The Latest In Gaza Plus Efforts To Get People Out Through Egypt
After more than three weeks of siege, the first Palestinians — dozens of dual passport holders and seriously injured — were allowed to leave Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes pounded a refugee camp for the second day Wednesday. Even as bombings have driven tens of thousands from their homes and food, water and fuel run low, no one has been allowed to leave the embattled enclave, except for four hostages released by Hamas. Another captive was rescued by Israeli forces earlier this week. But a limited agreement appeared to have been reached Wednesday. Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera television, one of the few media outlets still reporting from northern Gaza, aired footage of devastation in the Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City and of several wounded people, including children, being brought to a nearby hospital. The Hamas-run government said the strikes killed and wounded many people, but the exact toll was not yet known. Joining to discuss the latest is Nabih Bulos, Middle East bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times.
With files from the Associated Press
SCOTUS Case Could Decide Whether Discretion, Consent Is Needed For Trademarking Someone’s Name
This morning, the United States Supreme Court takes up the legal case Vidal v. Elster, which looks to settle trademark law and whether commercializing a living individual’s name without their consent is fair use. In this case, respondent Steve Elster is looking to trademark the phrase “Trump too small,” a term that came to be following an argument during the 2016 Republican Presidential Primary between Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. The trademark was dismissed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but is that a violation of the first amendment or was enough discretion taken in rejecting the request? Today on AirTalk, we get into Vidal v. Elster with Bloomberg intellectual property reporter Kyle Jahner, Public Citizen attorney Paul Alan Levy, and Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Golden Gate University, Samuel Ernst.
Got Gossip? The Evolution And Importance Of ‘Spilling Tea’ Throughout History
A little gossip never hurt anybody. Maybe you’re complaining about your sister’s new boyfriend or venting to a friend about work. Or, maybe it’s more reckless – like sharing classified information from a top-secret conversation to a third party (unforgivable, by the way). On a surface level, the practice of gossip might sound frivolous or petty. But throughout history, the exchange of private information behind closed doors has been essential for everything from personal bonding to social movements. We want to hear from you today: do you enjoy (or hate) the practice of gossip? How has your relationship with gossip changed over time? We’re joined today by Kathy Feeley, professor of history at the University of Redlands, and Lainey Lui, culture critic and Canadian TV personality.
A 16th Century Indigenous Text Will Now Be Online For 21st Century Readers
The Florentine Codex is a sixteenth century encyclopedia written by the Nahua people of indigenous Mexico. The text details indigenous religious practices, Mexico's flora and fauna, the history of the Aztec empire, and other important aspects of native culture and society at the time. Although written and illustrated by native Nahua scribes and artists, the Florentine Codex was commissioned by a Franciscan friar with the purpose of using the text to educate the Spanish on the Nahua people to facilitate their aims to colonize and Christianize the region. The physical manuscript now resides in Florence, Italy and is one of the most important historical records told from an indigenous perspective. Now, through a digitization project lead by the Getty Research Institute, the Florentine Codex is freely available to the public through the internet. Joining us today on AirTalk to talk about the Florentine Codex and its new digital form is Kim Richter, senior research specialist at the Getty Research Institute and principle lead of the Florentine Codex Initiative, Xóchitl M. Flores-Marcial, associate professor of Chicana/o studies at California State University, Northridge, and Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, LAist higher education correspondent.
Olympic Gold Medalist, World Champion Runner Caster Semenya On The Biggest Race Of Her Life -- The One To Be Herself
Caster Semenya just wants to compete. To run. To win. She never intended to be at the center of a global debate over gender in sports. But that’s exactly where she found herself in 2009, after results of “gender confirmation tests” that she was forced to take by the International Association of Athletics Federations (now known as World Athletics) were leaked to the press. Semenya won the 800m event at the World Championships in Berlin that year but was tested in light of circulating rumors that she was genetically male, and therefore shouldn’t be competing against female athletes. When the results of the non-consensual tests were leaked, Semenya found out at the same time the rest of the world did that she was born intersex -- she has female genitalia but no uterus, undescended testicles, XY chromosomes and higher levels of testosterone than people with XX chromosomes. But as Semenya writes in her new memoir “The Race to Be Myself,” she was born and raised a girl, and “that was and is the end of the argument for me.” What followed was a more than decade-long fight to retain the right to compete as a woman against other women on the world stage, as she had for years and before she was even aware of her difference in sex development, all while enduring constant scrutiny from the rest of the sporting world as it opined on who it thought should be able to compete against whom. And despite the personal and professional toll it all took on her, Semenya continued to compete. To run. To win. She took home gold in the 800m at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, cementing her legacy as one of the best female runners in the world. In her new memoir, “The Race to Be Myself,” the South African track champion recounts her personal and athletic journey, and today on AirTalk, Caster Semenya joins Larry to talk about her book.
Caster Semenya will be speaking about her memoir with American author and long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad Thursday, November 2nd at 8 p.m. at the Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center. More information and tickets are available here.
