she's the li hills chair and free press studies at the university of missouri, school of journalism. thank you for your time today. how would you describe the situation for independent media outlets in russia today? well it's, it's over for the short run, and i, 1st of all, i want to say i salute your journalists for the work they're doing in a both russia and ukraine because it is dangerous. and we're seeing that it is now dangerous, not just on the front lines in ukraine, but in russia as well, because of the threats that have been issued by the russian leaders. and i think what you're seeing is that this is kind of the end of the great era of freedom that, that was spawn by the fall of the berlin wall. and then as you are correspondent, i talked about at the end of the soviet union. and i think that's why you see you here. so much disappointment in the this was a generation of journalist that grew up knowing how knowing how to do it right. and they see it crumbling before their eyes. i just thought just russian, janice, it's foreign media clearly also very concerned about the crac

he is a professor of economics at the university of missouri, kansas city, as well as author forgive them their debts and in prague we have brad blankenship. he is a columnist at c g t n, a freelance reporter for sure. why. as well as an rti contributor or a gentleman cross that grows in effect, that means you can jump in any time you want, and i will appreciate it, michael, let me go to you 1st in new york. this is the 1st time in history, the global reserve currency, the dollar is being used as a weapon against the g 20 country. what is the significance of that? well, i think it's trying to speed that part in guest since america was told in 1971, it's been the great beneficiary, other countries holding their reserves in dollars. that meant when the banks in europe are even russia, old dollars, they buy us treasury bills and essentially they're lending their money to the.

ok. healy is with the university of missouri school of journalism in the us . she says, journalist no matter where they're based. we'll find ways to report news to russians. i think that's the thing, i think that's why putin is so frustrated because nobody believes his propaganda and, and so it's, it's very difficult for him to get his message across. and he thinks that by stifling other voices, somehow he'll be able to dominate the conversation. but instead, you know, it really shows him the gas lights are off. now. this is a guy who's been gas lighting the world through social media through spreading lies on social media. that's why i find the shutdown of facebook. so ironic. and now he's turned up the lights and exposed himself for exactly what he is, which is a strong man, a dictator. somebody who will brook now, dissent and doesn't want a free press and really isn't interested in the truth. but i think in the end it's a very sad day right now for journalism, particularly, and that part of the world. but in the end, truth is mightier than tanks. a matters h

he is a professor of economics at the university of missouri, kansas city, as well as author of forgive them their debts and in prague we have brad blankenship. he is a columnist at c g t n, a freelance reporter for should y as well as an r t contributor or a gentleman cross stock rose in effect. that means you can jump in any time you want. and i always appreciate it, michael, let me go to you 1st in new york. this is the 1st time in history, the global reserve currency, the dollar is being used as a weapon against the g 20 country. what is the significance of that? well, i think it's trying to speed the partying. guess since america one of the gold in 1971, it's been the great beneficiary of other countries holding their reserves in dollars . that meant when the banks in europe are even russia, old dollars, they buy us treasury bills and essentially they're lending their money to the us treasury, supporting the dollar and the balance of payments. and that's what is enabled america to afford trade deficit and it's military deficit. all over the world. well now the american isolating ot

he is a professor of economics at the university of missouri, kansas city, as well as author forgive them their debts and in prague we have brad blankenship. he is a columnist at c g t n, a freelance reporter for should y as well as an r t contributor or a gentleman cross sack rose in effect. that means you can jump in any time you want, and i will appreciate it, michael, let me go to you 1st in new york. this is the 1st time in history, the global reserve currency. the dollar is being used as a weapon against the g. 20 country, what is the significance of that? well, i think it's trying to speed the partying. guess now, since america one of gold and 1971, it's been the great beneficiary of other countries holding their reserves in dollars. that meant when the banks in europe are even russia, old dollars, they buy us treasury bills and essentially they're lending their money to the us treasury, supporting the dollar and the balance of payments. and that's what is enabled america to afford trade deficit and it's military deficit. all over the world. well now the american isolating oth

julie is with the university of missouri school of journalism. she says, journalists no matter where they're based, will find ways to continue reporting the news. i think that's the thing, i think that's why putin is so frustrated because nobody believes his propaganda. and, and so it's, it's very difficult for him to get his message across. and he thinks that by stifling other voices, somehow he'll be able to dominate the conversation. but instead, you know, it really shows him, the gas lights are off. now, this is a guy who's been gas lighting the world through social media through spreading lies on social media. that's why i find the shutdown of facebook. so ironic. and now he's turned up the lights and exposed himself for exactly what he is, which is a strong man, a dictator. somebody who will brook now. dissent and doesn't want to free press and really isn't interested in the true. but i think in the end, it's a very sad day right now for journalism, particularly, and that part of the world. but in the end, truth is mightier than tanks. as w

rose from the university of missouri at st. louis and is a senior fellow at the common sense society. >> thank you stop i would like to talk about what i think needs to happen in american education. it gives america its best chance to have a future. i want to talk about the american civics project. civet -- civic education has been much eliminated and there is connecting narrative the tears down rather than builds up the kind of system needed to sustain our free-market democracy and constitutional republic stop we are now looking at the mounting consequences. is there anything that can be done? simply resurrecting the civic education of our parents and grandparents won't work. it actually failed. it failed at a time when cultural inertia was on our side. i submit that we need a new kind of civic education, one that makes the case for a way of life by explaining why our free-market democracy is basically a highly evolved system of cooperation made sustainable by our constitutional republic. the essence of cooperation is as simpl

he's a professor of economics at the university of missouri st. louis and is a senior fellow at common sense society. dave. >> thanks, jon. >> today i would like to talk about what i think needs to happen in american education to give america its best chance to even have a future. i would like to talk about civic education in particular, specifically the american civics project. the progressives have eliminated much of american civic education. they have deprecated much of what remains. and they have introduced the connecting narrative that tears down rather than builds up the kinds of citizens needed to sustain our free market democracy and constitutional republic. we are now living with the mounting consequences of their success. so the question is, is there anything that can be done about this? simply resurrecting the civic education of our parents and grandparents won't work. it actually failed. and it failed at a time when cultural inertia was much more on our side. i submit we need a new kinds of civic education, one that makes the moral cas

for the jefferson reporter in louisville, kentucky part-time, and i went to college at the university of missouri and or as you know as my father-in-law said, missouri, and i worked at the kingdom daily sun gazette and you know and my first job after leaving college and getting married and having a you know, the oldest son. it's sitting here with me. yes. we you know, we went down to texas and i i've traveled quite a bit and done quite a and i think one of the unique things that what you don't get to see from reporters. is there have been because of the constriction in our news business. there are fewer reporters today. there's twice a number of people on the planet as on the day that i was born half the number of reporters and what we lived in laredo, texas. you know, there was a hundred thousand people. there were two daily newspapers in english. i think one or two in spanish. there were three or four television stations that did news several radio stations and i went back there last year and the year before when uh for for the border crisis and there's 300,000 people. so there's three times in

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university in st. louis, was subjected to this dangerous violence on the first day of black history month. as one of only two hbcu's in missouri, harris stowe should be a safe haven to learn, to grow, to fully realize their humanity. as proud harris stowe hornets, we know the antidotes to white supremacy, taerror, is academic. i want to thank alma adams for bringing this legislation for consideration in the u.s. house of representatives. i'm proud to support this resolution and to join my colleagues to condemn bomb threats against hbcu's. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from missouri yields back. the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentlewoman from iowa is recognized. mrs. miller-meeks: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from iowa reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized. mr. carter: mr. speaker, thank you very much. chairman, thank you very much for yielding. and a special thanks to representative alma

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