rosemary williams
GRITtv: Homeowners Fight Foreclosure in Minneapolis
There's no question that the impact of the crisis on homeowners and working Americans has been devastating. Last week police in Minneapolis arrested seven people outside of the foreclosed home of Rosemary Williams who was forced to give up her home after a monthlong sit-in. We recently spoke to Williams and Ann Patterson, also fighting for her home.
GRITtv: September 16, 2009
One year on from the sinking of Lehman, and the conventional wisdom seems to be that we’ve moved away from the precipice. But not everyone is so sure. If anything has been preserved, if not enlarged, it is the deep inequalities of American capitalism. Not only that, but are the necessary regulations in place to prevent a second storm? Discussion with David Cay Johnston, author of "Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense."
