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there is news from brown. the highest governing body is going to vote on divestment after university leaders met with some of the protesters. how did that come about and is that kind of divestment likely in vote? >> absolutely, so to answer the first part of your question, while on the surface it does seem rounds he came in opt up alongside these he can't mess the country, investment has been a question at brown for some time. in 2020, an advisory committee at the university recommended divestment but the president said no citing the fact it was what she characterize as a contentious geopolitical issue. as a result of that decision, there was quite a bit of activism in 2020 which has continued to now. what we are seeing at brown was success for the protesters in a way they have not seen before. it is hard to say what is going to happen in october when the brown corporation votes on divestment. but so far, the administration that runs the day-to-day of brown has expressed quite a bit of skepticism about divestm
there is news from brown. the highest governing body is going to vote on divestment after university leaders met with some of the protesters. how did that come about and is that kind of divestment likely in vote? >> absolutely, so to answer the first part of your question, while on the surface it does seem rounds he came in opt up alongside these he can't mess the country, investment has been a question at brown for some time. in 2020, an advisory committee at the university recommended...
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people like jim brown, for example. o.j. simpson was not going to be that. he was not going to be someone who raised a fist on the medal stand in any ceremony. he was going to be o.j. simpson. like t like to say to reporters very famously, i am not black, i am oj. positiong -- positioning himself that way commercially met it was a great difference between o.j. simpson and the black community. but as was set quite often in 1995 when oj was put on trial, that is when he and a lot of other people discovered he was in fact a black man in the u.s. william:, dave zirin, always great to talk to you. dave: thank you for having me. ♪ geoff: today, president biden host of the leaders of japan in the philippines and sent a strong message of unity to beijing. nick schifrin has been following the developments and joins me now. nick: the administration calls it the u.s.'s greatest strength, an alliance. our oldest ally in asia the philippines and today we are expanding in direct response to china. with the camera and water can in the chinese coast guard takes direct aim
people like jim brown, for example. o.j. simpson was not going to be that. he was not going to be someone who raised a fist on the medal stand in any ceremony. he was going to be o.j. simpson. like t like to say to reporters very famously, i am not black, i am oj. positiong -- positioning himself that way commercially met it was a great difference between o.j. simpson and the black community. but as was set quite often in 1995 when oj was put on trial, that is when he and a lot of other people...
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jeffrey brown looks back at his life and many contributions. >> what actions or deeds are you prepared to make to improve relations between cuba and the united states? >> robert macneil had a knack for being where the action was. he covered major stories around the world, entitled his 1982 memoir, the right place at the right time. >> i am a wordsmith. that is my trade. >> he was a lifelong lover of language, literature and the arts, who called himself in a later memoir word struck. and he was the visionary and driving force in the creation of the institution that with jim lehrer became the newshour. he described their approach this way. >> of fundamental fairness and objectivity and also the idea that the american public is smarter than they are often given credit for on television. they don't all need things in little bite sized candy sized mcnuggets of news. how can we add a respect for complexity to the news that was already there. and that's how our concept was born. >> robert macneil known to his friends as robin was born in montreal and raised in halifax, nova scotia. his canadi
jeffrey brown looks back at his life and many contributions. >> what actions or deeds are you prepared to make to improve relations between cuba and the united states? >> robert macneil had a knack for being where the action was. he covered major stories around the world, entitled his 1982 memoir, the right place at the right time. >> i am a wordsmith. that is my trade. >> he was a lifelong lover of language, literature and the arts, who called himself in a later memoir...
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people like jim brown, for example. o.j. simpson is not going to be that. he is not someone who raised a fist on the medal stand at a ceremony. like he like to say to reporters, very famously, i'm not black, i'm oj. it meant there was a great distance between o.j. simpson and the black community, but as was said quite often 1995 when oj was arrested and put on trial, that was when he and a lot of other people discovered that he was, in fact, a black man in the united states. william: always great to talk to you. thanks so much for talking to us. >> thank you for having me. ♪ geoff: today president biden hosted the leaders of japan and the philippines, and sent a strong message of unity to beijing. nick schifrin has been following these developments and joins us now. nick: geoff, the administration calls it the us' greatest strength: a network of alliances and partnerships. the us' oldest ally in asia is the philippines, and today the relationship is expanding, in direct response to actions by china. with a camera and water cannon, the chinese coast guard
people like jim brown, for example. o.j. simpson is not going to be that. he is not someone who raised a fist on the medal stand at a ceremony. like he like to say to reporters, very famously, i'm not black, i'm oj. it meant there was a great distance between o.j. simpson and the black community, but as was said quite often 1995 when oj was arrested and put on trial, that was when he and a lot of other people discovered that he was, in fact, a black man in the united states. william: always...
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he spoke recently to jeffrey brown for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeffrey: as we sit here a little more than a year and a half after the attack, how are you? >> i'm surprisingly good. i mean, it's surprising to myself certainly, but also actually surprising to quite a lot of the army of doctors that i've been involved with, many of whom have said that the recovery is much in excess of what they would have expected. jeffrey: the knife attack, 15 stabs, came at the chautauqua institution in western new york, during a public talk on, of all things, the importance of keeping writers safe. it left salman rushdie near death. he would lose the use of his right eye and suffer numerous other injuries to his hand, and, chest and abdomen, , and undergo multiple surgeries, numerous setbacks, a painful, slow recovery. when he decided to write about it, he says now, the first word that came: the title, knife. >> at its most basic, it's the story of a knife attack, you know? but then i came to think of it in another way, a kind of metaphorical way. i came to think
he spoke recently to jeffrey brown for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeffrey: as we sit here a little more than a year and a half after the attack, how are you? >> i'm surprisingly good. i mean, it's surprising to myself certainly, but also actually surprising to quite a lot of the army of doctors that i've been involved with, many of whom have said that the recovery is much in excess of what they would have expected. jeffrey: the knife attack, 15 stabs, came at the chautauqua...
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for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in the san francisco bay area. ♪ geoff: kevin j. patel is a climate activist from los angeles. after experiencing health issues due to poor air quality in his city, he founded an organization aimed at giving young people from under-served communities a chance to be change-makers. on this year's earth day, he gives his brief but spectacular take on giving climate activism a shot. >> when i was younger, my parents told me the story of them leaving india. they had to come to america to seek better opportunities but as climate migrants. generations of my family are farmers. in india, with extreme droughts and extreme weather, it was not tenable for farmers. ♪ living in a community like south-central, you get to experience and see a lot of the injustice. one potent example is a lack of access to fresh fruit, non-gmo and organic, healthy produce. what we have an abundance of his fast food. i want to do something about it. my father taught me the ways in which to grow food. that sparked me teaching fellow peers about where their food com
for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown in the san francisco bay area. ♪ geoff: kevin j. patel is a climate activist from los angeles. after experiencing health issues due to poor air quality in his city, he founded an organization aimed at giving young people from under-served communities a chance to be change-makers. on this year's earth day, he gives his brief but spectacular take on giving climate activism a shot. >> when i was younger, my parents told me the story of them leaving...
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jeffrey brown recently visited the san francisco bay area. >> accredited exhibition. the san francisco museum of modern art. they show quirks of leading contemporary artists. on display here, a large abstract payment -- painting by joseph aylett. >> it is a big thing. a big accomplishment. in my life. to see a painting like this and to imagine how i did -- it is well. >> he probably did not expect that when you started 21 years ago. >> no. here i am today, doing exhibitions. >> the cocreative growth art center their creative home. the organization celebrating its 50th year in office and open space, supplies and instructors like amy keefer. camaraderie and other support with develop mental, mental and physical disabilities. here is the executive director. >> the idea of being an artist is often privileged act so i think if we bring people into an artistic studio and said you can be creative here, we will support you, please tell us your story, please experiment, there is no right or wrong here. that is an incredible opportunity. >> wasting these are people of of mental
jeffrey brown recently visited the san francisco bay area. >> accredited exhibition. the san francisco museum of modern art. they show quirks of leading contemporary artists. on display here, a large abstract payment -- painting by joseph aylett. >> it is a big thing. a big accomplishment. in my life. to see a painting like this and to imagine how i did -- it is well. >> he probably did not expect that when you started 21 years ago. >> no. here i am today, doing...
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we are joined by the director of the pandemic center at brown university. let's start with the latest update. particles of this virus found in commercial pasteurized milk. how concerned should the everyday consumer be? >> i do not have reason to be concerned at this point. finding evidence of genetic material which is what the test results told us is not alarming. in order to know if the virus will infect us we have to do a different kind of test. this test was not that. they are undergoing those tests now. i do not have any reason to think we will be harmed because we use pasteurization. i have no reason to think the h5n1 virus is any different from the other pathogens we think could be in milk. pasteurization does not remove the material but it changes the pathogens and either kills or activates them so they cannot infect us. i fully inspect that is what the test results will say. just more reason to choose pasteurized milk overwrought milk. geoff: we know this virus is more prevalent in derryk houston previously thought. how worrying is that? >> i am qui
we are joined by the director of the pandemic center at brown university. let's start with the latest update. particles of this virus found in commercial pasteurized milk. how concerned should the everyday consumer be? >> i do not have reason to be concerned at this point. finding evidence of genetic material which is what the test results told us is not alarming. in order to know if the virus will infect us we have to do a different kind of test. this test was not that. they are...
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jeffrey brown first brought us appalshop's story in 2018. he recently returned for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeff: oh boy, not like i remember. roger: a lot different. jeffrey it's a center for : cultural preservation, now struggling to preserve itself appalshop, in whitesburg, kentucky. operations director roger may recalls the mess of water and mud he found when he first entered after the floods. roger: it was hard to reconcile what i was seeing with what i was supposed to be seeing. jeffrey for most of appalshop's : 55 year history, this building teemed with the vibrant sights, sounds, and stories of appalachia. first through filmmaking, expanding to the renowned roadside theater. a radio station, and music classes, all while building an ever-growing, one-of-a-kind archive that documented everything from music to mining. the central idea: to allow the people of this region to tell their own stories. the good as well as the hardships. >> i didn't know that you could do journalism in your own community. i didn't know you could te
jeffrey brown first brought us appalshop's story in 2018. he recently returned for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeff: oh boy, not like i remember. roger: a lot different. jeffrey it's a center for : cultural preservation, now struggling to preserve itself appalshop, in whitesburg, kentucky. operations director roger may recalls the mess of water and mud he found when he first entered after the floods. roger: it was hard to reconcile what i was seeing with what i was supposed to be...
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she runs the pandemic center at brown university's school of public health. jennifer, so good to have you back on the program. dr. mandy cohen, the head of the c.d.c. says the risk to humans from this virus is low. they're monitoring it and there's no reason to worry at this point. is that where you come down? >> i think it's true that the risk to the general public is quite low and i think it's important that we continue to monitor the virus to make sure it doesn't change. one thing i do worry about is the risk to farm workers, we do know that exposure to sick animals can result in human infection and we've seen that now to date with two cases in the united states, the most recent being in a worker that worked with sick cows so i do worry about protecting farm workers but for the general public, the risk of contracting this virus is currently low. >> let's talk about this infection. someone who apparently had been working with cattle that had been in factedded with this bird virus. how should we see that route of infection? in does happen every now and then.
she runs the pandemic center at brown university's school of public health. jennifer, so good to have you back on the program. dr. mandy cohen, the head of the c.d.c. says the risk to humans from this virus is low. they're monitoring it and there's no reason to worry at this point. is that where you come down? >> i think it's true that the risk to the general public is quite low and i think it's important that we continue to monitor the virus to make sure it doesn't change. one thing i do...
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jeffrey brown reports from hazard, kentucky. >> i have a book. reporter: mandy has long dreamed of having a place where she and fellow readers could gather to discuss books in hazard, kentucky. >> it is so out of what i typically read. reporter: it wasn't until january, 20 20 that her dream became a reality when she opened at this bookstore. >> access to a bookstore was two hours away. reporter: what made you think you could make it work? >> a lot of people ask that. reporter: what things did you hear? >> my husband said that people don't even read physical books anymore and i said that i do. reporter: her bookstore has not only survived but thrived first through a major flood and then the pandemic. >> appalachian literature is the best-selling section of the story. an author originally from hazard cells well. reporter: it is an unlikely success story made more remarkable by her own story. >> i was a junior in high school the first time i saw oxycontin. and from that point on, from the very first one i knew that this is what i needed. reporter: a
jeffrey brown reports from hazard, kentucky. >> i have a book. reporter: mandy has long dreamed of having a place where she and fellow readers could gather to discuss books in hazard, kentucky. >> it is so out of what i typically read. reporter: it wasn't until january, 20 20 that her dream became a reality when she opened at this bookstore. >> access to a bookstore was two hours away. reporter: what made you think you could make it work? >> a lot of people ask that....
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jeffrey brown talks to the film's director as part of our arts and culture series, canvas. >> the time, the near future. the place, the eastern part of the united states, now a battle zone of armies, militias, armed individuals guarding their property. >> you don't know what side they are fighting for. >> someone is trying to kill us. we are trying to kill them. jeffrey: we don't know why this is happening, what factors brought the country to the brink. we just see and feel what it could be like if america really was at war with itself. >> what kind of american are you? jeffrey: british director and writer, alex garland. alex: i took on the subject because i had a set of anxieties and worries, and i wanted to join the conversation surrounding those anxieties and hopefully contribute to it. jeffrey: and those anxieties, those fears. how do you define them? alex: i would define them as a real concern about the power and the growth of extremist thinking within your country, my country and many european countries. the essence of the film in political terms is absolutely extremists versus c
jeffrey brown talks to the film's director as part of our arts and culture series, canvas. >> the time, the near future. the place, the eastern part of the united states, now a battle zone of armies, militias, armed individuals guarding their property. >> you don't know what side they are fighting for. >> someone is trying to kill us. we are trying to kill them. jeffrey: we don't know why this is happening, what factors brought the country to the brink. we just see and feel...
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he studied studio art and philosophy at brown university and started out creating these digital hybrid paintings. >> computer generated paintings we called it new media and i call it digital art. these are colorful abstract pieces. >> he admits he was unsuccessful and pivoted. his plan b translated to in the bag. >> i worked in a shoe store and i had gift to buy shoes and handbags. so i connected the dots. >> how did you land on purses as the frame of your artwork? >> i packaged it. a handbag gave me more license to be fun than i ever fell felt i had permission to do with a piece hanging on the wall. almost instantly, pi made them tongue and cheek and funny. >> funny as notoriously tasteful. they feature doughnuts, animal crackers, sushi and rhode island's famous new york system wieners. >> it is iconic rhode island comfort food and translated it into a bag. >> when you carry one of his designer handbags it starts a conversation and might make a friend whether one of his doggie bag or popular cocktails. >> it's a point on your outfit. it does not get the silent treatment. when you carr
he studied studio art and philosophy at brown university and started out creating these digital hybrid paintings. >> computer generated paintings we called it new media and i call it digital art. these are colorful abstract pieces. >> he admits he was unsuccessful and pivoted. his plan b translated to in the bag. >> i worked in a shoe store and i had gift to buy shoes and handbags. so i connected the dots. >> how did you land on purses as the frame of your artwork?...
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jeffrey brown reports from hazard, kentucky. correspondent: 42-year-old manny has long dreamed of having a place where she and fellow readers get together. it was not until january 2028 that her dream became a reality when she opened the small bookstore in downtown hazard. >> access to a bookstore was two hours away, so i knew there were other people who would buy into this idea. correspondent: what made you think it could work? >> that is what my husband said. he said people do not read physical books anymore. i said i do and i know people who do. correspondent: bookstore is not only survived, but derived first of a major flood and then the pandemic. >> as far as appellation literature, silas house, someone originally from hazard. correspondent: made to more remarkable by her own story. >> i was probably a junior in high school the first time i saw oxycontin, and from that point on, from the very first one i knew that this is what i needed. correspondent: after several years of daily opioid use she kicked a prediction in 2005,
jeffrey brown reports from hazard, kentucky. correspondent: 42-year-old manny has long dreamed of having a place where she and fellow readers get together. it was not until january 2028 that her dream became a reality when she opened the small bookstore in downtown hazard. >> access to a bookstore was two hours away, so i knew there were other people who would buy into this idea. correspondent: what made you think it could work? >> that is what my husband said. he said people do not...
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he studied studio art and philosophy at brown university and started out creating these digital hybrid paintings. >> computer-generated paintings, at the time we called it new media. today i think it is just called digital art. these are colorful abstract pieces. pamela: stetson admits he was unsuccessful selling his modern art, so he pivoted. his plan b translated to in the bag. >> i worked in a shoe store and i had a gift for convincing people to buy shoes and handbags they didn't need. so i connected the dots. pamela: how did you land on purses as the frame for your artwork? of all the things you could have picked. >> it was a way to package my art in a format that had some use permit a handbag gave me more license to be fun, that i never felt i had permission to do with a piece on the wall. almost instantly, i made pieces that were a little irreverent and tongue-in-cheek and funny. pamela: funny as in notoriously tasteful permit stetson's popular creations feature doughnuts, animal crackers, sushi, and even rhode island's famous new york system wieners. >> it is an iconic rhode isl
he studied studio art and philosophy at brown university and started out creating these digital hybrid paintings. >> computer-generated paintings, at the time we called it new media. today i think it is just called digital art. these are colorful abstract pieces. pamela: stetson admits he was unsuccessful selling his modern art, so he pivoted. his plan b translated to in the bag. >> i worked in a shoe store and i had a gift for convincing people to buy shoes and handbags they didn't...
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. >> and two justices, samuel alito, a conservative and justice ketanji brown jackson one of the liberals sort of talked about this at very different viewpoints. >> very different viewpoints. >> if an incumbent loses a hotly contested election knows that a real possibility is not that the president will be able to go off into a peaceful retirement, but that the president may be bitterly prosecuted by a bitter opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy? >> i think it is exactly the opposite, justice alito. there is an appropriate way to challenge things through the courts. that has been the nation's experience. >> you seem to worry about the president being chilled. i think we would have a significant opposition problem if the president was not shield -- chilled. the most powerful person in the world with the reduced amount of authority could go into office knowing that there would be no potential penalty for committing crimes, i am trying to understand what that disincentive is from turning the oval office into the seat of
. >> and two justices, samuel alito, a conservative and justice ketanji brown jackson one of the liberals sort of talked about this at very different viewpoints. >> very different viewpoints. >> if an incumbent loses a hotly contested election knows that a real possibility is not that the president will be able to go off into a peaceful retirement, but that the president may be bitterly prosecuted by a bitter opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the...
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jeffrey browns speaks to author percival everett for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeffrey: a trip down the mississippi river in 19th century america, taken by a young white boy, huck finn, and an enslaved black man named jim, running for his life. huck told the story in mark twain's 1884 novel. but what if jim had his say? >> it's only fair smile. jeffrey it's only fair? : everett: yes, jim, this character who has become iconic in our literary landscape has, he's never had a chance to speak. jeffrey: in percival everett's novel, jim, or, james, does, in a voice that is knowing, funny, pained and deeply humane. expanding the world everett first found in the adventures of huckleberry finn. >> i read an abridged version of it when i was very young. but when i was a teenager and i read it again, it had a lot more resonance, even though it was also problematic because of the depiction of jim. jeffrey: we joined everett at new york's renowned strand bookstore'.where he was signing an enormous stack of his widely acclaimed new book. >> i've seen this novel described in di
jeffrey browns speaks to author percival everett for our arts and culture series, canvas. jeffrey: a trip down the mississippi river in 19th century america, taken by a young white boy, huck finn, and an enslaved black man named jim, running for his life. huck told the story in mark twain's 1884 novel. but what if jim had his say? >> it's only fair smile. jeffrey it's only fair? : everett: yes, jim, this character who has become iconic in our literary landscape has, he's never had a...