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Showing videos filed under: harvard
Nawal El Saadawi, Pushing the Elephant, and Rev. Jacqui Lewis
March 11, 2011"We live in one world, not three. I'm very much against that we have three worlds. We have one world dominated by the same system," says Nawal El Saadawi, the pioneering Egyptian feminist thinker. In part two of her conversation with Laura, Dr. Saadawi elaborates on what real democracy would look like, in Egypt and around the world, on the connections between capitalism, patriarchy, and religious fundamentalism--and not just Islamic religious fundamentalism.Jacqueline Lewis: Remembering Peter Gomes
March 11, 2011Any preacher will tell you that you learn something about their heart and soul in the sermons they preach. I am a preacher, so I can tell you this is the truth. On a warm and wonderful May Saturday in 1992, Dr. Peter Gomes preached my Princeton Theological seminary commencement, and we learned something about his heart and soul.Deepak Bhargava, Charlene Strong and Larry Summers
September 22, 2010"The first step is to stop apologizing," says Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change. "We have ideas; we are often cowed by the ferociousness of the argument from conservatives." Indeed, in the wake of Larry Summers' departure from the Obama administration--and the news that the administration wants to head off criticism that it's been anti-business--as well as the failure of Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal and the DREAM Act in the Senate, it often seems like conservatives are winning.The F Word: Larry Summers: Goodbye To All That
September 22, 2010The Internet was all a-Twitter yesterday when news broke that Larry Summers, director of the National Economic Council, will step down by the end of the year. Summers -- ring a bell? Maybe you remember his comments as president of Harvard that gender skewed admissions numbers might be explained by female frailty in the area of math and science. Or perhaps you remember his role, chasing away Brooksley Born, chair of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) in order to push through Clinton's deregulations—you know, the ones that helped lead to the current crash.Cathy Albisa: On Elena Kagan and Rhonda Copelon
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.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.Should We Do Away With the Senate?
February 10, 2010With the election of Scott Brown to Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat, Democrats in DC seemed to give up on getting any major legislation passed. 59 votes (well, 58 and Joe Lieberman) was just not good enough. The blame has been flying--it's Obama's fault, Rahm Emanuel's, Harry Reid's--but what if the problem simply is the Senate?Abolish the Senate, Joe Sacco and Lisa Graves
February 9, 2010With the election of Scott Brown to Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat, Democrats in DC seemed to give up on getting any major legislation passed. 59 votes (well, 58 and Joe Lieberman) was just not good enough. The blame has been flying--it's Obama's fault, Rahm Emanuel's, Harry Reid's--but what if the problem simply is the Senate?Henry Louis Gates's Arrest: A Teachable Moment?
July 28, 2009There’s been an endless cycle of commentary on the Henry Louis Gates affair since the Harvard Professor was arrested in his home and President Obama made the off script remark that the Cambridge police had “acted stupidly.” Both men are now saying it is time to move on and that what happened was a teachable moment.Henry Louis Gates's Arrest: A Teachable Moment?, Ben Bernanke's PR Blitz, and Greg Grandin on Honduras
July 27, 2009What if anything have we learned from the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates? Bill Fletcher, Jr., Ron Kuby, Dennis Parker, and Irene Monroe on race, class, and law enforcement in America. GREG GRANDIN reports from Latin America on Manuel Zelaya's attempts to return to power. Finally, DEAN BAKER of the Center for Economic and Policy Research on Ben Bernanke's PR blitz, healthcare, and the right to rent.
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