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Showing videos filed under: tucson
John Nichols, Fighting for Public Workers, and Martin Luther King
January 13, 2011"Candidates and politicians who are at their best do not touch our brain, they touch our hearts. It's in our heart that our attitudes are shifted," notes John Nichols of The Nation, and that's what Barack Obama did last night, with his speech on the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Tucson, Arizona last week. He also provided, Nichols notes, a striking contrast to Sarah Palin's response to the shooting, which made it all about her.The F Word: Widening Concern for Public Workers
January 13, 2011It's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day on Monday, the holiday that celebrates the Nobel Peace Prize winner's birth and life. The Rev. King wasn't assassinated, as Rep. Gabrielle Giffords almost was, at a Congress on Your Corner. Or on a civil rights march. He was assassinated in Memphis, where he was showing up to support the right of public employees to organize, and strike.Peter Hart, Miriam Moskowitz, Haiti and the Broken Economy
January 12, 2011"They are goading people into feeling like their country has been stolen from them," says FAIR's Peter Hart of Glenn Beck and other right-wing media personalities with what he terms a "conspiratorial worldview." It's not just using violent metaphors, in other words, it's creating a paranoid mindset that something dangerous is happening to the U.S. that can appeal to those already inclined toward paranoid thinking, like Jared Loughner.The F Word: The Violence of the Broken Economy
January 12, 2011A lot of people have talked this week about violent political rhetoric bringing the U.S. to a fever pitch, but there's something else keeping people on edge: that's economic catastrophe and despair.Salvador Reza: Creating a Climate of Hate
January 11, 2011Immigrants rights activist Salvador Reza wasn't as shocked as the rest of us when he heard that Gabrielle Giffords and several other people had been shot in Tucson, Arizona. He's used to what he calls the "climate of hate" in Arizona lately, especially around immigration and children of immigrants. From Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Minutemen to State Senator Russell Pearce and bills that demonize immigrants while loosening gun regulations, Reza notes, Arizona has been building its reputation as a state on the brink.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.The F Word: Children Becoming Collateral Damage
January 10, 2011Christina-Taylor Green was nine years old. She was born on September 11, 2001. She died on January 8, 2011 in Tucson, along with a federal judge and four others in a shooting targetting her Congresswoman. Green had recently been elected to student council. She was going to meet Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords remains hospitalized, a bullet having passed through her brain. Christina was the only girl on her Little League team.
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