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The F Word: Is BP Too Big To Fail?
May 3, 2011Now to the opposite of cuts. Over a year after the biggest oil spill in US history and even as criminal investigations continue, BP is still receiving millions of dollars in government contracts.Andrew Bacevich: Serious Thinking About US Military Action
April 29, 2011According to retired Colonel Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama "is a problem solver, he's surrounded himself with problem solvers at a time when maybe we need some creative thinking." This week saw the announcement that General David Petraeus would be taking Leon Panetta's spot as head of the CIA, while Panetta would be moving to replace Robert Gates as Defense Secretary.Andrew Bacevich; Sex, Hope & Rock'n'Roll, & Baratunde Thurston
April 28, 2011According to retired Colonel Andrew Bacevich, Barack Obama "is a problem solver, he's surrounded himself with problem solvers at a time when maybe we need some creative thinking." This week saw the announcement that General David Petraeus would be taking Leon Panetta's spot as head of the CIA, while Panetta would be moving to replace Robert Gates as Defense Secretary.Vince Warren: WikiLeaks Exposes Guantanamo Truth
April 26, 2011"The real issue is who was actually at Guantanamo, how were they treated, and this revelation gives us another chance to look at that," says Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who joins Laura in studio to discuss the latest disclosures from WikiLeaks--nearly 800 files on the detainees at the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention facility.WikiLeaks Guantanamo Files, Shirin Ebadi, and South Carolina Tea Party
April 25, 2011"The real issue is who was actually at Guantanamo, how were they treated, and this revelation gives us another chance to look at that," says Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who joins Laura in studio to discuss the latest disclosures from WikiLeaks--nearly 800 files on the detainees at the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention facility.Christopher Anderson: Remembering Tim Hetherington
April 22, 2011Photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington was a guest on GRITtv recently to discuss his Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo, which he made while embedded with a troop of soldiers in Afghanistan. He spoke candidly with us about the dangers of reporting on war.Remembering Tim Hetherington, and Mark Hertsgaard on Generation Hot
April 21, 2011Photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington was a guest on GRITtv recently to discuss his Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo, which he made while embedded with a troop of soldiers in Afghanistan. He spoke candidly with us about the dangers of reporting on war.American: The Bill Hicks Story
April 15, 2011Comedian Bill Hicks "was really obsessed in some ways with the idea of getting people to think for themselves, confronting them with ideas they might have on a big subject," says filmmaker Matt Harlock, one of the directors of the new documentary American: The Bill Hicks Story. Hicks died in 1994, but his influence lives on in today's political comics and his critiques of the first Iraq war sound remarkably prescient years later.Mark Hertsgaard, The Bill Hicks Story, and Making Obama Fight
April 14, 2011"At a time when we are cutting health care, cutting education, cutting old people from the budget, we want to put $50 billion in loan guarantees for nuclear power?" asks Mark Hertsgaard, longtime environmental reporter. "Nuclear power will make climate change worse, not better," he argues.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.
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