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GRITtv: Is it Fair to Compare Haiti to New Orleans?
The comparisons between the earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans have come fast and furious, but often from people who've watched both disasters through the clean-cut white lens of Anderson Cooper broadcasts. Meanwhile, people in Haiti -- and those in the Gulf Coast still struggling four years later -- need more than blame and comparisons. They need real solutions. To offer some, we ask Monika Kalra Varma, director of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton professor, Nation contributor, and author of "Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought," and James Perry, executive director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center and candidate for mayor of New Orleans.
Email this pageGRITtv: September 8, 2009: Where Is the Progressive Response to Van Jones' Resignation?
The muted response to Van Jones’ resignation says volumes about where progressives stand in the Obama administration and whether so-called outsiders have a role to play in shaping the administration’s policies. So what’s really at stake? And what does the Van Jones story reveal about American politics? Ludovic Blain, project manager of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, Rory O’Connor, author of "Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio," Tim Wise, author of "Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama," and Jane Hamsher, founder of Firedoglake, discuss the recent developments and what their impact might be.
