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GRITtv: Melissa Harris-Lacewell: Citizenship is a Long-Term Game
In the wake of what some called the worst week for democracy since Bush v. Gore, with the Democrats seeming to give up after losing one Senate seat and the Supreme Court allowing unlimited corporate influence on elections, we turn to Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton professor, Nation contributor, and author of "Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought," for some clarification -- and consolation. Harris-Lacewell offers some thoughts on why it's lazy and dangerous to refer to political opponents as crazy, on the way the health care reform process has provided a valuable civics lesson, and how political campaigns are beholden to money.
Email this pageGRITtv: Jan. 25, 2010
Is allowing more Haitian adoptions good policy? We ask David M. Smolin, professor of law at Samford University, Dawn Davenport and Phil Bertelsen, himself an transracial adoptee and award-winning filmmaker, and the director of Outside Looking In, a documentary about transracial adopton. Jay Smooth of Ill Doctrine teamed up with the Center for Reproductive Rights to bring you a video on the Hyde Amendment, its restrictions for women's rights, and how Stupak and Nelson would restruct those rights even further. Brave New Films repeats its call for a clear exit strategy in this latest clip from the Rethink Afghanistan series. Melissa Harris-Lacewell offers clarification -- and consolation -- on the latest Supreme Ct. decision. Green for All is holding a month-long multimedia competition to showcase the best video, song and visual art of the movement for an inclusive green economy. Submit your entry to The Dream Reborn story contest -- and send it our way!
