jelani cobb and editor david remnick discuss the new yorker's articles on race throughout its history class i am david remnick, editor of the new yorker and thank you for coming to today's talk on a book called "the matter of black lives: writing from the new yorker". it's a new anthology that collects almost a century of reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from the magazine and i'd like to introduce my coeditor, my colleague and friend jelani cobb. he's been a staff writer since 2015 and writes regal frequently on race, politics, history and culture. he's a renowned teacher of journalism at columbia university and has his phd from rutgers and wrote the introduction to the essential carter commission list which was published recently this year. he and i edited this book together. hold it up for youto see . but i think jelani is going to say if they new yorker had attempted to do such an anthology in the 60s this would be slender in the. the anthology begins with james baldwin and his piece that came to be known as the firenext time . and i just wonder if you could talk about why

i'd like to introduce my coeditor, my colleague and friend, jelani cobb. jelani has been a staff writer at the new yorker since 2015. he writes frequently on race, politics, history, he is a renowned teacher of journalism at columbia university. h yes phd from rectors in history. he co-edited and wrote the introduction to the essential kerner commission her book which was published recently here. jelani and i edited this book together, hold it up for you to see. but i think jelani is going to say if they new yorker had attempted to do such an anthology in the 60s this would be slender in the. the anthology begins with james baldwin and his piece that came to be known as the firenext time . and i just wonder if you could talk about why it begins the book and its central place. >> the other thing i would say about this: is that people are still working out from home and so you can read it but you can also work out with it. >> biceps and triceps. >> dual-purpose year. you know, your piece is so incredible and so insightful and i've come back to that piece man

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judy: jelani cobb, how much does it matter that we understand what happened on january 6? jelani: i think it matters. it's crucial. i can't think of anything that's more important, in fact. i agree with george. if i were to use a single word here to describe what it was, i would say harbinger, because, at the moment, people thought that this had been averted and that the danger had passed, but, in reality, if we think about january 6 at the capitol, there was a convergence in a single place. and that building was overwhelmed, and, supposedly, the most fortified, secured city in the country in terms of federal presence. and that building was overwhelmed rather easily. what would have happened if we had a brushfires across the country in the state legislatures, as we saw in michigan? what if people had come back, the militias had come back in michigan, in georgia, in arizona, in places where there was suspicion being ginned up? and how would that have played out? we could have wound up with a much, ch worse situation. and there's no guarantee that we won't wind up with a sim

stu stevens, gary abernathy, jelani cobb, george packer, thank you so much. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, covid-19 caused a record 9.5 million new infections worldwide, over the last week, nearly all involving the omicron variant. that was up 70% in just seven days. overall deaths are going down, but the world health organization warned today, that does not mean omicron is mild. >> omicron is not the common cold. it can still cause severe disease, particularly among people who are not vaccinated, but of course people of older age, people with underlying conditions, and we're just starting to do analyses on the data coming in from countries and seeing data from countries that exhibit this. >> woodruff: meanwhile, the u.s. postal service asked for a 120- day delay of the federal vaccine mandate for large employers. the agency warned of potentially catastrophic effects on service. and, new orleans kicked off carnival season amid another covid surge. it culminates march 1st with mardi gras-- "fat tuesday." in kazakhstan, new violence erupted, with police killing dozens of rioters.

let's present this panel with a round of jelani cobb and editor david remnick discuss the new yorker's articles on race throughout its history class i am david remnick, editor of the new yorker and thank you for coming to today's talk on a book called "the matter of black lives: writing from the new yorker". it's a new anthology that collects almost a century of reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from the magazine and i'd like to introduce my coeditor, my colleague and friend jelani cobb. he's been a staff writer since 2015 and writes regal frequently on race, politics, history and culture. he's a renowned teacher of journalism at columbia university and has his p

. >> joining us, now jelani cobb, professional of journalism at columbia. msnbc political analyst. chairman of the african american studies at the prince been -- msnbc contributor. professor cobb, president biden offered a few different historical frames of where we stand tonight on voting rights, including that point we just heard, that even strom thurmond eventually got there. getting to a place where no republican senator stands tonight. >> right. first of all, i'm really excited. ammo graduate of morehouse, some glad you have a president of morehouse, lawrence. happy new year. yes, i think president biden made a great point with regards to the historical commitment on part of republicans to pass voting rights. i think we need to add a bit of historical nuance. even those trump thurman supported the voting rights, and even though ronald reagan supported it, ronald reagan in 1981, supported voting rights act with the stipulation that he wanted to eat some of the requirements. reagan, although he signed -- embraced the voting rights act, he foreshadowed the shelby decision. openin

thank you and jelani cobb, one of the mvps appreciate you on this show. thank you both. >>> up next on "the reidout" tomorrow, tomorrow is the day senators will reveal who they really are. will they stand with dr. king and john lewis and the millions of other americans who have been fighting for voting rights or are they okay with watching democracy crash and burn? bishop william barber joins me next and how hard did the january 6th select committee go after their house colleagues who refuse to cooperate? >>> tonight's absolute worst interviews well and now that he's got the job, you're like i immediately regret this decision. "the reidout" continues after this. ely regret this decision "the reidout" continues after "the reidout" continues after thisom all your worries ♪ ♪sure would help a lot ♪ ♪wouldn't you like to get away? ♪ ♪ ♪ sometimes you want to go ♪ ♪where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ ♪and they're always glad you came ♪ looking to get back in your type 2 diabetes zone? once-weekly ozempic® can help. ♪ oh, oh, oh, oz

cobb. he's been a staff writer since 2015 and writes regal frequently on race, politics, history and culture. he's a renowned teacher of journalism at columbia university and has his phd from rutgers and wrote the introduction to the essential carter commission list which

. >> joining us now, jelani cobb, staff writer for "the new yorker" and professor of jim at columbia university, and eddie glaude, chairman of the african american studies department at princeton university and an msnbc contributor. professor glaude, president biden offered a few different historical frames of where we stand tonight on voting rights, including that point we just heard, that even strom thurmond eventually got there and got to a place where no republican senator stands tonight. >> right. so, first of all, i'm really excited. i am a graduate of morehouse. i am delighted you had the president of morehouse college on and happy new year and the like. so, yeah, so i think president biden made a great point with regards to the historical commitment on the part of republicans to pass voting rights. we need to add a little historical nuance. even though strom thurmond supported the voting rights act and ronald reagan supported the voting rights act as well, ronald reagan in 1981 supported the voting rights act with the stipulation he wanted to ease some of the requirements. so

. >> i want to thank my coeditor jelani cobb. this book features everyone from toni morrison to james following to tommy secrets to lots of writers that you read in the magazine every week. i think we're all very proud of those writers and a lot of them are collected here in the class. thank you everyone at the miami book for you for having us and ihope to see you soon . >> every saturday american history tv documents america stories and on sunday but ed brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding comes from these television companies and more including charter communications. >> .. let's begin our conversation today with your latest book, robert e lee, a l

i'd like to introduce my coeditor, my colleague and friend, jelani cobb. jelani has been a staff writer at the new yorker since 2015. he writes frequently on race, politics,

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jelani cobb speaks to that. this is a documentary still talking about bill cosby was our teacher and we need to learn from him to create a society safer, more nurturing. >> those who said you're just the man to do this. they were right. the four-part documentary, we need to talk about cosby," very brave of you and really important for the culture. appreciate you, man. >> thank you, joy. >>> well, who won the week is still ahead but first, president biden visits the site of today's bridge collapse in pennsylvania during a trip toting his infrastructure plan but guess who else is trying to take credit for that bill's success despite voting against it? this is an easy one. you got this. we'll be right back. easy one. you got this you got this we'll be right back. when caught in early stages it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive... and i detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers... even in early stages. early stages. yep. it's for people 45 plus at average risk for colon cancer, not