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Showing videos filed under: voting rights
Frances Fox Piven & Cornel West: Teaching to Fight Back
April 10, 2011"Poor people thought that they could only enter politics through different sorts of tactics. They had to be noisy, they had to get people's attention, they had to make trouble. I've come to the conclusion that they're right, that lots of people only have real power when they make trouble," says Frances Fox Piven, the most dangerous woman in America according to Glenn Beck.Frances Fox Piven & Cornel West; Twitter, Pay Up
April 8, 2011"Poor people thought that they could only enter politics through different sorts of tactics. They had to be noisy, they had to get people's attention, they had to make trouble. I've come to the conclusion that they're right, that lots of people only have real power when they make trouble," says Frances Fox Piven, the most dangerous woman in America according to Glenn Beck.Human Rights For All--Reporting on the U.S.
September 8, 2010The Obama administration submitted its first report on its own human rights record to the United Nations Human Rights Council, becoming the first U.S. administration to do so--the Bush administration declined to join the council. The report for the first time showed the government admitting to its own failings, particularly in the area of economic and social rights.Katrina vanden Heuvel, Green Jobs, and Human Rights in the U.S.
September 7, 2010"Class war is when you have corporations sitting on $8 billion," says Katrina vanden Heuvel of complaints from the Right, personified by John McCain's opposition to overturning the Bush tax cuts. Until the economy is back to working for everyone, until our infrastructure is no longer crumbling, it's not time to talk about tax breaks for the rich.GRITtv Live at Noon: Why Is It So Difficult to Vote?
September 30, 2008Today on Live From Main Street here on Grit TV, we look at the various battles over the votes in key swing states, including Ohio. What are the tactics that some are using to challenge voter registration? Who is being targeted? And what is being done to ensure that every vote counts?GRITtv Live at Noon: Who's Standing Up to Wall Street?
September 29, 2008Today on GRITtv, who's standing up to Wall Street? Our media roundtable looks at the protests on Wall Street and throughout the country last week. They didn't exactly get much attention in the press. Then Live From Main Street goes virtual. GRITtv will be broadcasting special programming all week from the battleground state of Ohio on the issue of voting rights.The '08 Vote, Kos on the Electoral Landscape, and Kenyon Farrow
July 22, 2008Tonight on GRITtv we look at the ‘08 electoral map. Not just who’s running but who’s voting and what record turnout during the Democratic primary means. But the long shadow of 2000 and 2004 still looms. Will voting be fair and will everyone registered to vote be able to do so without standing on line for six hours or battling with poll workers?The F Word: A Universal Voting Rights Law
July 22, 2008In a country in which voting is not a right but a hurdle race, it's rich to blame the vulnerable for failing to make the bar.The '08 Vote
July 22, 2008Voter registration and turnout are up. If the Democratic Primary is an indication of what’s to come, we can expect big numbers in November. But the long shadow of 2000 and 2004 still looms. Will voting be fair and will everyone registered to vote be able to do so without standing on line for six hours or battling with poll workers?Election Day: A Chronicle of Voting in America
July 1, 2008On Nov 2, 2004 14 film crews set out to document what it means to vote in the United States. Beginning at 4:30 a.m. in Chicago and ending after 1 a.m. in Quincy, Florida, P.O.V.’s “Election Day” by Katy Chevigny brings these stories together in a portrait of the U.S. election system that we haven’t seen before.
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