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.
An insidious ad campaign tries to dress Bush and his policies in female-friendly clothing. It's not pretty.
Posted on Jun 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Culture warrior Lynne Cheney, who says she is more conservative than her husband Dick, delights the right -- but her past indicates that she has a knack for fitting herself and her opinions to suit the opportunities of her time.
Posted on May 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
As an African-American woman who grew up in the midst of a brutal race war and yet rejects the idea of discrimination, Condoleezza Rice is a GOP dream come true.
Posted on Apr 8, 2004, Source: AlterNet
When a kinder, gentler spin is necessary for any of George Bush's policy decisions, his administration turns to a crack team: the Bushwomen.
Posted on Mar 11, 2004, Source: The Nation
Silicon breast implants are still a health hazard, despite assertions in The New York Times.
Posted on Oct 23, 2003, Source: TomPaine.com
The bestselling Chilean author speaks out on life in Chile, political repression and the perils of complacency.
Posted on Jun 10, 2003, Source: WorkingForChange.com
Racism is alive and well. Will the Supreme Court acknowledge it?
Posted on Apr 7, 2003, Source: WorkingForChange.com
A pre-war interview with John Brady Kiesling and John Brown shows their concerns to have been alarmingly prescient.
Posted on Apr 4, 2003, Source: Working Assets Radio
The media tends to focus intensely on judicial appointments, while ignoring other presidential nominees who can do just as much harm.
Posted on Feb 5, 2003, Source: WorkingForChange.com
Thanks to the Patriot Act, federal agents are pressuring libraries across the nation to turn over reading records.
Posted on Jul 25, 2002, Source: The Nation
The activist founder of the Body Shop has been censored by the Web's most popular search engine. So much for the equal-access glories of the Internet.
Posted on May 30, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com
It's shaping up to be a very bad year for the independent press across the country. Have you hugged an indie publisher today?
Posted on May 23, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com
The communications guru's resignation is not a cautionary tale for working moms but a lesson in how the mainstream media eats up White House spin.
Posted on May 2, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com
On Saturday, April 20, Americans of all stripes will mass in Washington and around the country to oppose Bush's war in Afghanistan and Sharon's war in Israel.
Posted on Apr 17, 2002, Source: AlterNet
In New York, Jewish hearts are breaking over Israel's war. Some say their parents' dream of Israel is dead.
Posted on Apr 12, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com
There's another shoe about to drop in the Catholic priest molestation scandals, as politicians and taxpayers awaken to their own piece in this ugly picture.
Posted on Mar 28, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com
A Palestinian woman appears to have carried out a suicide attack, killing herself and an 81-year-old man and wounding 150 others in a crowded Jerusalem shopping street on Sunday.
Posted on Jan 29, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com
Media is more concerned with Will Smith's abs than politics of Muhammad Ali. No surprise there, but how well does the current moment emulate the Ali years?
Posted on Jan 8, 2002, Source: WorkingForChange.com
Of the 1,200 detained in the post-Sept. 11 anti-terror sweep, 548 remain in custody. Only about a dozen of them, it turns out, have any ties to anything that could remotely be characterized as terrorism.
Posted on Dec 3, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com
U.S. bombs have obliterated the Kabul office of Al-Jazeera, the Arab TV station that has been criticized for showing civilian casualties and bin Laden videotapes.
Posted on Nov 14, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com
Conservatives like Rush Limbaugh are pressuring the corporate news media to ignore civilian casualties and dissenting views about the war on terrorism.
Posted on Nov 12, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com
UK history is rich in tools to "intercept and obstruct" terrorism. Their effect? Almost without exception, emergency legislation "to defend democracy" only served to undermine people's rights.
Posted on Nov 7, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com
Bipartisanship is appropriate in wartime, but Democratic acquiescence didn't come in with the flights that hit the Trade Towers. It was there before Sept. 11.
Posted on Oct 29, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com
At a meeting of the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, those who know the Taliban best talk about how the U.S. should respond to the September 11 attacks.
Posted on Oct 3, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com
Two hours after the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked, it's not clear how coverage will develop. But if history is any indication, the media will rush to judgement against Islamic terrorists.
Posted on Sep 11, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com
The press characterized Jesse Helms as a cantankerous throwback, but it just isn't true. Buying votes, breaking campaign finance laws, squeezing into office with a dubious majority -- there's nothing out of date about that.
Posted on Sep 4, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com
The crisis at Pacifica Radio has come to a head, now that Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, has been forced off the air by intimidation and threats from managers at WBAI.
Posted on Aug 15, 2001, Source: WorkingForChange.com
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