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Showing videos filed under: karen finney
Richard Wolff & Karen Finney: Playing Politics with the Budget
April 13, 2011The details of the compromise that finally kept the government open and made deep cuts to the federal budget for fiscal year 2011 are finally beginning to emerge--and they're not pretty. Millions and even billions from education, labor, the EPA--all for what economist Richard Wolff says is a negligible impact on the actual deficit.Kai Wright; Richard Wolff & Karen Finney; and the Military Budget
April 12, 2011"Everyone from the FDIC to the Pentagon have said that people are doing this as a way of life ... they are trapped in a series of loans," says Kai Wright of individuals and families who've become entangled in the system of payday lending. High-interest loans are being made to the people who need the extra cash most--and who are most unable to repay.Karen Finney: Remembering Elizabeth Edwards
December 10, 2010Elizabeth Edwards, passionate advocate for healthcare reform, lawyer, and wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, died last week at age 61. Karen Finney was her communications director on the campaign, and has remained close to the family, and she joins us via Skype to share her memories of Elizabeth.Ari Berman & Karen Finney: Missing the Message
November 30, 2010Democrats were trying to get the focus back on the parts of their agenda that could actually get through the lame duck Senate this week--that is, until the latest WikiLeaks documents got out. Now once again, the media's focus has shifted, but that doesn't make the economic situation any less dire.Ann Wright, Ari Berman & Karen Finney, and Dave Zirin
November 29, 2010"We were told as diplomats, 'Don't ever put anything in a cable you wouldn't want on the front page of a newspaper.' It shows that they're a lot of arrogant people, that the system itself wasn't checking itself," says Ann Wright, Retired United States Army Colonel and former State Department official, of the latest documents released from WikiLeaks. Meanwhile, several of the diplomatic cables released depict possibly illegal actions by the U.S. government, and Wright notes that the chances of anyone being held accountable are slim.Ari Berman and Karen Finney: How the Dems Can Regain Grassroots Support
October 11, 2010Well as the Tea Partiers continue to prove they may be more than just a passing trend - at least in the fast-approaching midterms - we ask, where did the Democrats go so wrong in mobilizing their base? Did Obama's pandering to the center and big business alienate too many voters who believed in change? And what could he have learned from Howard Dean in building a movement?Countdown to Midterms with Ari Berman, Karen Finney, Greg Mitchell and John Nichols
October 11, 2010Ari Berman and Karen Finney discuss why the Left has lost its base and how to regain it. Then, Greg Mitchell takes us back to the origins of media campaigning with Upton Sinclair's bid in California's 1934 gubernatorial race. And a commentary from GRITtv regular John Nichols on write-in candidates.What's the Fate of the Public Option?
August 25, 2009Is the healthcare debate making you sick? We've got some clear information - which just may be the best medicine. We welcome, Wendell Potter, Karen Finney, and our very own Diane Shamis.What's the Fate of the Public Option?, Senator Karen Keiser, and Dahr Jamail & Jose Vasquez on Military Resistance
August 24, 2009Is the healthcare debate making you sick? We've got some clear information - which just may be the best medicine. We welcome, Wendell Potter, Karen Finney, Diane Shamis and Senator Karen Keiser. Then, Dahr Jamail, author of 'The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan' and Jose Vasquez of Iraq Vets Against the War.Summer Swiftboaters: The Healthcare Battle Heats Up
August 6, 2009U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and political consultant Karen Finney discuss healthcare reform and Washington politics. As members of congress head home for the summer, are the astroturf tactics of the opposition working? And what can single payer advocates do to fight for healthcare reform in August? Finney says that this may be the single best opportunity for real reform and that what happens over the next month will be decisive.
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