domestic violence
GRITtv: Lynn Harris & Dr. Elizabeth Miller: Reproductive Coercion
Bristol Palin's infamous pregnancy has gone from being an example of conservative values hypocrisy to a reality TV show. Though we hear about many women who aren't educated on contraception or mysteriously "forget" to take their birth control, we rarely hear the other side: men who hoard birth control to deliberately impregnate their sexual partners. Typically, these men do not want to start a loving, young nuclear family. Instead, they want to assert their control from "leaving behind a legacy" to making sure they have as many "baby mamas" as possible to assert status within gangs. If a woman suggests birth control, she is subject to more traditional forms of domestic rage and violence. Reproductive coercion is not a new or uncommon form of abuse, it is an underreported one. Author and Nation contributor Lynn Harris and UC Davis professor, researcher, and clinician Elizabeth Miller join us to discuss how to identify and combat this form of abuse.
Email this pageGRITtv: July 26 2010
New documents released by the site WikiLeaks provide an increasingly clear--and chilling--picture of the war in Afghanistan. Katrina vanden Heuvel notes that the documents, released simultaneously by The Guardian, the New York Times, and Germany's Der Spiegel, as well as in full by WikiLeaks, are an example of "asymmetrical media," allowing the public to access the raw documents as well as the parts filtered by the traditional press. In addition to the WikiLeaks revelations, Katrina joins us in studio for The Nation on GRITtv to discuss the Netroots Nation conference, JournoList and Andrew Breitbart, Elizabeth Warren, tax cuts, and new ways to cut down on Wall Street's power. With the release of the WikiLeaks "War Logs," more focus has been brought to the war in Afghanistan. But will anything change?
GRITtv: Scandal in Albany Again: David Paterson's Troubles
It wasn't that long ago that New York had a governor embroiled in scandal. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace in 2008 and was replaced by David Paterson, who became New York's first African-American governor--and the second legally blind governor of any state. Paterson is now in the midst of his own scandal: accusations that he pressured a woman to change her story of abuse at the hands of one of his close aides. He's already said he won't run for reelection, but should he become the second governor in two years to step down? Joining guest host Esther Armah to discuss are Dan Gerstein of Gotham Ghostwriters and Forbes and Erica Gonzalez of El Diario/La Prensa.
GRITtv: Mar. 10 2010
Arun Gupta in the latest issue of the Indypendent, on the way neoliberal "reforms" are being pushed Haiti's way. Gupta joins guest host Esther Armah in the studio, along with Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, who just returned from Haiti, to talk about the rebuilding effort underway and how people in the U.S. can help make sure Haiti is rebuilt for the Haitian people. Simon Kashama learned English listening to music like the Rolling Stones and James Brown--he was born in the Congo but spent his childhood in Belgium. Through his music and his theater work--starring in Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer prize winning play 'Ruined'--he aims to raise awareness of the situation in the Congo, and he joined us in studio recently to play two of his songs. Eliot Spitzer resigned as New York governor in disgrace in 2008 and was replaced by David Paterson, who became New York's first African-American governor--and the second legally blind governor of any state. Paterson is now in the midst of his own scandal: accusations that he pressured a woman to change her story of abuse at the hands of one of his close aides. He's already said he won't run for reelection, but should he become the second governor in two years to step down? Joining guest host Esther Armah to discuss are Dan Gerstein of Gotham Ghostwriters and Forbes and Erica Gonzalez of El Diario/La Prensa.
"Democracy Now!": Wed. Mar. 3 2010
As New York Governor David Paterson is criticized for alleged interference on aide’s behalf in a domestic violence case, we look at the problem of domestic violence nationwide with Terry O'Neill, president of National Organization for Women. A new Utah abortion bill could punish women for miscarriages and domestic violence against them. As the Chilean earthquake toll passes 800, aid has yet to reach many devastated areas. From New York to Liberia, investigative journalist Greg Palast tracks vulture funds preying on African debt. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
GRITtv Oct. 22, 2009
Once again, the mainstream media missed the boat on a general strike in Puerto Rico, attempts to fearmonger around the census, and the continued standoff in Honduras. Joining us to discuss these issues and more are Roberto Lovato, Erica Gonzalez and Cathy Areu. Rana Husseini, who has been covering "honor killings" in her native Jordan, speaks about her experience and offers suggestions for what activists can do to help. In Puerto Rico last week, over 100,000 citizens marched in protest of Republican governor Luis Fortuño's job cuts. SEIU sent us video urging action in Congress, keeping the pressure on Fortuño to do right by Puerto Ricans.
GRITtv: Rana Husseini: Honor Killings a Global Problem
One of the Utne Reader's 2009 Visionaries, Rana Husseini is a journalist on a mission: to tell the stories of women who are killed to restore "honor" to the family. Husseini fights to ?at least give them the right to be reported, that they died," and her new book, Murder in the Name of Honor, gives voice to many of these women, who were killed for "becoming too Westernized" or in some cases for being victims of rape. And lest you think that this is only a problem in Middle Eastern countries like Husseini's native Jordan, she notes that women in the U.S. have been killed for "honor" as well, and that the problem needs to be addressed in the context of violence against women, not cultural values.
