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Showing videos filed under: Erica Gonzalez
Scandal in Albany Again: David Paterson's Troubles
March 11, 2010It wasn't that long ago that New York had a governor embroiled in scandal. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace in 2008 and was replaced by David Paterson, who became New York's first African-American governor--and the second legally blind governor of any state.Militarizing Haiti, Simon Kashama, and David Paterson's Troubles
March 10, 2010Arun Gupta joins guest host Esther Armah in the studio, along with Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, who just returned from Haiti, to talk about the rebuilding effort underway and how people in the U.S. can help make sure Haiti is rebuilt for the Haitian people.Week in Review: Latino in America but Ignored in the Media
October 25, 2009This week, our media panel focused on those ignored issues, from the Basta Dobbs! campaign to the general strike in Puerto Rico, the continued standoff in Honduras and the way the mainstream media equates "Latino" with "immigrant." Joining us are Roberto Lovato of Presente.org and New America Media, Erica Gonzalez of El Diario/La Prensa, and Cathy Areu of Catalina magazine and the Washington Post magazine.Media Roundtable: The Obama Obsession, Learning from Limbaugh, and Writing an Honest Obit
July 8, 2008It was a busy week and the press was still fixated on Obama's flip-flopping. Will they move on and has the Senator been set up? Today on our weekly media roundtable Justin Peters, Managing Web Editor at Columbia Journalism Review's campaign desk, Erica Gonzalez, Editorial Page Editor at El Diario/La Prensa, and Theodore Hamm, Editor of The Brooklyn Rail and author of The New Blue Media discuss why reporting the debate but not the policy is bad practice. And we dissect Rush Limbaugh and the recent profile in the NYT Magazine, the G8 Summit, the Colombian hostage crisis, and Jesse Helms. Were the obits honest? Find out here.The Obama Obsession, Restaurant Workers Unite, and Afro-Punk
July 7, 2008Tonight on GRITtv our weekly media roundtable looks at Obama's position on Iraq, the G8 Summit, Rush Limbaugh, and Jesse Helms. An interview with Sekou Siby director of the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY), on their recent victory. And a conversation with James Spooner, a punk rocker cum documentarian whose exploration of his own identity led to the making of Afro-punk.
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