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Ben Jealous: One Struggle for Human Rights
April 7, 2011
"We intend in this moment when diversity is increasing and prosperity is decreasing, to ensure that our country makes the right choice. There are indeed two choices. One choice is that you attack diversity and you distract people from the economy. Some folks have made that choice. The other is that you embrace diversity and you attack poverty," says Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP.
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.
The F Word: Banksters Fighting Back with Higher Fees
March 2, 2011
The banks are back! They're paying out bonuses and raking in profits, we hear. But just how did they bounce back so fast?
The F Word: Human Interest In Bank Practices
February 16, 2010
How much senior executives earn, in cash and stock, is public information. How they make it is public too. Trouble is, the two are barely brought together in reporting. One story's a business story, the other's, well, for the "human interest" file. As all humans have a reason to be interested, let's pull the pieces of one tale together. Let's take Wells Fargo, the bank whose CEO just topped the charts -- as the top earner in the country for 2009.
Infrastructure, Kathleen Hanna, and Jay Smooth
February 16, 2010
After our terrifying experience with a manhole explosion and fire at the office last Thursday, the pressing need for infrastructure investment was brought home to us here at GRITtv in a very real way. Years of budget cuts and tax cuts have led to public safety hazards around the country, and the stimulus bill isn't enough to fix all the electrical, structural, and other problems.
The People Fight Back Against Wells Fargo, A Foreclosure in Long Island, and The Cockburn's American Casino
August 26, 2009
The city of Baltimore sued Wells Fargo in June for racial profiling while workers in Chicago took to the streets to protest its refusal to extend credit for Quad City Die Casting Company. Our guests tell explain what Wells Fargo got away with and how people are fighting back. Then, Long Island resident Olive Thompson's house was one of the hundreds of thousands that faced foreclosure due to the crisis. We went to her home in April to speak with her.
"No Regard to Race" at Wells Fargo?
June 19, 2009
The National Fair Housing Alliance filed a complaint April 10, 2012 against San Francisco-based Wells Fargo, accusing the nation's largest mortgage lender of failing to maintain and market foreclosed properties in black and Hispanic neighborhoods. Wells Fargo disputes the claim, saying that it conducts all lending practices in a fair and consistent manner without regard to race. Remember this report -- and the whistle-blower who blew racism at Wells Fargo wide open? This discussion appeared on GRITtv for the first time on June 19, 2009. No regard to race at Wells Fargo? You tell me.
The Fight Against Wells Fargo, Two Spirits, and Steve Early is Embedded with Labor
June 18, 2009
The city of Baltimore is suing Wells Fargo for racial profiling while workers in Chicago took to the streets to protest its recent refusal to extend credit for Quad City Die Casting Company. To discuss these recent events, we're joined by Sarah Ludwig, Kai Wright, Leah Fried and Beth Jacobson. Also on the show, New Yorkers step out to support Iran, the life and death of a transgendered Navajo teenager, and Steve Early on the labor movement.
The F Word: State of the Tavis Smiley-Wells Fargo Union
June 18, 2009
In her affidavit in the city of Baltimore's lawsuit against Wells Fargo, former subprime mortgage broker turned whistle-blower Beth Jacobson describes how subprimes were sold to African Americans: "African American brokers were sent into Black churches", she says.
The F Word: Wells Fargo: Too Big to Jail?
June 9, 2009
Wells Fargo stands accused of disproportionately denying minority consumers favorable loans while targeting them for subprime ones. If the president really wants the economy to bounce back, confidence needs to be restored. We've become all too familiar with 'too big too fail'. Are some people also too big to jail?

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