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- President Obama lays out his ideas for strengthening the housing market and ensuring responsible middle class families have access to affordable mortgages and refinancing. He describes his plan for building a more durable and fair system that promotes the American Dream of home-ownership, while preventing another crisis. Obama says homes and jobs must be Washington's highest priority along with immigration reform. Held at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Students sing Happy Birthday to the President.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-08-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Kathleen Newman, Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, delivers a talk entitled, "Striking Images: Workers on Screen and in the Streets in the 1950's." Newman describes her interest in working class issues, worker and consumer activism, and explains how mass culture and media has marginalized workers. She says that workers have commonly been portrayed as dolts and that this perspective has effectively silenced the American majority. She provides several examples of this marginalization of the working class in television and movies and talks extensively about the film, "On The Waterfront". Newman answers questions from the audience. She is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-10-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Reagan addresses the Newspaper Publishers Association and answers questions, being very upbeat about the economy. volunteerism. and the American character. Broadcast on WBAI.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-04-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Willliam Simon says there will be a resurgence in buying this year, but not immediately, as soon as the interest rates go down, as they surely will.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1999-01-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Utica College Professor of History Dr. Kathryn Silva delivers a talk entitled, "Redefining Skilled Mill Labor: Cape Verdean and African American Women in the American Textile Industry, 1900-1930." Silva explains how in a white worker dominated industry, college educated, African American women secured jobs in the textile industry of the North Carolina in predominately black communities. She describes the ability of these women to secure skilled jobs rather than unskilled work, why men were excluded from mill work, and how Cape Verdean ancestry factored in. Silva answers questions from the audience. Silva is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, and the MSU Women's Resource Center, as part of the University's Project 60/50. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-09-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama welcomes to the White House the winners of the 2012 National Association of Police Organizations TOP COPS award, for law enforcement officials who have displayed bravery and valor in the line of duty. Obama is introduced by Vice President Joe Biden who also praises the officers for their heroism and multiple contributions to their communities.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-05-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks to reporters and answers questions at the White House daily briefing. Topics include, Medicare costs, Syria's potential use of chemical or biological weapons against rebel forces in the country, Mitt Romney's tax returns, the recent increase of violence in Afghanistan, the economy, and a controversial campaign commercial produced by a super political action committee in support of the Obama campaign. Obama references Republican Senate candidate and Representative Todd Akin's (R-MO) remarks about "legitimate rape," saying the "views expressed were offensive" and that "rape is rape."
- Date Issued:
- 2012-08-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama delivers remarks to open the National Conference on Mental Health at the White House, part of the Administration's effort to launch a national conversation to increase understanding and awareness about mental health. He talks about the cost in lives of an illness too often left untreated and emphasizes the problems of some military veterans.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-06-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton announces that he will sign a welfare reform bill, although he finds some flaws in the bill.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-07-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection