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Positive Spin 138: Ron Jones and Tuy Sereivathana
In this edition, Positive Spin interviews Ron Jones, author and producer of the innovative, musical, social experiment "The Wave;" the recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize for the continent of Asia, Tuy Sereivathana, is profiled. "Positive Spin" presents positive, innovative, and solution-oriented news to promote a better world for present and future generations.
Email this pageGRITtv: Van Jones, Race, Politics and the Progressive Movement
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. 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, co-founder of Globalvision and the author of "Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio: America's Ten Worst Hate Talkers and the Progressive Alternatives," 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.
GRITtv: 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.
GRITtv: The NAACP and 100 Years of History
The NAACP turns 100 and the civil rights organization is celebrating this week in New York. Looking back, looking ahead what?s changed and what hasn't? With the financial crisis disproportionately impacting African Americans, the first black president in the White House, and the nomination hearings of Sonia Sotomayor we review the past few days and the last 100 years. Hilary Shelton, Director of the Washington, D.C. bureau of the NAACP, Sonia Ossorio, President of the National Organization for Women in NY, Derrick Johnson, President of the Mississippi NAACP, and James Rucker, Executive Director of Color of Change on the role of the NAACP and other activist organizations inside and outside the beltway.
