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GRITtv: July 13 2010
"We have a problem with talking about race in this country," says Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion. "There are those on the right who would shut down any discussion of racial issues, instead claiming that mentioning race at all makes the mentioner the racist. Whether the subject is a jobs bill or a Tea Party rally sign, a mention of race is all it takes to cut off all possibility of productive conversation." Maya Wiley joins Laura in studio to discuss the NAACP's call for the Tea Party to renounce racism from within its ranks, the desperate need for a jobs bill, and more. Last week, a jury in Oakland ruled that the shooting death of Oscar Grant was involuntary manslaughter: Johannes Mehserle, the Bay Area Rapid Transit officer who shot Grant, they decided, was reaching for his taser, not his gun and did not mean to kill the young African-American man. But the statistics on police shootings of young men of color tell a different story: this happens too often to be an accident. Rosa Clemente, former Green Party vice-presidential candidate and hip-hop activist, and James Rucker, co-founder of Color of Change, join Laura to talk about the aftermath of the verdict, what justice for Oscar Grant would look like, and why it's a bigger problem than one officer's jail sentence--or lack thereof. Thanks to our friends at ColorLines for the video used in this segment. Finally, a Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal has been promised for a while, but the Pentagon's $4.5 million survey of service members' attitudes doesn't seem to signal any steps closer. Laura has some thoughts.
Email this pageGRITtv: Maya Wiley: Afraid to Talk About Race
We have a problem around talking about race in this country, says Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion. There are those on the right who would shut down any discussion of racial issues, instead claiming that mentioning race at all makes the mentioner the racist. Whether the subject is a jobs bill or a Tea Party rally sign, a mention of race is all it takes to cut off all possibility of productive conversation.Maya Wiley joins Laura in studio to discuss the NAACP's call for the Tea Party to renounce racism from within its ranks, the desperate need for a jobs bill, and more.
GRITtv: May 27 2010
The BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has now, according to new estimates, become the nation's biggest oil spill in history. Yet instead of deploying help to the Gulf, President Obama is sending troops to the U.S./Mexico border. As Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion notes, it's an election year, and that means it's pandering time. Maya joins us in studio to discuss the ongoing issues of race politics in the country, from Arizona to D.C., and explain that we really need an honest conversation about these issues now, not electioneering. The ongoing disaster in the Gulf, millions of barrels of oil now reaching shores and killing wildlife, might seem to have little in common with the struggle for comprehensive immigration reform. But one of the threads that connects the two is misleading media coverage.
GRITtv: Maya Wiley: Election Year Race Politics
The BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has now, according to new estimates, become the nation's biggest oil spill in history. Yet instead of deploying help to the Gulf, President Obama is sending troops to the U.S./Mexico border. As Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion notes, it's an election year, and that means it's pandering time. Maya joins us in studio to discuss the ongoing issues of race politics in the country, from Arizona to D.C., and explain that we really need an honest conversation about these issues now, not electioneering. Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: Not Too Late to Stimulate Economy Equitably
The House of Representatives passed the the Jobs for Main Street Act on Dec. 16, right before winter break. With the Senate poised to take it up and the country still hurting from the recession despite Wall Street's record profits, we ask a panel of experts what Congress and the administration need to do to ensure that stimulus funds get spent on the people who need them most. Nathan Newman of the Progressive States Network, Jacob Faber of the Center for Social Inclusion, Harry Moroz, researcher with the Drum Major Institute and contributor to the Huffington Post, and Aaron Glantz, Stimulus Editor for New America Media and author of The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans join us to debate whether the stimulus created jobs or just saved them, whether it saved enough of them, and where the money most needs to be spent to really end the economic crisis--for all Americans. Thanks to the Huffington Post Investigative Fund for video in this segment.
GRITtv: Jan. 5, 2010
We ask a panel of experts what Congress and the administration need to do to ensure that stimulus funds get spent on the people who need them most. Thanks to the Huffington Post Investigative Fund for video in this segment. Nancy Giles of CBS's Sunday Morning, looking forward into the new year, says that she's optimistic about race in America for one reason -- and that reason might surprise you. Is Yemen the latest outpost for the war on terror? Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani, a political analyst, spoke to us from Sana'a, Yemen, and then Michael Bronner, investigative journalist and Vanity Fair contributor, and Christoph Wilcke, Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher, join us in studio to discuss the situation further.
GRITtv: 2009: End of an Error? Looking Back at the Year That Was
It's the end of 2009. We're still in two wars, Guantanamo is not yet closed, and the jobless numbers are still sky-high. What happened to all the optimism we started the year with? There have been bright spots and not-so-bright spots, nasty political fights and moments of progress. Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion, Danny Schechter of News Dissector, and Max Blumenthal discuss the highs and lows of 2009, from the inauguration to the bank bailouts, health care reform to Sarah Palin.
GRITtv: The 00's, The Uh-Ohs, The Ought-Nots -- The Worst Decade?
Maybe it's not technically the end of a decade. But with the switch from Bush to Obama, it seems as good a time as any to look back at the 2000's--whatever you call them. Whether Time is right that it was the worst decade ever, or that's a bit of an exaggeration, progressives can't argue that a lot happened in the past ten years, and a lot of it was depressing. Katrina vanden Heuvel ofThe Nation, Mark Green of Air America, Faye Wattleton of the Center for the Advancement of Women, and Nancy Giles of CBS News Sunday Morning look back from Bush v. Gore to the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina to the Stupak amendment.
GRITtv: Dec. 23, 2009
It's the end of 2009. We're still in two wars, Guantanamo is not yet closed, and the jobless numbers are still sky-high. What happened to all the optimism we started the year with? We discuss the year that was and the decade that was with a roundtable of our favorite guests, including Katrina vanden Heuvel ofThe Nation, Mark Green of Air America, Danny Schechter of News Dissector, Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gomorrah, Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion, Faye Wattleton of the Center for the Advancement of Women, and Nancy Giles of CBS News Sunday Morning. We also have an interview with Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films on progressive organizing through media--what works, what doesn't, and where to go from here.
