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GRITtv: Homeless Farmworkers in the Central Valley
It's not just child laborers on the farm who have it rough. Around Fresno, California, groups of farmworkers have been living outdoors all winter, in the orchards where they used to earn a living. This video from New America Media visits farmworkers in the tents where they have made their homes.
Email this pageGRITtv: Gearing up for Battle on Immigration Reform
Last weekend's 200,000-person-strong march on Washington for justice on immigration was spared from too much violence and anger because the press was largely focused on health care reform. But as that bill was signed into law Monday, immigration will again find itself at the top of the list for political action, and the passions that it inspires are certain to flare. Joining us to talk about whether the Obama administration and this Congress will have the will, vision, and political capital to get anything done on immigration--and whether the legislation being considered at the moment will do more harm than good--are Seth Freed Wessler of the Applied Research Center and ColorLines, and Roberto Lovato of New America Media.
GRITtv: Making the Cut: Education Cuts in Oakland
Continuing our coverage of the March 4 student protests, we see students and supporters in Oakland rallying for financial aid and education support and against war and prisons. Thanks to New America Media for the video.
GRITtv: Students Rally for Their (and California?s) Future
Students across California--and the country--held protests on March 4 against budget cuts that are cutting courses and hiking tuition at state universities. In these videos from New America Media, students and protesters speak out about the state's overspending on war and prisons and underspending on education.
GRITtv: Census 2010: Don't Forget Southeast Asians
The 2010 census is starting up, and as New America Media shares, for Southeast Asian community, organizers are making sure that they get the proper representation, and not undercounted.
GRITtv: Yo! TV: Girls in Tech Conference
New media and new technology are going to save the world, or at least the media, right? Well, our friends at Yo! TV headed down to the Girls in Tech Conference to talk to some of the women who are shaping tech now.
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: Beating Payday Loans at Their Own Game
Payday lenders are often predatory, and their victims are disproportionately people of color--and almost all poor. In this video from New America Media featuring San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, we take a look at an alternative program in San Francisco that offers low-cost short-term loans to keep people out of the clutches of the payday lenders.
GRITtv: My Community is my Downfall
According to New America Media, "Federal experts estimate that at least 1.6 million juveniles leave or are put out of their homes each year. Other research has found a 40 percent spike in the number of homeless youth over the past year." One young woman tells her story of being homeless in San Francisco, shuttling back and forth from her mother's and sister's houses. She feels drawn to her community but also realizes that she needs to get out, that she gets into trouble over and over again.
GRITtv: San Francisco Strike for Health Care
San Francisco is a popular tourist destination but an expensive city in which to live. Hotel workers at the Grand Hyatt, many of them Chinese immigrants, were recently told that their new contract would require them to pay for their own health insurance despite their full-time jobs doing physical labor. A couple of hundred dollars a month make a huge difference for the hotel workers, so they went on strike to protest the unfair labor practices. Thanks to New America Media for the video.
