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Got Docs: The Price of Sex
April 23, 2011
The job of the journalist is not to give people a voice, filmmaker Miki Chakarova explains to her students: "People have a voice," she says, "It's just that they don't have an outlet." In her recent film, The Price of Sex, Chakarova went to great lengths to provide that outlet by embedding herself in the world of Eastern European sex trafficking. The resulting film is an intimate portrait of the individuals that comprise an industry, and the way that corruption thrives in the context of poverty.
East WillyB, The Price of Sex, and San Francisco Action
April 22, 2011
"We need to be able to laugh about issues but we also need to know that aside from the comedy, there is a very real issue of displacement in many urban communities," says Julia Ahumada Grob, the co-creator and lead actor of the web TV series East WillyB. The show is set in Bushwick a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, and it addresses the problems of gentrification and displacement of communities of color through humor, and brings high-quality TV production values to the 'net.
Child Labor Down on the Farm
May 7, 2010
We often assume that child labor in the U.S. ceased after the labor movement fought for and won child labor laws many years ago. But a new report from the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch notes that not only are hundreds of thousands of children working on farms around the country--they are doing so legally because of loopholes in the law.
Mike Papantonio, Child Farmworkers, and Net Neutrality
May 6, 2010
As the oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast shrimpers and fisherpeople aren't just taking time off. They've already filed a class action lawsuit against British Petroleum, owners of the rig that's polluting their waters and killing their source of income (not to mention a major source of seafood for most of the country).
Is Yemen the New Front in the "War On Terror"?
January 6, 2010
Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani, a political analyst, spoke to us from Sana'a, Yemen, and then Michael Bronner, investigative journalist and Vanity Fair contributor, and Christoph Wilcke, Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division, join us in studio to discuss the situation in Yemen further.
Stimulus Spending, Yemen, and Nancy Giles
January 5, 2010
The House of Representatives passed the the Jobs for Main Street Act on December 16, right before winter break. With the Senate poised to take it up and the country still hurting from the recession despite Wall Street's record profits, we ask a panel of experts what Congress and the administration need to do to ensure that stimulus funds get spent on the people who need them most.
Will Holder Prosecute Architects of Torture?, Dr. Susan Wicklund, and Police Brutality in India
August 11, 2009
Will Bush officials be held accountable for torture? Scott Horton, Vine Warren, and Vijay Padmanabhan on Holder's planned appointment of a special prosecutor. An interview with Dr. Susan Wicklund on the uncertain future for abortion providers and women's reproductive rights. And Human Rights Watch reports on police brutality in India.
The Prison Crisis
August 11, 2009
The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any industrialized nation. In the face of an unprecedented economic crisis, some states are beginning to consider reducing their prison populations. But other states are looking to do just the opposite in an effort to create jobs. Today,David Fathi Director of Human Rights Watch’s US Program, Glenn E.
The Prison Crisis, Obama's "Civil Detention System," and a Tribute to James Baldwin
August 10, 2009
Can the prison industrial complex be curbed? David Fathi of Human Rights Watch and others on prison reform in the United States. Aarti Shahani on the Obama administrations proposed "civil detention system." Orwellian or earnest? And GRITtv footage from a recent tribute to novelist James Baldwin.
Movies That Matter, Costa-Gavras, and Rethink Afghanistan
June 9, 2009
Directors Pamela Yates and Jawad Metni join Andrea Holley, Director of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival to discuss the importance of documenting human rights stories. Then, acclaimed filmmaker Costa-Gavras tells us why "all cinema is political" and we learn to 'Rethink Afghanistan'.

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