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"Democracy Now!": Thurs. July 22 2010
Jesse Jackson calls Shirley Sherrod a "true freedom fighter" who fought back against "attempted character assassination"; Nevada leads the nation in uUnemployment, foreclosures, and bankruptcies; Reid leads in Nevada's senate race after a series of controversial statements by GOP challenger Sharron Angle; "Neither the destruction of the Ninth Ward nor the South Bronx was inevitable," declares Majora Carter on the struggle for environmental justice. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
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An intimate portrayal of the challenges faced by Gertrude Ross, whose home was bulldozed after she had begin repairs after Huricane Katrina. Ines Morales, one of the original producers, returned to New Orleans in September 2006 to interview Ms. Gertrude Ross after the home was torn down. Media That Matters brings you inspiring films by youth and independent filmmakers committed to changing the world in 8 minutes or less.
GRITtv: The F Word: Man-Made Disaster in New Orleans
This week a federal district judge finally ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers was indeed responsible for part of the devastation in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward and parts of St. Bernard Parish. The failure of the Corps to recognize the hazards wetland destruction had created was "clearly negligent on the part of the Corps," said U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. No judgment, of course, will bring back the Ninth Ward, which years after Katrina and Rita is still largely a ghost town. But this acknowledgment that the destruction didn't have to happen is important. You want national security? Stimulus? Jobs? That's it, and this is the time.
