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The Convention: What the Media Missed
September 3, 2008
There were a lot of big stories that did not get the kind of coverage they should have at the Democratic National Convention. Our roundtable looks back at what the mainstream media missed with Denis Dison, Vice President of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute; Rebecca Traister, staff writer for Salon; Roberto Lovato, contributing editor at New America Media (NAM); and Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and
An Interview with Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
August 29, 2008
We close out our week of convention coverage with Congressman John Conyers. A veteran of the civil rights movement Conyers has served in the US congress for 43 years Representing Michigan's 19th district. He is the second-most senior member of the House, dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, former Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Culture Jammers at the Convention: 1968-2008
August 29, 2008
A giant melting Democracy, Rage and the MC5 play for Iraq Vets Against The War . . . artists in the streets at the political conventions.
An Interview with Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
August 28, 2008
GRITtv interviews Rep. Barbara Lee the author of Renegade for Peace and Justice. A voice in the wilderness, Lee was the only member of congress who voted against the authorization of the use of force following the attacks of 9/11, essentially questioning the notion that a war on terror was a sensible way to respond.
Securing America's Future: Where's the Peace Candidate?
August 27, 2008
Though today’s theme at the Convention is Securing America’s Future, we won’t be hearing much about the impact of US foreign policy on minorities at home and abroad. As Kelly Dougherty of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) says on our panel, “A lot of young women, a lot of young mothers are looking to the military because they can’t get insurance for their family, because they don’t have a way
GRITtv Live: Talk with Danny Glover: What's happened to the Dream?
August 21, 2008
By any measure this year's Democratic convention bears the weight of history. Barack Obama is the first Black candidate to receive a major party nomination and his acceptance speech will coincide with the 45th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. Actor, activist, producer, and director Danny Glover joins us to discuss the significance of this moment: what's happened to the dream?

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