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Showing videos filed under: Baltimore
Huffington Post Investigative Fund: Tapped Out
May 27, 2010Debt has a tendency to snowball, getting bigger and bigger and leaving people less and less likely to be able to pay it off. While big banks and corporations get bailed out by the government as "too big to fail," small debtors like Vicki Valentine, who missed one deadline to pay off sewer and water charges and suddenly found herself in a mass of debt that led to a tax lien and foreclosure.Jose Vasquez, Glassphemy, and Tapped Out
May 26, 2010Last week, the war in Afghanistan hit a sad milestone: the 1000th American casualty. This Monday will be Memorial Day, when we stop to remember the soldiers who have given their lives in battle in the U.S.'s many wars. But there are many veterans from the wars still alive and struggling with the consequences of active duty every day, both physically and mentally.Searching for Signs of Deception
February 24, 2010You've seen them: the signs that pop up everywhere, with just a phone number and a seemingly-unbelievable promise. "We Buy Houses" "Make $45 an Hour." They're becoming even more common during this recession, the Huffington Post Investigative Fund has found, and they made this video in Baltimore with Robert Strupp, director of research and policy at the Community Law Center.The Spectacle of Sports, Maude Barlow, and Frank Schaeffer
February 23, 2010The Olympics have seen more than their share of controversy this year, from the death of a Georgian luger early on to the ongoing debate about policing, spending and co-opting Native land for sports. But many people still love the games, and tune in to watch sports that get forgotten the other three years--or to see dream teams put together to compete for gold.The F Word: Human Interest In Bank Practices
February 16, 2010How much senior executives earn, in cash and stock, is public information. How they make it is public too. Trouble is, the two are barely brought together in reporting. One story's a business story, the other's, well, for the "human interest" file. As all humans have a reason to be interested, let's pull the pieces of one tale together. Let's take Wells Fargo, the bank whose CEO just topped the charts -- as the top earner in the country for 2009.Infrastructure, Kathleen Hanna, and Jay Smooth
February 16, 2010After our terrifying experience with a manhole explosion and fire at the office last Thursday, the pressing need for infrastructure investment was brought home to us here at GRITtv in a very real way. Years of budget cuts and tax cuts have led to public safety hazards around the country, and the stimulus bill isn't enough to fix all the electrical, structural, and other problems.The People Fight Back Against Wells Fargo, A Foreclosure in Long Island, and The Cockburn's American Casino
August 26, 2009The city of Baltimore sued Wells Fargo in June for racial profiling while workers in Chicago took to the streets to protest its refusal to extend credit for Quad City Die Casting Company. Our guests tell explain what Wells Fargo got away with and how people are fighting back. Then, Long Island resident Olive Thompson's house was one of the hundreds of thousands that faced foreclosure due to the crisis. We went to her home in April to speak with her."No Regard to Race" at Wells Fargo?
June 19, 2009The National Fair Housing Alliance filed a complaint April 10, 2012 against San Francisco-based Wells Fargo, accusing the nation's largest mortgage lender of failing to maintain and market foreclosed properties in black and Hispanic neighborhoods. Wells Fargo disputes the claim, saying that it conducts all lending practices in a fair and consistent manner without regard to race. Remember this report -- and the whistle-blower who blew racism at Wells Fargo wide open? This discussion appeared on GRITtv for the first time on June 19, 2009. No regard to race at Wells Fargo? You tell me.The Fight Against Wells Fargo, Two Spirits, and Steve Early is Embedded with Labor
June 18, 2009The city of Baltimore is suing Wells Fargo for racial profiling while workers in Chicago took to the streets to protest its recent refusal to extend credit for Quad City Die Casting Company. To discuss these recent events, we're joined by Sarah Ludwig, Kai Wright, Leah Fried and Beth Jacobson. Also on the show, New Yorkers step out to support Iran, the life and death of a transgendered Navajo teenager, and Steve Early on the labor movement.The F Word: State of the Tavis Smiley-Wells Fargo Union
June 18, 2009In her affidavit in the city of Baltimore's lawsuit against Wells Fargo, former subprime mortgage broker turned whistle-blower Beth Jacobson describes how subprimes were sold to African Americans: "African American brokers were sent into Black churches", she says.
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