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Katrina vanden Heuvel & Ryan Grim, Matthew Alexander, and the PATRIOT Act
February 10, 2011
"We don't write about class struggle in the US so it's hard for us to see it elsewhere," says the Huffington Post's Ryan Grim on the failings of the US media around issues in Egypt. And Katrina vanden Heuvel notes that Islamophobia in the US leads many to focus on fear of the Muslim Brotherhood rather than understanding the ways that Islam and democracy coexist and complement one another.
The F Word: A Bright Bipartisan Future on Civil Liberties?
February 10, 2011
Lately, when the term “bipartisan compromise” is tossed around, it tends to mean that Democrats are giving in to the Republican position on issues, or that women's rights are being sacrificed to some larger purpose.
Bill Fletcher Jr., Jesse Jackson, John Conyers and John Nichols
October 4, 2010
"We need a grassroots coalition that's comparable to the Tea Party movement in many respects. It needs to be fairly decentralized, easy for people to join, and it needs to be audacious," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the way forward after the success of this past weekend's One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. This rally, he notes, needs to not simply be a nice day out for progressives--it needs to be a turning of the tide, a reversal of course away from anger and toward solidarity.
John Nichols: Fighting for Feingold
October 4, 2010
Russ Feingold has consistently been a progressive Senator to be counted on: the sole vote against the PATRIOT Act, a principled vote against bailing out the banks, a tireless fighter for civil liberties, and a man willing to stand up to his own party as well as the opposition. So it's no surprise that he's a prime target for conservatives.
Health Care, Suphala, and Transgender Rights
December 15, 2009
When word broke last night that Joe Lieberman had taken the health care bill hostage and that it appeared the White House and Senate Majority Leader Reid were ready to cave, progressives howled. The process by which one so-called centrist can make unreasonable demands to get a bill passed has many calling for dumping the filibuster, and activists wondering what they can do.
Policing Protest, the Iraqi Refugee Crisis, and Surviving MS
August 14, 2008
Has the right to dissent - to critique and protest the actions of our government whether here or abroad - been meaningfully curtailed? Tonight's panel takes on protest in the surveillance era with Laurie Arbeiter of The Critical Voice, Dana Balicki, Codepink's Campaign Director, Aden Fine of the ACLU, and Heather Reddick, International Operations Director of Students for a Free Tibet.
GRITtv Live at Noon: Policing Dissent
August 14, 2008
Reps from the ACLU, The Critical Voice, CodePink, and Students For A Free Tibet on our streaming live noon panel. Catch the full show tonight at 8pm Eastern.
Make A Video: Civil Rights 2.0
June 24, 2008
What do civil rights look like today? Well, the answer might be surprising. From economic justice to the environment, women’s rights and the wage gap the meaning of civil rights has changed. The Rollback Campaign wants to know what you and your generation are doing for civil rights today. They're having a YouTube contest for people ages 16-25: Civil Rights 2.0 Some of the work will be showing right here on GRITtv. You could also win a trip to NYC.
GRITtv: What Will The Next President Do About Civil Liberties?
May 27, 2008
Here is the full roundtable discussion on rolling back presidential powers. Do we expect the next resident of the White House to ditch the Patriot Act? Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and David Golove, Hiller Family Foundation Professor of Law at NYU School of Law discuss.

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