radicals we have may agree with you on a lot of these policies but you don't get to destroy individual rights and ind

the "new york times" is the fact overrun by nikole hannah-jones which seeks to get the people routinely which lies about american history and when's pulitzers. everybody is supposed to genuflect at the altar of nikole hannah-jones and if you don't you might find yourself out. if you cross the mildest line which that like like a move then you find yourself out. you can be the editor ede editor and finders of out of a job because you write a pretty generic op-ed by a united states senator. you can be donald mcneil and be the science writer for the "new york times" and finders of out of a job because on a school trip a while ago you said to a student there were certain uses of the inward not the same uses of the inward and newspaper campfire you over that after the groundswell. this comes to the nature of a bunch of little some of these institutions. the "new york times" was a liberal and has been for decades. the problem is liberals didn't have the courage in saying to the radicals we have may agree with you on a lot of these policies but you don't get to destroy individual rights and ind

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. >>> plus, pulitzer surprise winner nikole hannah-jones is live in times square.michael strahan's 50th birthday. ♪ good morning, good morning ♪ ♪ america ♪ >> oh, yeah. >> we are dancing into the week with a celebration for my brother from another mother. >> happy birthday, brother. >> so many birthday wishes, we can't count them all. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> happy 50th birthday, my man. >> happy birthday. >> the party is just getting started, and we're singing -- ♪ happy birthday to ya, happy birthday to ya ♪ ♪ happy birthday ♪ ♪ oh, she got it all ♪ >> nice. come on. >> oh, man. >> speaking of nice. d.j. d-nice is upstairs. we're gonna get this party started. >> that was a surprise. >> come on. >> i had no idea. i love and appreciate every one of them, and d.j. d-nice, good friends. i'm happy he's here. ♪ lovely day ♪ >>> and good morning, america. i'm happy you're with us on this monday. >> every time i hear this song, i think of you. ♪ lovely day ♪ one of the first times that i met you, this was playing in your dressing room, and it always just

i just heard what you said, nikole hannah-jones, the 1619 project, you know the controversy recentlyat unc. would she be welcome at the university of austin? >> i'd certainly love to bring her and have a debate about whether this country originated in 1619 or 1776 with the declaration of independence. that's the kind of debate we want to have. there are invitations and no disinvitations for her. people have criticized and she has creditize criticized us al social media. >> that is a debate i'd love to watch. dr. niall ferguson thank you for your time. >>> on twitter, higher ed is not broken. you are supporting indoct indoctrination centers. >> really, dmc? you're using the critique of a monoculture. i think there's a need for it and it would be healthy. that's the kind of campus environment i would love to be a part of. >>> do you remember back in march during president biden's first news conference he said he plans to run for re-election in 2024? >> have you decided whether you're going to run for re-election in 2024? >> the answer is yes. my plan is to run for re-election. that's m

i think most of the problems are with the main essay written by nikole hannah-jones, here is sean will lens writing in an essay beyond just the factual mistakes about the american revolution being fought to preserve slavery -- the that was the main factual problem with 1619 -- wilentz goes on to say instead of the trying to instruct about the importance of slavery and racism to american history, the project promoted a narrow, highly ideological view of the american past according to which white supremacy had been the nation's core principle and chief mission ever since its founding. so i understand your point about competing narratives. it's not the right way to look at this. but on on the one side, we do he some folks saying our founding has been a fraud, our principles were betrayed from day one and on the other side saying our glorious past, valley forge and d the-day and george washington -- d-day and george washington never chopped down a cherry tree. >> again, sean's a very good historian. >> i love sean. he knows that. >> i disagree with him, he disagrees with me. we could sit h

nikole hannah-jones, thank you. >> thank you. >>> rachel maddow starts now.u here. it has been a busy news day and a lot is continuing tonight. we got word late this afternoon, feels like evening, we got word that the fda looks like it's going to move this week to approve booster shots for all adults. the previous approval had just been for high-risk adults to get boosters, but a bunch of states started ignoring that and making boosters available for any adult that wants one. it's moving tonight that that should be the national standard by the end of the week, booster shots approved for all u.s. adults. that's good

nikole hannah-jones, thank you. >> thank you. >>> rachel maddow starts now. good evening, rachel. >> thank you, chris, much appreciated. welcome to you at home. happy to have you here. it has been a busy news day and a lot is continuing tonight. we got word late this afternoon, feels like evening, we got word that the fda looks like it's going to move this week to approve booster shots for all adults. the previous approval had just been for high-risk adults to get boosters, but a bunch of states started ignoring that and making boosters available for any adult that wants one. it's moving tonight that that should be the national standard by the end of the week, booster shots approved for all u.s. adults. that's good news. it's at least sort of simplifying news in terms of the rules and formal government advice about vaccinations. that news comes on the same day, we've learned, that pfizer is going to the fda to get approval for its new antiviral pill. this is not a vaccine, this is a pill you take as a treatment for covid. merck has one of these antiviral pill