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Red State Road Trip Episode 15: Katrina, Three Years Later
August 19, 2008The rebuilding of the Gulf Coast region may be one of the great coups in modern American history. Thousands of poor mostly black residents displaced and denied the right of return. Public housing has suffered. Thousands of buildings minimally damaged have been destroyed. Homelessness has doubled and new development is in the form of high-end hotels and condominiums.Red State Road Trip Episode 16: The Last Holdout
August 13, 2008Red State Road Trip episode 16 heads to Texas. Bush still has some friends.Red State Road Trip Day 14: Obama's Fabricated Faith
August 5, 2008The age of information has quickly become one of misinformation and the myth that Obama’s a Muslim has taken hold in the heartland. And this collage of smears goes well beyond the veracity of a Wikipedia entry. There are many who believe that Obama is Muslim, that he's not patriotic, and that he may in fact be a "Muslim plant" in a conspiracy against America.Obama and the Left, Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism, and Tax Havens for the Rich
August 4, 2008Barack Obama has made few friends on the left since Hillary Clinton bowed out of the Democratic Primary in June. In the current issue of the Nation magazine an open letter to Obama urges him not to abandon his base and notes that since his victory, “there have been troubling sings that you are moving away from the core commitments shared by many who have supported your campaign, toward a moreSubprime 101, Stop Loss, and a Desert Blooms in Detroit
July 29, 2008Tonight on GRITtv we look at the great subprime swindle with Sarah Ludwig, Co-Director of the Neighborhood Economic Development & Advocacy Project (NEDAP), Kai Wright author of a recent article in the Nation magazine, Lionel Ouellete the Executive Director of C.H.A.N.G.E.R., and John Flateau Chair of the Economic and Empowerment Committee of the NAACP in Brooklyn. And an interview with Kimberly Peirce, Chris Hume's Red State Road Trip, and Live From Main Street.Red State Road Trip Day 11: The Nation's Capital
July 22, 2008D.C. has no representation in congress. Yet, its residents tend to vote overwhelmingly Democratic. In a special report from the nation’s capital, Chris Hume talks to Rep. Dennis Kucinich and tourists from throughout the United States. They seem less than enthusiastic about the current president who, as Kucinich says, will be held accountable either by the laws of this country or the laws of another country.Red State Road Trip: An Economic Perfect Storm
July 14, 2008Chris Hume, on day 10 of his Red State Road Trip, talks to truckers in Pennsylvania about the high price of fuel. And an arson investigator explains why the current economic crisis is about more than just the foreclosure issue.Subprime 101, Stop Loss, and a Desert Blooms in Detroit
July 9, 2008Tonight on GRITtv we look at the great subprime swindle with Sarah Ludwig, Co-Director of the Neighborhood Economic Development & Advocacy Project (NEDAP), Kai Wright author of a recent article in the Nation magazine, Lionel Ouellete the Executive Director of C.H.A.N.G.E.R., and John Flateau Chair of the Economic and Empowerment Committee of the NAACP in Brooklyn. And an interview with Kimberly Peirce, Chris Hume's Red State Road Trip, and Live From Main Street.Red State Road Trip: A Desert Blooms in Detroit
July 9, 2008Chris Hume heads to Detroit on day nine of his Red State Road Trip. The city's downtown, devoid of any major grocery store, is being reclaimed by local residents who are growing their own food. A back to the land movement for the 21st century. And coming up tonight on GRITtv, subprime 101. Our roundtable dissects the current mortgage crisis.Obama’s Rightward Tack, Election Day, and the Second Amendment
June 30, 2008Last week the spotlight was on Barack Obama and whether he’s a liberal democrat who’s moved to the center or a centrist in sheep’s clothing. Most of the major news outlets—the LA Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal—covered what was described as Obama’s flip-flop on everything from campaign finance reform, to guns, and the death penalty.
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