Historian Gretchen Sorin looked at how the introduction of the automobile impacted the lives of African Americans, providing a new freedom that was supported by black-owned businesses and travel guides.
Author and journalist David Zucchino detailed how over 2,000 white supremacists rioted through Wilmington, North Carolina, on November 10, 1898, which resulted in the deaths of 60 black men and the displacement of hundreds of African American families.
The National Institute of Health's Jeremy Brown provided a history of the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed between 50-100 million people, and offered his thoughts on how prepared we are for the next pandemic.
The Senate is scheduled to meet in a pro forma session. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, however, said he hopes to approve further funding for the small business loan program.
A panel on viruses from the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival featuring Carl Zimmer, "A Planet of Viruses" and Ed Young, "I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life." The discussion is moderated by Sonia Shah, author of "Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond."
Ali Khan talked about his book, "The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers," in which he examines the world's deadliest diseases, possible new threats, lessons that can be learned from both, and safety measures that can be put into practice for the next pandemic.
Gina Kolata discussed her book "Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It," published by Farrar Straus and Giroux. The author pieced together a picture, through letters, interviews, news reports, and recent research into the virus, of the devastating flu outbreak of 1918, which killed 40 million people worldwide.
Author David Quammen talked about his book, "Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic," in which he looked at diseases like Ebola, SARS, avian flu, and AIDS that originated in animals but spread to humans and talks about the threat of this kind of "spillover" in the future. Mr. Quammen spoke at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC.
Reuters reporter David Randall recounted the efforts of health officials to contain a case of the bubonic plague that was diagnosed in San Francisco in 1900.
The National Institute of Health's Jeremy Brown provided a history of the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed between 50-100 million people, and offered his thoughts on how prepared we are for the next pandemic.
A panel on viruses from the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival featuring Carl Zimmer, "A Planet of Viruses" and Ed Young, "I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life." The discussion is moderated by Sonia Shah, author of "Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond."
Ali Khan talked about his book, "The Next Pandemic: On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers," in which he examines the world's deadliest diseases, possible new threats, lessons that can be learned from both, and safety measures that can be put into practice for the next pandemic.
Author David Quammen talked about his book, "Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic," in which he looked at diseases like Ebola, SARS, avian flu, and AIDS that originated in animals but spread to humans and talks about the threat of this kind of "spillover" in the future. Mr. Quammen spoke at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC.
Reuters reporter David Randall recounted the efforts of health officials to contain a case of the bubonic plague that was diagnosed in San Francisco in 1900.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn reported on the issues facing the working-class in rural America. They were interviewed by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR).
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn reported on the issues facing the working-class in rural America. They were interviewed by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR).
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn reported on the issues facing the working-class in rural America. They were interviewed by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR).
