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Showing videos filed under: acorn
Sam Seder: Netroots Nation
July 22, 2010GRITtv is off to Netroots Nation in Las Vegas, but before we headed out, we spoke to Sam Seder, who beat us there by a day or so. Former Air America host Seder will be on a panel with Laura and others on the demise of Air America, and we'll be conducting interviews all weekend.Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Census?
March 31, 2010Rep. Michelle Bachmann has publicly stated that she will not fill out her census form completely, expressing concerns about the census being part of a larger effort at voter fraud led by, you guessed it, ACORN. Of course, there are other communities who have long had reasons to distrust government officials asking for their information.The Census, Marie St. Cyr on Haiti, and Kate Clinton
March 30, 2010Rep. Michelle Bachmann has publicly stated that she will not fill out her census form completely, expressing concerns about the census being part of a larger effort at voter fraud led by, you guessed it, ACORN. Of course, there are other communities who have long had reasons to distrust government officials asking for their information.Richard Kim: Conspiracies and the Tea Parties
March 30, 2010Richard Kim joins us in studio to explain where the tea party movement's latest bogeyman came from, and how it plays into larger threads within the rise of the organized, angry right under the Obama administration.Tea Party Conspiracies, Max Rameau, and Haiti
March 29, 2010In order to respond, alas, we have to understand, and that means going through the looking glass. So wrote Richard Kim of the tea party movement's latest bogeyman--the Cloward-Piven strategy, which demagogues like Glenn Beck proclaim is the strategy for destroying America and putting in place totalitarian socialism. It sounds ridiculous, Richard notes, and that's precisely why it has such power.The Witch Hunt Against ACORN
March 25, 2010The right wing's favorite political football, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has announced that it will be closing down. What brought down the once-strong force for justice for low-income Americans?Brave New Films: FOX's War on ACORN
March 25, 2010What does FOX News have to do with the demise of ACORN? According to this segment from our friends at Brave New Films, quite a lot. FOX's lead sent other news outlets scurrying after the non-story of James O'Keefe's infamous "pimp and prostitute" video, and kept up a steady drumbeat that saw the organization stripped of funds and forced to close its doors.The F Word: The Times' Bias Killed ACORN
March 25, 2010The New York Times is still considering a correction? Just what does it take for the paper of record to go ahead and admit its mistakes?ACORN, Health Care Reform, and the Media
March 24, 2010The right wing's favorite political football, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has announced that it will be closing down. What brought down the once-strong force for justice for low-income Americans?
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