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Heather Rogers and Gwynne Dyer: Our Environmental Clock Is Ticking
July 10, 2010Our biological clock is ticking, and it’s ticking fast. Global temperature averages have risen by ten degrees, eliminating many species and drying up necessary water resources. When natural ecology changes, human ecology changes; while we might not have an apocalyptic Day After Tomorrow scenario, it may be a slow and more painful series of wars, refugees, and failed states brought on by slowing food production.Climate Change, Foreclosure in Detroit, and Oscar Grant
July 9, 2010Our biological clock is ticking, and it’s ticking fast. Global temperature averages have risen by ten degrees, eliminating many species and drying up necessary water resources. When natural ecology changes, human ecology changes; while we might not have an apocalyptic Day After Tomorrow scenario, it may be a slow and more painful series of wars, refugees, and failed states brought on by slowing food production.Laura on the Ed Show with Chris Hayes
July 2, 2010Laura was on the Ed Show this week with guest host (and frequent GRITtv guest) Nation Washington editor Chris Hayes.Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: South of the Border
June 26, 2010Latin America has seen rapid changes over recent years, most significantly with the rise of left-leaning leaders who are willing to fight massive corporations and even stand up to the massive presence of the US in their countries. Director Oliver Stone decided to go to Venezuela to meet Chavez for himself, but when he got there, Chavez pointed out that the story was much bigger than just him.Oliver Stone & Tariq Ali, the US Social Forum, and Samhita Mukhopadhyay
June 25, 2010Latin America has seen rapid changes over recent years, most significantly with the rise of left-leaning leaders who are willing to fight massive corporations and even stand up to the massive presence of the US in their countries. Director Oliver Stone decided to go to Venezuela to meet Chavez for himself, but when he got there, Chavez pointed out that the story was much bigger than just him.Laura on the Ed Show on MSNBC
June 21, 2010Laura appeared on the Ed Show June 15th to discuss Sharron Angle, Rand Paul and more.Ellen Bravo and Sylvia Herrera: Feminists Against Apartheid
May 21, 2010America is the land of the free and the home of the brave that welcomes people of all creeds and colors and promotes family values, right? Nope. Think again. Ellen Bravo of the Multi State Working Families Consortium joins us in studio and Sylvia Herrera, organizer with Puente Arizona joins us via Skype from Arizona to discuss how just the atmosphere of SB1070 not only endorses racism and apartheid, but is tearing families of suspected illegal immigrants apart.Bhairavi Desai: Trickle Down Racism
May 20, 2010Obama has passed ground breaking stimulus bills and health care reform in the past year and a half, but what is the perception of these compared to the reality? Executive Director of the Taxi Workers Alliance Bhairavi Desai joins us in studio to tell us how the economic atmosphere is for one of the most insecure fields in the private sector, the taxi business.The F Word: Pedophilia is Fine, but Hold the Abortion
May 20, 2010In another story from Arizona, but one that's attracting less attention than that state's check your documents anti-immigration law, a nun in Phoenix has been ex-communicated after approving a live-saving abortion. Sister Margaret McBride was excommunicated for approving an abortion without which, doctors say, both the woman and her 11-week-old fetus would have died. According to Thomas Olmsted, the Bishop of Phoenix, approving an abortion is an excommunicating offense -period