like, everything was separate and unequal. the school was inadequate. we could not go to the hospitals. they built a house adjacent to the main hospital. the white people were not supposed to be in the same room with an n-person. you know the n-word? i said to myself at the end of the day that i love my country and i'm glad that that day, i took a stand. i saw through the supreme court that the flaws that america had tried to correct them by removing those horrible signs -- "white" and "colored." i said when i testified at the trial, i went through how we were treated, and the lady dramatize it, so i do not have to go through that, but it is the whole system of separate but unequal. it is understates rights -- is under states' rights. after lincoln had freed us from slavery, they instituted this law, separate but equal, and the state had sanctioned it. but everything there was, even when they had things that were federal, they would put a rope up, and the white people would be on one side, and the black people on the other side. i prayed. i'm a baptist.

two buildings, same city, same department, unequal treatment. commissioner hechanova: mr. butler, was there a tracking number when you filed the complaint? >> no, none are given. there is no process. complaints should be given numbers, just as permits are given numbers. then you can ask, what has happened to complaint number -- whatever the date may be. what happened? it is in the system, it is being sent to this person. as it is, no record. commissioner hechanova: thank you. mr. murphy? commissioner murphy: this ordinance, since it started, this one department has done a pretty good job, spearheaded by john. looking at this, you did a great job. sure, there might be a few kinks that need to be worked out, but you are certainly on the right track. commissioner lee: with the department like to answer back on how

the death of ten children born in to pour circumstances he knew all about racial segregation and unequal treatment before he came of age. if you don't go that way it is white only it you are supposed to be reserved or preserved over here. that -- we had to live with it. somewhere early in life my mother goddess to understand if you live right you serve well despite segregation laws and so forth. and a simple piece of the advice you do right. the first of many jobs at the age of 8. his favorite childhood assignment was as a helper on a laundry truck because the laundry service made pickup and delivery atlanta's airport. when she got there and there were pilots talking. you didn't get to touch the airplane but you were in the audience listening to them talk which i enjoyed. the truck driver, a full-fledged georgia cracker filled up with all the things his father had taught him, took pity on him and tried to talk the boy out of his life's dream. i know you like that stuff but you are wasting your time, told him. verrazzano chance in the world you could ever work around them or beat one of t

highlighting the growing gap between haves and have-nots in what is already one of the world's most unequal societies. >>alam: our huts are made of wood, we've covered it with plastic sheets, but during the rains we have problems. its difficult for our children when the water floods these paths, and when the wind blows away the plastic sheets, our homes get flooded too. the government doesn't provide us with any facilities, there is no drinking water and no electricity here. >>reporter: but far from investing in the potential growth area of affordable housing, most developers are focusing on luxury apartments attracted by huge margins. >>in the lower parel neighborhood, developers bought former industrial land for around 66 dollars per square foot a decade ago. they are now charging 10 times that for their apartments. meaning they only need sell a handful to the super rich to recover costs. >>varghese: the discrepancy in bombay is that at one level, you have people who don't have even the basic of human rights - whether it's the right to shelter, whether it's the right to water, right tofoo

a question of how many people died and what you're going to stand you should be decent basics of unequal just a geisha is here eight thousand points from a red cross missing persons you were foiled in july nineteen eighty five this was a list of all the people that are going missing in. july and this is this is not a figure of silence now to show your people dead the number it could do complete number of casualties mostly it was revised down from two hundred fifty thousand since alone one hundred thousand everyone over the past eight he is still hard evidence it's to morrow and yet a number of eight thousand missing for she did surrender and it's never actually been challenge officially and they're surely not really doing any sort of official evidence that this actually this number is actually accurate. probably the editor of the online magazine spike doesn't think largest trial will be just as the hague protects the interests of particular nations civil war the notorious for being. terrible for of provo to be of atrocities but i'm sure that would be a b. on the pile even a regular war.

stories from around the globe germany's not small as the center says the number of people infected and unequalwhy our breaking storm rising the worst is over infections of so far killed twenty four people and with around two hundred thousand others across europe ill there was close in one hundred fifty million euro compensation for affected farmers but spain which was wrongly blamed as the source says not enough. in a letter to the european central bank and the i.m.f. germany's finance minister has called for a new aid program for greece. say further measures could ruin greece's banking sector and threaten banks across europe the country agreed one hundred ten billion year old bell out last year but that hasn't been enough to restore the economy. in the yemeni capital protesters gathered outside the vice president's headquarters to demand a transitional government now position wants to prevent the president's return to office problem and his treatment in saudi arabia only of the last sunday was severely hurt in an attack on his compound last week hundreds of people have been killed in protest

more seditious enemy was would be the charity and dictatorship of the world financial market, the unequal distribution of wealth, aggression in places like dozen. he is encouraging young people all over the world to get involved. without their involvement, just as he and his colleagues made a difference in the second war, without their involvement nothing can change. as i mentioned before, there is a general sense of malaise in that we don't have the power to make things happen living proof that we do. we're going to publish that in september. >> during 12 books a year, how far in advance did you have these books planned? >> right now my employees scheduled through august 2012. i've got above three books in the fall of 2012 that are likely -- we always leave room because the projects. we have some peculiar demands. but some work very well. because of our on expectations it may not be right to be retried sellout rooms for the supplies but that comes in that everyone is fascinated about and that we can make work in a really big way with the kind of focus. >> the publisher and editor in chie

against a more evasive enemy which is the tyranny and dictatorship of the road financial markets the unequal distribution of wealth. just like the gaza strip and encouraging the young people all over the role to get involved. without theirke di involvement involvement, just as they made a difference without their involvement nothing can change. as i mentionedhi before theree is a general sense of malaise we don't have the power to make things happen. and he is living proof that we do. >> we will publish that in september. >> 12 books per year how far in advance do you have the book's planned? >> i am fully scheduled august 2012 i have about three book s that are likely we always leave room because big projects come up in real very selective. we do have peculiar demands and books that work on very well some list because of a odd expectations it may not be right for us. we try to allow room for the surprise book that could come and we could makesu work with the big way that others cannot. >> host: the publisher and editor of 12 books.com is the website. >> >> tell us what you are reading this

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.$8 trillion national debt of the most unequal distribution of wealth of any major country it seemed to be totally absurd to provide hundreds of billions of tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. by confirming -- confirming under a democratic president, house and senate the basic tenets of the trickle-down theory it was laying the groundwork for more bad decisions in the future. unfortunately i was right that takes us right to the budget of today. second come aboard tax breaks for the rich is one symptom of one that is protests leave these grotesquely failing. the reality is the middle-class is collapsing in poverty is increasing in the gap between the very wealthiest and everyone else gets wider. how does this happen why does it happen? what can we do about it? these are issues that have to be talked about that is not often heard. over the 20 years i served i had examined the issues by the corporate media and from zero wide for 80 now with an excellent opportunity to bring them together to make the connection. what does that mean morally and economically that in 2007 cap the

[applause] the sacrifice of our sons and daughters is unequaled in world history. a sacrifice made to preserve liberty for ourselves and for others. this is a great nation and there is no reason to be ashamed or apologize for america. we are proud of america. [applause] i also believe in the greatness of the american people. i know it is fashionable in some corners to get a little discouraged some time about what you see other americans do. in part, that is the news and the things we are drawn to which are the unusual. if you get a chance to do what i got a chance to do which is go around the country and run a presidential campaign, you get a chance to meet a lot of people and learn about them. i have had the occasion to be in business 25 years of my life. i joke that i spent 25 years in business and i was on the governor four years and i never inhaled. i am still a private sector guy. i get to meet people in the normal walks of life, in the real world. i went to the olympics and that young people from all over our country and the world. i became governor of my sta

programming or any of those things to address the real crisis at the heart of education which is how unequal the system is and what a joke we've allowed public education to become, and the idea that we're going to demonize public schoolteachers now and make them pay, you know, i mean, i don't understand this honestly. it's way beyond my, you know, what i write about a focus op these days. i'm a child of two public schoolteachers, and i'm kind of amazed to see, you know, just when you think it cowbility get worse, and then it gets worse, but we seem not to value it as a society, at least in the united states. we give it lip service, but we have an incredibly stratified education system, and technology alone is not going to be the solution for lots and lots of kids. what you need is a good teacher and a safe setting, and, yes, we have to recognize that learning moments can happen in many places, not just in that box called a classroom, but i would hate to see, you know, people waving technology around as yet one more reason to cut funding for the basics. >> more face-to-face contact for a huma

at a time when this country has a 13.8 trillion national debt and the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country, it seemed to me totally absurd to provide hundreds of billions in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. further, by confirming -- and this was the lame duck session before republicans took control of the house -- further, by confirming under a democratic president, a democratic house and a democratic senate the basic tenets of bush's trickle-down economics theory, this was laying the groundwork for more bad decisions in the future. unfortunately, i was absolutely right and that takes us right to the ryan republican budget of today. second, more tax breaks for the very rich is only one symptom of an economic and political system that is grotesquely failing the average american. the simple reality is that the middle class of america is collapsing, poverty is increasing, and the gap between the very wealthiest people and everyone else is getting wider. how did this happen? why did it happen? what can we do about it? these are issues that had to be

we have collected a lot of evidence that women consistently received unequal pay and unequal promotion supporting our answers to try things together. unfortunately, this dream court in a decided decision did not allow this case to go forward. women will now have to pursue smaller class cases for individual actions. we will continue to proceed on behalf of as many women as possible who are part of the class. many women will give that because it is too hard to march on their own. it is not easy to take on your employer. it is even more difficult when the employer is the biggest company in the world. in this country, there are many betty dukes who want their voices to be heard when they want equal pay and equal commotion. for many of these women, i am afraid that the court's ruling will leave them without having their due dates enforced. thank you. >> thank you very much. i'm sure a number of those women have you and your testimony. the next is andrew pincus, a partner at the firm mayer and brown. he frequently are those you for the supreme court and is well-known to the court. he previou

abt, but there's nothing to be proud has about with the united states today has by far the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth. today mr. president the top 1%nn earns over 20% of all income in this country which is more than the bottom 50 per cent. 1% has more income than the bottom 50%. over a 2recent 25 year period,d 80% of all new income created ip this country went to the top 1%m even more dramatic, even more incredible, even more unfair in e,rms of distribution of wealthm which is accumulated in come as hard as it may be tod, comprehended america today top 400 individuals 01 more wealth than the bottom 150 million americans. 400 americans have more wealth than the bottom 150 million americans.t, given tse mr. president given those it realities it doesn't take a ph.d. in economics to suggest me deen we move forward with that deficit reduction deficit reduction must include shared sacrifice the wealthy and large corporations also have got to help this country deal withprest record-breaking deficit. the reality is simple but unfortunately and t

the unequal distribution of wealth. western aggression in places like gaza. and he's encouraging young people all over the world to get involve,d and that without their involvement nothing can change. and as i mentioned before with larry, there's a general sense of malaise in that we don't have the power to make things happen. and stephane at 94 is living proof that we do. we're going to publish that in september. >> cary goldstein, how far in advance doing 12 books a year, so how far in advance do you have these books planned? >> right now i'm fully scheduled through august 2012. got about three books for the fall 2012 season that are likely. we always leave room because big projects come up. and as you know, we're very selective list. so we have some peculiar demands, and books that would work very well on some lists because of our odd expectations, one book a month, may not be right for us. we try to allow room for that surprise book that comes in that everybody's passionate about and that we can make work in a really big way with the kind of focus that ma

is egalitarian, is this idea of not leveling the playing field making it less dramatically unequal? the concern is intuitive. those with a lot more money get to speak a lot more and drown out everyone else. i do not think the court will anytime soon accept this rationale. but i am interested in whether you think that is what is moving the court and what is moving a lot of campaign finance legislation, and whether you think there's something to eat normally. >> may i add a separate question related to that -- something to it normatively. >> may i add a separate question related to that? i notice to the lack of deference to congressional judgment. but she did not say why the court is hesitant to defer. his reason is that, in the context of a campaign speech, the legislators who are writing the rules are players in the game and they and stand extremely well who wins and who loses from various regimes of campaign finance so-called reform. the essential problem is this. incumbents are in power. it is easy for incumbents to raise money for their reelection campaign in appropriately small

the rules, i have to say, were unequal. i talked to you about this before. four coaches, we could only have two. >> totally unfair. absolutely biased game. anti-media. clearly. we're breaking new ground with that. brianna keilar, nice moves on the diamond. thank you very pump. >>> all right. folks, let's get right to this just in to us at cnn. the same-sex marriage bill in new york, here we go, just in from cnn's mary snow, in albany there, a source familiar with the negotiations says there is an agreement between the governor, the cuomo administration, and legislative leaders on the language on an amendment to that same-sex marriage bill regarding protection protections for religious institutions to recognize same-sex marriage. so stay tuned. as i know mary and dana garrett, a number of folks are digging on that in albany. as soon as we get anything more definitive, we'll let you know. >>> you know, while washington has been focused on things like softball, as we just saw with brianna, and the debt ceiling and libya, there was something really important tha

they have a patriotism that is unequaled. when they got the olympics, they were feeling such a joy inside, they would celebrate. they celebrate the united states because we are their teachers. they have a respectable nature. when they meet someone who is successful, that is like meeting the president. because they're going to take that net debt and invest it. they're going to build something. every time i go back, twice a year, i marvel. first was shanghai. nothing but a river and guys eating red beans and rice on a stick. that is not ice cream to me. they said that is their ice cream. now i look over there in uc the tab -- you see the tower of gold. it looks nicer than new york. everything is gonew. we only went 15 miles but it went 300 miles per hour. i was amazed. i'm concerned about high-speed rail. from iowang to build to chicago. it only takes five hours. there are no stoplights. you do not need hundreds of millions of dollars to build that train. you need a few grants and loans to save a lot of industry. i am bus that

we collected a lot of evidence that they received unequal pay supporting our efforts to try to claims together. supreme court decisions did not allow this case to go forward. women will now have two pursue smaller class cases. we will continue to proceed on behalf of many women as possible many women give up because it is too hard to sue wal-mart on their own. it is not easy to take on your own employer. it is even more difficult when the players biggest company in the world. and this country, or in any equal pay a court equal promotion. i am afraid that the court would leave them without having to do date in court. thank you. >> thank you very much. i'm sure i'm one of those women watching in your test the money. andrew pincus is well known to this committee. he frequently are goes before the supreme court and is well known to the supreme court. previously he served as the property justice assistant attorney general. of course its general counsel of the commerce department. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman current ranking member grassley and members of the committee. it's an hono

is egalitarian, is this idea of not leveling the playing field making it less dramatically unequal? the concern is intuitive. those with a lot more money get to speak a lot more and drown out everyone else. i do not think the court will anytime soon accept this rationale. but i am interested in whether you think that is what is moving the court and what is moving a lot of campaign finance legislation, and whether you think there's something to eat normally. >> may i add a separate question related to that -- something to it normatively. >> may i add a separate question related to that? i notice to the lack of deference to congressional judgment. but she did not say why the court is hesitant to defer. his reason is that, in the context of a campaign speech, the legislators who are writing the rules are players in the game and they and stand extremely well who wins and who loses from various regimes of campaign finance so-called reform. the essential problem is this. incumbents are in power. it is easy for incumbents to raise money for their reelection campaign in appropriately small

i've been working hard to come up with a budget that says given the fact that we have the most unequal distribution of income and wealth in the industrial world, given that the top 400 individuals in this country 0 more wealth and the bottom one- fifth the americans, what i think as we need to have a budget that talks about 50% revenue, and 50% cuts. in terms of cuts, we have tripled military spending since 1997, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan. i can tell you that the people in vermont 1 as to bring the troops home a lot faster than president obama has talked about. some of the president put the generals are not happy with cuts in the military, but that is the way life goes. we're spending $100 billion every single year on the war in afghanistan. we have got to start bringing those troops home. my own feeling is i'm going to fight to protect working families and the middle class, who as a result of the recession, are already struggling to rid of real unemployment is probably closer to a 16% when you get -- struggling at real unemployment is not 9%, but closer to 16%. you ha

be in fact, the united states today has by far the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth. everyone understands in the long term we have got to reduce the deficit arcs deficit caused mainly by wall street greed, two wars and a prescription drug program written by the drug and insurance companies. it is absolutely imperative, however, that as we go forward with deficit reduction, we completely reject the republican approach that demands savage cuts in desperately needed programs for working families, the elderly, the sick, our children and the poor, while not asking the wealthiest among us to contribute one penny." and the letter continues, "mr. president, please listen to the overwhelming majority of the american people who believe that deficit reduction must be about shared sacrifice. the wealthiest americans are the most profitable corporations in this country, must pay their fair share. at least 50% --" let me repeat that. "at least 50% of any deficit-reduction package must come from revenue raised by ending tax breaks for the wealthy and elim

i've been working hard to come up with a budget that says given the fact that we have the most unequal distribution of more wealth and the bottom one- fifth the americans, what i think as we need to have a budget that talks about 50% revenue, and 50% cuts. in terms of cuts, we have tripled military spending since 1997, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan. i can tell you that the people in vermont 1 as to bring the troops home a lot faster than president obama has talked about. some of the president put the generals are not happy with cuts in the military, but that is the way life goes. we're spending $100 billion every single year on the war in afghanistan. we have got to start bringing those troops home. my own feeling is i'm going to fight to protect working families and the middle class, who as a result of the recession, are already struggling to rid of real unemployment is probably closer to a 16% when you get -- struggling at real unemployment is not 9%, but closer to 16%. you have hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks. you guys are doing phenomenally w

is egalitarian, is this idea of not leveling the playing field making it less dramatically unequal? the concern is intuitive. those with a lot more money get to speak a lot more and drown out everyone else. i do not think the court will anytime soon accept this rationale. but i am intereste in whether you think that is what is moving the court and what is moving a lot of campai finance legislation, and whether you think there's something to eat normally. >> may i add a separate question related to that -- something to it normatively. >> may i add a separate question related to that? i notice to the lack of deference to congressional judgment. but she did not say why the court is hesitant to defer. his reason is that, in the context of a campaign speech, the legislors who are writing the rules are players in the game and they and stand extremely well who wins and who loses from various regimes of campaign finance so-called rerm. the essential problem is this. incumbents are in power. it is easy for incumbents to raise money for their reelection campaign in appropriately small contrit

animating a lot of campaign finance is this idea of if not leveling the playing field making it less unequal. the concern is intuitive which is those with a lot more money get to speak a lot more and the knches track everyone else. i don't think the court is going to accept this rationale but i am interested in whether you think that is what is moving the court -- what is actually moving a lot of campaign finance legislation and whether unthere is something to it. >> question related to that which is so what about the self-interest of lors? because one thing that heather said that i totally agree with is that one of the striking things about citizens united is the lack of deference to congressional judgment. but she didn't say why the court has hest tent to defer. and the reason that in the context of campaign speech the legislatures who are writing the rules are players in the game and they understand extremely well who wins and who loses from various regimes of campaign finance so-called reform. and the essential problem is this. incumbents are in power. it is easy for incumbents ro to rai

the sacrifice of our sons and daughters is unequaled in world history.ves and for others. this is a great nation and there is no reason to be ashamed or to apologize for america. we are proud of america. [applause] i also believe in the greatness of the american people. unnoticed fashion will in some corners to get a little discouraged sometimes about what you see other americans do. in part -- i know is fashionable in some corners to get a little discouraged about what is the other americans do. i have had a chance to go around the country in a presidential campaign. you get to meet a lot of people and learn about them. i have been in business 25 years of my life. i joked that i spent 25 years in business. i was only a governor for four years. i never inhale. i am still a private sector guy. i get to meet people in the real world. then i went to the olympics and got to meet young people from our country and all over the world. when i became governor i applaud some of the same principles that i had applied in business. i was proud that we balance the bud

the sacrifice of our sons and daughters is unequaled in world history.his is the sacrifice made to preserve liberty for ourselves and for others. this is a great nation and there is no reason to be ashamed or to apologize for america. we are proud of america. [applause] i also believe in the greatness of the american people. unnoticed fashion will in some corners to get a little discouraged sometimes about what you see other americans do. in part -- i know is fashionable in some corners to get a little discouraged about what is the other americans do. i have had a chance to go around the country in a presidential campaign. you get to meet a lot of people and learn about them. i have been in business 25 years of my life. i joked that i spent 25 years in business. i was only a governor for four years. i never inhale. i am still a private sector guy. i get to meet people in the real world. then i went to the olympics and got to meet young people from our country and all over the world. when i became governor i applaud some of the same principles that i had