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Katrina vanden Heuvel, Bob Herbert, and Missed Connections
April 19, 2011
"We need to stay loudly and clearly that there is an alternative. The debate underway is suffocatingly narrow," says Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, of the way the conversation about jobs and the economy has become a conversation about spending and deficits. Meanwhile, she notes, outside of the Beltway, independent media and independent activists like US Uncut are fighting hard to change the conversation.
The F Word: Missed Connections from the Economic to the Social
April 19, 2011
Is there a journalism school tradition that teaches up-and-comers to put stories in little boxes? Half our job, in independent media, it seems to me, is putting the connections back.
Heather McGhee: What's Wrong with Ryan's Budget
April 7, 2011
"Paul Ryan's roadmap, which I call the roadmap to ruin, is really an astonishing document that really doubles down on pretty much every single one of the negative economic decisions of the past thirty years that have gotten us into the mess we're in today," says Heather McGhee, Washington bureau director of Demos.
Crisis in Japan, Heather McGhee, and Ben Jealous
April 6, 2011
The news today from Japan is that the leak at the Fukushima Daichii nuclear power plant has been stopped but the crisis is far from over. Radiation levels remain high even outside the evacuation zone, contaminated fish are turning up, and the government seems to be insisting on business as usual, according to Aileen Mioko Smith.
Spencer Black & David Newby: Koch Money Behind Scott Walker
February 23, 2011
"Wisconsin has a proud tradition in terms of labor, the environment, of people standing up to the power and money of big corporations," says Spencer Black, former chair of the Wisconsin State Assembly Natural Resources Committee. And those big corporations don't like that tradition one bit. The Bradley Foundation, a right-wing organization with connections with the billionaire Koch brothers, has poured money into Walker's anti-union, anti-worker campaign, and they're not stopping with union busting.
GRITtv Special from Madison, Wisconsin: February 22
February 22, 2011
Welcome to the second day of our special coverage from the workers' protests in Madison, Wisconsin! Thanks again to our friends at The Uptake, Free Speech TV, and WORT FM in Madison for making this collaboration happen. The fight in Wisconsin has national implications, and national leaders have made the trip to Madison to express solidarity with the workers and join their struggle. Perhaps none more prominent than Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has been speaking to rallies, and led a march of students back to school today after several days off supporting their teachers.
Amanda Terkel: Violent Rhetoric and Gabrielle Giffords
January 11, 2011
"On the eve of the shooting that left her critically injured, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) wrote an email to Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R), asking his help in toning down the partisan rhetoric in the country." Amanda Terkel reported that Giffords had been asking for help, as one of the few Democrats and the only woman remaining in a Republican district, toning down the anger and violence running through much of political discourse.
Rep. Raul Grijalva, Amanda Terkel, and Salvador Reza
January 10, 2011
"In a very human way you just don't ever think something like this can happen," says Tucson Representative Raul Grijalva, whose district is near that of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot on Saturday at a community event. Six people died in the shootout, which left Rep. Giffords and others in critical condition.
Justice on Trial, Microlending, and John Boehner's Tears
January 7, 2011
"The new face of American racism is in the prison system," says Johanna Fernandez, producer of the film Justice On Trial, about Mumia Abu-Jamal and the American justice system. Adds reporter Linn Washington, "The issue is not hiding what has been hidden in plain sight. The issue is doing something about it."
Amanda Marcotte: Why So Sad, John Boehner?
January 7, 2011
There are many unknown factors about the incoming Republican House majority. How indebted to the Tea Party will they be? Will they shut down the government out of spite? Will the renege all responsibility to govern, or will they at least manage to get a couple things right? But one thing is certain: John Boehner will be dropping some big ol’ crocodile tears when he’s sworn in as Speaker of the House.

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