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Katrina vanden Heuvel & Ryan Grim on the State of the Media
February 11, 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.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.Amanda Terkel: Violent Rhetoric and Gabrielle Giffords
January 11, 2011"On the eve of the shooting that left her critically injured, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) wrote an email to Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R), asking his help in toning down the partisan rhetoric in the country." Amanda Terkel reported that Giffords had been asking for help, as one of the few Democrats and the only woman remaining in a Republican district, toning down the anger and violence running through much of political discourse.Rep. Raul Grijalva, Amanda Terkel, and Salvador Reza
January 10, 2011"In a very human way you just don't ever think something like this can happen," says Tucson Representative Raul Grijalva, whose district is near that of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot on Saturday at a community event. Six people died in the shootout, which left Rep. Giffords and others in critical condition.Best of 2010: Steve Earle and Daryn Strauss
December 29, 2010Continuing our best-of-2010, we bring you an in-depth interview with musician, actor and activist Steve Earle. "Tremé is the musical heart of New Orleans just like New Orleans is the musical heart of America, and I don't just mean the United States," says Steve Earle, who knows a little something about music. The longtime singer/songwriter and activist has played a role as a street musician in the new HBO series Tremé, and has a long history both with the show's creator, David Simon, and with the city and the neighborhood in which the show is set.Steve Earle, Where Should the Birds Fly, and Daryn Strauss
September 3, 2010"Tremé is the musical heart of New Orleans just like New Orleans is the musical heart of America, and I don't just mean the United States," says Steve Earle, who knows a little something about music. The longtime singer/songwriter and activist has played a role as a street musician in the new HBO series Tremé, and has a long history both with the show's creator, David Simon, and with the city and the neighborhood in which the show is set.Daryn Strauss: Watching Women in Digital TV
September 3, 2010It's 2010, and for the first time in history, a female filmmaker won an Oscar for Best Directing. Mind you, we've had four women total ever be nominated, so it's tough to win when you're not even in the race. We look on TV and see an abundance of women: Desperate Housewives, The Closer, Damages, Weeds, I could go on. We look at the box office and we see films like Sex and the City and Twilight, which had the highest grossing opening for a film by a female director ever. Even when it comes to comics and heroes, we were given Buffy.Huffington Post Investigative Fund: Tapped Out
May 27, 2010Debt has a tendency to snowball, getting bigger and bigger and leaving people less and less likely to be able to pay it off. While big banks and corporations get bailed out by the government as "too big to fail," small debtors like Vicki Valentine, who missed one deadline to pay off sewer and water charges and suddenly found herself in a mass of debt that led to a tax lien and foreclosure.Jose Vasquez, Glassphemy, and Tapped Out
May 26, 2010Last week, the war in Afghanistan hit a sad milestone: the 1000th American casualty. This Monday will be Memorial Day, when we stop to remember the soldiers who have given their lives in battle in the U.S.'s many wars. But there are many veterans from the wars still alive and struggling with the consequences of active duty every day, both physically and mentally.Unheard Voices From The Gulf Coast Oil Spill
May 18, 2010Many people have described the shrimpers and fisherpeople affected by the BP oil spill as unheard by the mass media. What many people don’t understand, is many of these people are literally unheard in the midst of this crisis –a large proportion of the shrimper and fisherpeople demographic in the Gulf Coast are Vietnamese and do not speak English.
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