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Showing videos filed under: Judiciary Committee
John Conyers: Jobs and Justice
October 5, 2010"The reason there are so many Detroiters here at this march is that we're trying to climb out of a continuing depression, that has yet to be addressed by the trillions of dollars we've spent to pull Wall Street out of its malaise," says Congressman John Conyers, chair of the judiciary committee and longtime representative from Michigan.Bill Fletcher Jr., Jesse Jackson, John Conyers and John Nichols
October 4, 2010"We need a grassroots coalition that's comparable to the Tea Party movement in many respects. It needs to be fairly decentralized, easy for people to join, and it needs to be audacious," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the way forward after the success of this past weekend's One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. This rally, he notes, needs to not simply be a nice day out for progressives--it needs to be a turning of the tide, a reversal of course away from anger and toward solidarity.Let Teachers Teach, Virtual Iraq, and the Federation of Black Cowboys
July 8, 2008Tonight on GRITtv what it takes to teach. Three NY City public school teachers talk about the obstacles they face, why tests are destroying creativity and critical thinking, and why your favorite teacher might think twice about teaching today. Find out why the National Education Association endorsed Barack Obama and why they’re pressuring him to shift the focus from tests to teaching.
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