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Mike Papantonio, Freeing the Scott Sisters, and Snow
January 3, 2011President Obama needs to go after Republicans as aggressively as they go after him, notes Mike Papantonio, "not just for his presidency but for democracy." The new Congress gets sworn in this week, and Darrell Issa is already announcing his investigations, but Papantonio notes that Democrats still control the Senate and that they can still push back against Republican attacks.The F Word: Public Workers Getting Snowed
January 3, 2011The snow is mostly melted after a near-record storm immobilized much of New York for nearly four days last week. But before non-New Yorkers gloat -- beware -- the Big Apple's storm offers just a taste of a crop of problems that are likely to be coming your way.CAMBA: Defunding Our Cities' Kids
May 12, 2010The federal government keeps trying to tell us that things are looking up for the economy, but cities and states across the country are still struggling to meet budget requirements. One of the things on the chopping block here in New York City is after-school programs, which provide kids of working parents someplace to go, get help with homework, and stay off the streets. GRITtv's Sam Alcoff and Anna Gold visited one such program, CAMBA, in Brooklyn and brought us this report.Cathy Albisa, After-School Programs, and Joy Harjo
May 11, 2010President Obama got his second chance to nominate a Supreme Court justice not even a year after the first one with the retirement of John Paul Stevens, the Court's oldest member and its liberal backbone. He has nominated Elena Kagan, the current Solicitor General and the former Dean of Harvard Law School, but many progressives are unhappy with the choice, wishing that Obama had instead chosen a staunch liberal who would not run the risk of moving the Court to the right.Fixing Food: Are Regulations the Answer?
April 13, 2010Here in New York, we've seen several attempts, some more succesful than others, to ban different harmful ingredients from food available for purchase. The New York Daily News wrote of the latest, "If State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has his way, the only salt added to your meal will come from the chef's tears."Elizabeth Holtzman, Fixing Food, and Hari Kondabolu
April 12, 2010Barack Obama already has the chance to nominate another justice to the Supreme Court with the retirement of the Court's oldest member, Justice John Paul Stevens. Stevens was appointed by Gerald Ford, a Republican, but was, as Elizabeth Holtzman says, a member of a long tradition of fair-minded independent justices.Wall Street Recovery, Main Street Inequality
February 2, 2010We've all seen the headlines about record bonuses on Wall Street just a year after record bailouts with taxpayer dollars. And we all know that the rest of the country is hardly feeling the recovery. But even right here in New York City, recovery hasn't yet trickled down, and inequality is just getting worse.Urban Inequality, Rev. James Forbes, and Citizens United
February 1, 2010We've all seen the headlines about record bonuses on Wall Street just a year after record bailouts with taxpayer dollars. And we all know that the rest of the country is hardly feeling the recovery. But even right here in New York City, recovery hasn't yet trickled down, and inequality is just getting worse.Year In Review: What Does Hope Mean Now?
December 31, 2009Hope. It was the word for the Obama campaign, epitomized by the famous Shepard Fairey poster, with eyes uplifted, bright primary colors declaring that Americans believed in something good again.Week in Review: Hope: After a Year, What Does It Mean?
November 7, 2009Last year on election day, we discussed the election and the future of America; hoping for an Obama victory and with it some restoration of the things we'd lost under Bush. This year, we look back with some of our guests from that day on what they said then and what they think now.
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