bush v. gore
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!
GRITtv: The F Word: Willing to Reconsider
Eight and a half years after their epic battle over the 2000 election, lawyers David Boies and Ted Olson are on the same team challenging the constitutionality of California's marriage equality ban. My point is this: I can't and don't want to change how I feel about Elizabeth, or marriage, or the stolen election of 2000, but I am willing to reconsider Ted Olson. It's taken me a while to get here but here it is. The point: I'm willing to reconsider. Are you? If I can reconsider Olson, and Olson can team up with Boies, can you out there, opponents of my equality, listen to Kristen Perry and change your mind about me? Do I hear you say "I do?" Oh go on. -- Laura Flanders
GRITtv: Jan. 12, 2010
Tea partiers and the left? To discuss their differences and talk about finding common ground are Tea Party organizer Michael Johns and Ed Ott, former executive director of the New York City Central Labor Council; Audacia Ray spent time in Sangli, India, and made a short documentary about the sex workers in Sangli and their fight to organize for their own human rights; a video from Not Under the Bus reminds us not to give up on healthcare and to take action to ensure women don't get thrown under the bus for the sake of reform; Jan. 13 is National Day to Take Action for healthcare; and Laura has some thoughts on reconsidering conclusions about Proposition 8, gay marriage and Ted Olson.
