Stories by Laura Flanders
Laura Flanders is the host of GRITtv, Mon-Thursday on Free Speech TV (Dish Network chn. 9315) and streaming at GRITtv.org.
Posted on Feb 5, 2012, Source: The Nation
To make the deal that saved the auto industry, Treasury demanded concessions from workers and a ban on strikes. Now Obama's bragging that he saved workers.
Posted on Jul 31, 2011, Source: GRITtv
The war on drugs is the engine of 21st century discrimination - an engine that has brought Jim Crow into the age of Barack Obama.
Posted on Jun 29, 2011, Source: The Guardian
Access to justice – like access to elected office, let alone a pundit's perch – is becoming a perk just for the rich and powerful.
Posted on May 5, 2011, Source: GRITtv
At a time when dancing in the streets is accepted as a proper response to the killing of Osama bin Laden, it's ironic to see that support for human rights is still controversial.
Posted on Apr 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Some people have argued that Americans love British royals because we don't have their own real thing. Except we do: corporations are our ruling class.
Posted on Mar 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet
So after all that cash is gone, what are we left with? Not a whole heck of a lot for the rest of us.
Posted on Nov 2, 2010, Source: GRITtv
Journalist Jeremy Scahill talks with Laura Flanders about the U.S.'s failed efforts in Afghanistan.
Posted on Oct 2, 2010, Source: Free Speech TV
Thousands gathered in Washington for a rally this Saturday organized by progressives, to show support for a progressive economic agenda.
Posted on Sep 14, 2010, Source: GRITtv
In this interview, Klein explains how we can channel growing rage in this country and in the world into a true progressive movement.
Posted on Jun 4, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Across the U.S., poor communities are grossly under-served when it comes to education, nutrition, housing and health care.
Posted on Sep 30, 2009, Source: GRITtv
Underrepresented booming countries may get a bigger voice in global finance. Nice. But under-represented people? They got arrested.
Posted on Jul 30, 2009, Source: AlterNet
While the media covers Obama, Crowley and Gates making up, sipping beer, the real issue is: Police who abuse power need to be reined in at once.
Posted on Apr 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet
"Go to where the middle is." It's the conventional wisdom -- and it's bunk.
Posted on Nov 4, 2008, Source: GRITtv
At noon to 2 pm EST (9 am to 11 am PST), join Laura Flanders and her many guests, including AlterNet's Steven Rosenfeld and Liliana Segura.
Posted on Sep 5, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Will the media test her on substance or let her play "Ms. Congeniality?" It is up to the public to see through the fact-free diet we're being fed.
Posted on Jun 13, 2008, Source: Huffington Post
"Live from Main Street" brings audiences the local perspective on critical national issues.
Posted on Feb 8, 2008, Source: TomDispatch.com
Already, the word "change" has gone from a bumper slogan to a fact-based phenomenon.
Posted on Feb 5, 2008, Source: The Nation
Some feminists say they are voting for Clinton because she's good on gender. But the record shows that Clinton leaves many women out in the cold.
Posted on Jan 30, 2008, Source: TheNation.com
If Barack Obama's South Carolina victory was a really "black" thing, how can you explain his popularity in Butte, Montana?
Posted on Dec 15, 2007, Source: AlterNet
Khaled Hosseini's moving novel and film hits on all the right themes for a tale about the West and Afghanistan.
Posted on Apr 9, 2007, Source: AlterNet
Democrats will keep getting attacked on sexuality, marriage and abortion for as long as they dodge the discussion.
Posted on Jul 26, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Reporting live from the Hip Hop Political Convention in Chicago -- Robert 'Biko' Baker and Khari Mosely on youth successes; women in Hip Hop; neo-soul musician Anasa Troutman.
Posted on Jul 21, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: House renewal of Voting Rights Act; victory on Guantanamo torture; why force in the Middle East won't work; singer-songwriter Chip Taylor.
Posted on Jul 12, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Voices of peace; human rights in Gaza; Mexico's elections; "Troops Home Fast," and NY Senatorial candidate Jonathan Tasini.
Posted on Jun 7, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation: Progressive Democrat Marcy Winograd in California; Reagan's lawyer on Bush; celebrating 50 years of "Howl."
Posted on May 31, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: A special Memorial Day report from a blue town in red Texas; rancher Liz Lambert; Fran Sage and Don Dowdey; plus, Adam Bork performs.
Posted on May 24, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Confronting John McCain; The Pentagon as the 'House of War;' media rountable with Bruce Shapiro and Firedoglake's Christy Hardin Smith; plus Canadian folk star Penny Lang.
Posted on May 17, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Cindy Sheehan and Margot Kidder; W and Bonds breaking laws; Charlie Savage and Dave Zirin; plus, 'The Motherhood Manifesto.'
Posted on May 10, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Ray McGovern; immigration debates; weekly media roundtable and a tribute to Jane Jacobs.
Posted on May 3, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Latin America's new left leadership; Bush's economic invasions; plus jazz as protest music.
Posted on Apr 26, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: The fastest-growing cities in the world, plus environmentalists on 9/11's killer smoke.
Posted on Apr 19, 2006, Source: Air America
Michael Scherer of Salon.com on the Torturer-in-Chief; Michael T. Klare on Iran; Iranian composer and vocalist Sussan Deyhim with cultural commentary.
Posted on Apr 11, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Tom Hayden on republishing 'The Port Huron Statement,' and Native American women's healthcare advocate Charon Asetoyer runs for State Senate in South Dakota.
Posted on Apr 6, 2006, Source: Air America
This week in RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Guest host Ned Sublette in New Orleans, reporting on civil rights; plus Bob Fitch and David Moberg on labor, and 'American Theocracy' author Kevin Phillps.
Posted on Mar 29, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Pine Ridge Reservation's Cecelia Fire Thunder takes on the South Dakota abortion ban; Esther Kaplan, Silya J.A. Talvi and Lisa Jervis on right-wing media's war on women; Kathryn Schultz on poverty and pollution.
Posted on Mar 23, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Alternatives to war, featuring Kaveh Ehsani, Alexander Cockburn, Christian Parenti, Kristina Borjesson and Run DMC's Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels.
Posted on Mar 14, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: The "America is Purple" tour continues in Montana! Pioneer Dorothy Eck, candidate Jon Tester, and Gov. Schweizer all talk to Laura; plus Margot Kidder, Montana Human Rights Network, Montana Women Vote and much more.
Posted on Mar 7, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Iraqi women on the war, Bush's bungled nuclear ambitions, the Supreme Court's election case, and the Smithsonian's new hip-hop collection.
Posted on Mar 1, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: A new strategy for the culture wars -- in South Dakota, Planned Parenthood's Kate Looby and others. From Chicago: progressive Congressional candidate Christine Cegelis and Jim Dean.
Posted on Feb 22, 2006, Source: Air America
This week on RadioNation with Laura Flanders: Live from Nevada! State progressives making serious headway with unions, coalition-building and increasing tax revenues.
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