walter williams the great economist pointed this out in his book, "the state against black." i think that heavy headedness was a repair moment in american history. the work is still ongoing. i do not agree with dei initiatives because they are too ideological, but i was and remain in advocate for affirmative action programs they were originally conceived. that is my defense as a philosopher. as heavy-handed as the social eugenic moment of the civil rights act were, they were necessary to correct the harmful wrongs created by the state in maintaining the practice of slavery and in continuing the norms and codifying those racist norms into law. host: diane is in tennessee. our first caller. welcome to the conversation. caller: i've been trying to get in. i am glad to be on this. when they are talking about reparations for black people, i don't like the word black. i am a light-skinned colored woman compared to whites. all of our races are different colors. i hate the word black. black is a color of a shoe. i don't like the term. i'm looking at him right now on tv. he has a trac

william: amy walter and tamra keith, thank you both. >> thanks to you. ♪ william: in whatever role hefilms or tv as lead, or as a character actor, paul giamatti makes an impression. last month, he won a golden globe award for his performance in the film "the holdovers." and the role has now brought him his first best actor oscar nomination. he recently spoke with jeffrey brown for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> i can tell by your faces that many of you are shocked at the outcome. jeffrey: in "the holdovers," paul giamatti plays paul hunham, a crusty 1970's-era new england prep school teacher, ever ready to quote marcus aurelius and take down his pampered charges. >> i cannot fail this class. >> i certainly believe you can. >> i'm supposed to go to cornell. >> unlikely. jeffrey: the setting was well known to giamatti, who had himself attended such a prep school as a teenager and comes from a family of educators, including his father bartlett giamatti, who served as president of yale university. but, familiarity also presented an unfamiliar acting challenge. >> it's one of the

walter williams the great economist pointed this out in his book, "the state against black." that heavy headedness was a repair moment in american history. the work is still ongoing. i do not agree with dei initiatives because they are too ideological, but i was and remain in advocate for affirmative action programs they were originally conceived. that is my defense as a philosopher. as heavy-handed as the social eugenic moment of the civil rights act were, they were necessary to correct the harmful wrongs created by the state in maintaining the practice of slavery and in continuing the norms and codifying those racist norms into law. host: diane is in tennessee. our first caller. welcome to the conversation. caller: i've been trying to get in. i am glad to be on this. when they are talking about reparations for black people, i don't like the word black. i am a light-skinned colored woman compared to whites. all of our races are different colors. i hate the word black. black is a color of a shoe. i don't like the term. i'm looking at him right now on tv. he has a trace of whi

newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. williamamericans getting health insurance through the affordable care act has a hit a record high, with more than 21 million people signed up through the marketplaces. but, as it has in the past, this law, often referred to as obamacare, is becoming an election issue. in a moment, i'll have a conversation about what's at stake. but first, let's hear from people who currently get their insurance through this law. >> having access to aca as an entrepreneur uhm has been everything. i don't know what i would do if i didn't have access to it. how would i -- how would i go to those annual visits for my specialists just to make sure that i'm okay? and how would i be able to do it at an affordable price? you know, i'm 2.5 years into being a full time entrepreneur. i'm not making a lot of money. and so, i mean, it's scary to think about stipends going away because those stipends, even when i worked at a full time company, in 2017, they were everything. they were so helpful. >> i definitely need aca. y

newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. williamo-day hearing in a london courtoom began today over the fate of julian assange, the founder of wikileaks. at stake -- whether he will be extradited to the united states on espionage charges. his case has reopened debate over whether assange is a journalist and publisher, or something more sinister, and many defending him say free speech and an independent press is also at stake. >> this will likely be julian assange's last chance to avoid facing prosecutors in the united states. his two-day hearing got underway today at london's royal courts of justice. assange's lawyers are battling to block extradition, which they insist is politically motivated. american prosecutors want the wikileaks founder to stand trial on 17 charges of espionage and one charge for computer misuse for releasing huge troves of classified u.s. military and diplomatic documents back in 2010. >> it is clear that it will shape an understanding of what the past six years of war has been like, and that the course of th

newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. williamsupreme court heard arguments today in a major environmental case over a rule that requires states to stop their air pollution from drifting over to neighboring states. three states, led by ohio, are claiming the rule is too costly, and they're asking the court to block the so-called good neighbor plan. coral davenport is following all this closely. she covers energy and environmental policy at the new york times. great to have you back on the program. the good neighbor plan says that states have to do everything they can to stop their pollution from sullying their neighbors' air. the states that are protesting this rule, but is it that they don't like about it? coral: this rule is the biden administration strengthening a rule that was already on the books from the obama administration. the obama rule said that power plants had to control their pollution that goes over state lines and pollutes in other states. the law actually says that governments have to go back and strengthen this r

there's wolford for walter wolford, the founder of cal's school of forestry, archie for archie williams, a cal olympian. morgan for famed architect julia morgan, who's got several buildings in berkeley. and of course, she designed hearst castle and galen for john galen for the architect of the campanile tower. >> larry and spencer. not on that list is what i'm sorry. >> what have you contributed to cal, by the way? you have until 5:00 to vote at cal falcons dot berkeley dot edu. i was going to go for morgan because i love julia morgan's work, but then i think, oh well, annie lives atop campanile tower, so maybe galen i don't know, i just find it interesting the way the female falcons handle their men. >> uh, coming up, it's the latest controversy over san francisco's image. >> nba analyst charles barkley blasting the city during the all star game. being around a bunch of homeless crooks in san francisco when you. >> oh, that's. >> oh, chuck, the fallout from his comments and what it means to san francisco prepares to host the all star game next year politicians... "he's bad. i'm good."

walter reed is tackling this issue. we will have secretary of defense of health affairs. kathy lee, director of war fighter brain policy at dod, and captain carlos williams, director of the national intrepid center at walt walter reed. >> i want to thank senator warren, chairwoman of the committee and subcommittee. and thank her for caring about this issue and for taking this job so seriously. chairwoman, warren, thank you for holding this hearing. it is one of the most common injuries sustained by service members. in 2022, 20,000 military personnel were diagnosed. 20,000 members of our military diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. over 84% classified as mild that is known as a concussion. if any of us, when you raise kids and they have a concussion, it scares the living daylights out of you. missing from this day, service members exposed to low-level blasts that do not diagnose as a concussion, repeat exposure to low-level blasts can cause similar services of severe cases of tbi. we know low-level from firing explosives can cause concentration, memory, headaches, and decreased hand- eye coordination, each issue can be serious and disrupt a person's

william f. buckley jr. hosted a pioneer woman in television named dorothy fuldheim, who was the first woman tv news anchor for channel 5 in cleveland. this is a woman that barbara waltersled the first woman to be taken seriously on television. - okay. - she was on buckley's program, and this is what she said about gender and media. take a look. - i think that television is one of the greatest influences that hasver occurred in civilized society, for it is going to create a homogeneous quality between people. the alienation, the different customs which separate us by, really not important, but because they were different. and i think that the average person, who would not read "the national geographic" or "the saturday review" or any of these magazines, can see things in television. the whole standard of knowledge has been raised. - she's there speaking to television as a unifying vector in our culture, which, in 1979, one could argue that it was. this is at the time that you formed bet. since it was invented, it's been hailed for elevating humanity, but it's also been derided for debasing our culture. and i think it seems to me that you've experienced both the promise

william: my pleasure. amna: how will immigration affect the 2024 presidential election? time for some analysis from our politics monday team. that's amy walterof "the cook political report with amy walter." and tamera keith of npr. good to see you both. you heard the reporting from lisa and the interview with senator murphy. what this bill proposes is incredibly consequential, one of the biggest pieces of legislation for immigration in three decades. the fact the president was able -- willing to go as far as he was, what does that say? lisa: it says the democrats know how problematic this issue is for their party going into an election year. what i find even more interesting, and an interesting test for the issue of immigration, is next week. there is a special election in a congressional district. the issue of immigration, not surprisingly, is playing a starring role with the democrat there taking a position very much like joe biden, talking about having more border security, supporting this plan that just was released by the senate. the republican candidate and republicans in general attacking the plan and attacking the democrats, includin