"Where are we, where is the passion, where is the organizing when millions of people are in deep pain and fear over the economic collapse?" asks Robert Greenwald, founder and president of Brave New Films. While his videos have been viewed 50 million times now by progressive activists, Greenwald wants to see more organizing, more outreach, more movement-building from the left.

Joining us via Skype from California, Greenwald chats with Laura about last night's primary election results, the buildup to the midterms, and what he and Brave New Films--and you--can do to ensure better candidates wind up in office.

The economic situation hasn't been good for anyone, but funding for the arts always takes a hit first in tough times.  The $50 million for the arts in the stimulus bill was a site of contention, with Republicans complaining loudly about going into debt for art's sake. And when funding is crunched, our guests note, the fear of controversy grows--art that doesn't fit the "moral values" of those holding the purse strings is first on the chopping block.

We're talking arts and funding for them with William Ivey, former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Svetlana Mintcheva, Director of Programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship, today in studio. As the culture wars hit a fever pitch, the the National Coalition Against Censorship and the Vera List center for Art and Politics at the New School are holding a series of panels on censorship and art funding.

Finally, there were some Democratic primaries this week, too, but you wouldn't know it from looking at the money media--even the New York Times ignored its own Attorney General's race. Laura has some thoughts.