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• Henry Louis Gates's Arrest: A Teachable Moment?

  July 28, 2009

  There’s been an endless cycle of commentary on the Henry Louis Gates affair since the Harvard Professor was arrested in his home and President Obama made the off script remark that the Cambridge police had “acted stupidly.” Both men are now saying it is time to move on and that what happened was a teachable moment.

  • ACLU
  • barack obama
  • Bill Fletcher
  • Black Commentator
  • dennis parker
  • harvard
  • Henry Louis Gates
  • officer crowley
  • race
  • rev. irene monroe
  • Ron Kuby
  • teachable moment

• Henry Louis Gates's Arrest: A Teachable Moment?, Ben Bernanke's PR Blitz, and Greg Grandin on Honduras

  July 27, 2009

  What if anything have we learned from the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates? Bill Fletcher, Jr., Ron Kuby, Dennis Parker, and Irene Monroe on race, class, and law enforcement in America. GREG GRANDIN reports from Latin America on Manuel Zelaya's attempts to return to power. Finally, DEAN BAKER of the Center for Economic and Policy Research on Ben Bernanke's PR blitz, healthcare, and the right to rent.

  • ACLU
  • barack obama
  • Bill Fletcher
  • Black Commentator
  • cepr
  • coup
  • Dean Baker
  • dennis parker
  • empire\'s workshop
  • fordlandia
  • Greg Grandin
  • harvard
  • Henry Louis Gates
  • honduras
  • Latin America
  • manuel zelaya
  • officer crowley
  • plunder and blunder
  • race
  • rev. irene monroe
  • Ron Kuby
  • teachable moment
  • the gains from right to rent