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Making the Invisible People Visible
September 14, 2010
Naomi Klein noted as well, "We don't have the ability to make the economically disposed-of people visible." Indeed, all over the country people are struggling just to survive in the current economic climate. Invisible People is a project aimed at doing just what Klein asked--making those people visible again. In this clip, they bring us the story of Jean and her kids.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Naomi Klein, and Invisible People
September 13, 2010
"We need to be covering the left as much as we cover, with anxiety, the right," notes Nation contributor and Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell. The lack of coverage of progressive movements, protests, and actions in the face of a loud, angry and well-funded right wing can be disheartening, but we know they are out there, and in some cases fighting hard to keep a Tea Party backed Republican party from taking back seats in Congress during the midterms.
Richard Kim, Public Housing, and Anchor Baby Baiting
August 16, 2010
"Who needs gay bashing when you have the Ground Zero mosque?" Richard Kim, senior editor at The Nation, asks guest host Esther Armah. In a week when gay and lesbian couples may see obstacles to their right to marry in California fall away, he notes, right-wing media is strangely silent on the issue. Even Glenn Beck is suddenly sounding a libertarian note.
Max Rameau: Take Back the City
March 30, 2010
Max Rameau is a longtime activist for land rights and housing, and with mortgages, foreclosures, gentrification and construction playing such a huge role in New York's response to the economic crisis, who better to take us on a walk around the Lower East Side?
Tea Party Conspiracies, Max Rameau, and Haiti
March 29, 2010
In order to respond, alas, we have to understand, and that means going through the looking glass. So wrote Richard Kim of the tea party movement's latest bogeyman--the Cloward-Piven strategy, which demagogues like Glenn Beck proclaim is the strategy for destroying America and putting in place totalitarian socialism. It sounds ridiculous, Richard notes, and that's precisely why it has such power.
Homeless in the Woods
March 17, 2010
As part of our new format here at GRITtv, we plan to bring you more field reports. To kick that off, our own Sam Alcoff went to Lakewood, New Jersey, between New York and Philadelphia, to visit a homeless encampment in the woods.
Women in the World, Frances Moore Lappé, and Homelessness
March 16, 2010
This past weekend, the Daily Beast, Tina Brown's news and pop culture website, hosted a conference attended by some big names. The Women in the World conference played host to Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Valerie Jarrett, and activists from all over the world, as well as director Julie Taymor and actresses including the legendary Meryl Streep.
Stories From the Street
November 10, 2009
It's Homeless Youth Awareness Month, and in this video from New America Media, we hear one story of a young man, his family, hopes, and dreams, and how he ended up without a home. He credits becoming a father for helping him create stability in his life, and is working toward a degree so he can help people like himself.
Today's Veterans, Micha Kurz and Health Care
November 9, 2009
Veterans Day is this week, and the shootings at Fort Hood this week brought to the forefront many questions about soldiers and military personnel: how are soldiers surviving the wars, and readjusting to life at home? What are we doing to help them, and is it enough? With the war in Iraq supposedly winding down and the war in Afghanistan ratcheting up, it's time to take a serious look at some of these questions, and try to understand the role that the military plays in all of our lives.
A Compassionate Logic: Rethinking Homelessness
March 25, 2009
Picture the Homeless is a grassroots organization, founded and led by homeless people. Last Week, they moved to occupy an abandoned building in Harlem. GritTV's Sam Alcoff was there and got a chance to talk with one of their Board members, Jean Rice, about homelessness in the city and how the homeless and their allies are getting ready to fight back.

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