BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Lyceum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend arTest/Detail.aspx?si=32314\n\nJoin local author Jim Tankersley Thursday\ , October 22 at 7 p.m. via Zoom as he discusses his new book\, The Riches of This Land.\nOn a reporting journey from the rocket suburbs of Los Ang eles to the tobacco fields of North Carolina\, Jim Tankersley traces the origins and destiny of an American middle class that is under siege in hi s new book\, The Riches of This Land. For nearly two centuries\, the best jobs in the United States were walled off to everyone but white men. Aft er World War II\, women\, immigrants\, and black men began to tear those walls down\, helping to build the greatest middle class in human history. But the steady disappearance of good jobs\, followed by two once-in-a-li fetime economic crises\, eroded that middle class and locked millions of people out of the American Dream. History shows how to lift workers up ag ain\, but not the history that elite white men have sold for decades. Tan kersley's vivid people-driven storytelling\, supported by balanced cuttin g-edge research\, reveals a path to revival and the essential heroes of w hat was\, and can again be\, a great American economy.\n\nJim Tankersley is an economics reporter for the New York Times. He covers the economic p olicies of the Trump administration and their effects on working people\, the long-running and persistent inequities in the American economy\, and \, most recently\, the nation's spiral into recession amid the coronaviru s pandemic. Prior to the Times\, Tankersley was the policy and politics editor at Vox\, economic policy correspondent for the Washington Post\, a nd economic and political reporter at the National Journal. He started hi s career with stints at The Oregonian\, The Rocky Mountain News\, and The Toledo Blade. \nThe lecture is sponsored by the Office of Historic Alexa ndria. Guests will receive an email with the Zoom meeting link\, Meeting ID\, and password by noon on October 22. Ticket sales will close at 4 p.m .\n________________________________________\n\nLocation: Virtual Only\nF ees: $6\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Lecture\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nalexandriava.gov/shop\nhttps://alexandriava .gov/shop\n DTEND:20201023T010000Z DTSTAMP:20200921T151412Z DTSTART:20201022T230000Z LOCATION: Virtual Only SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Lecture: The Riches of this Land TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:7fc82f48-ffe5-4aa4-b25d-7f38d99401af URL:https://alexandriava.gov/shop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexa ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=32314
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Join local author Jim Tankersley Thursday\, October 22 at 7 p.m. via Zoom as he dis cusses his new book\, The Riches of This Land.\n
On a reporting jour ney from the rocket suburbs of Los Angeles to the tobacco fields of North Carolina\, Jim Tankersley traces the origins and destiny of an American middle class that is under siege in his new book\, The Riches of This Lan d. For nearly two centuries\, the best jobs in the United States were wal led off to everyone but white men. After World War II\, women\, immigrant s\, and black men began to tear those walls down\, helping to build the g reatest middle class in human history. But the steady disappearance of go od jobs\, followed by two once-in-a-lifetime economic crises\, eroded tha t middle class and locked millions of people out of the American Dream. H istory shows how to lift workers up again\, but not the history that elit e white men have sold for decades. Tankersley'\;s vivid people-driven storytelling\, supported by balanced cutting-edge research\, reveals a pa th to revival and the essential heroes of what was\, and can again be\, a great American economy.\n
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Jim Tankersley is an economics re porter for the New York Times. He covers the economic policies of the Tru mp administration and their effects on working people\, the long-running and persistent inequities in the American economy\, and\, most recently\, the nation'\;s spiral into recession amid the coronavirus pandemic. Prior to the Times\, Tankersley was the policy and politics editor at Vox \, economic policy correspondent for the Washington Post\, and economic a nd political reporter at the National Journal. He started his career with stints at The Oregonian\, The Rocky Mountain News\, and The Toledo Blade . \n
The lecture is sponsored by the Office of Historic Alexandria. Guests will receive an email with the Zoom meeting link\, Meeting ID\, an d password by noon on October 22. Ticket sales will close at 4 p.m.\n
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Location: Virt ual Only\n
Fees: $6\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Lecture\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old Town
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