Author: Laura Flanders

We’re Going To Be Alright – Really: Jeff Chang – Laura Flanders Show

We’re Going To Be Alright – Really: Jeff Chang – Laura Flanders Show

Posted by | Oct 13, 2016 | , , , |

It may seem at times like there’s a thousand movements to be a part of, a thousand and one tragedies in the news. How do we keep ourselves accountable to the communities we truly care about? Is “diversity” enough? And how do we stop ourselves from panicking? Laura’s guest this week, celebrated journalist and author Jeff Chang takes on some of these questions. According to Chang, hope isn’t yet lost and really, we’re going to be alright — if we work together. Connecting the dots between modern American resegregation, the 2016 elections, the Black Lives Matter Movement, and the...

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Fiscal Feminism: Pavlina R. Tcherneva – Laura Flanders Show

Fiscal Feminism: Pavlina R. Tcherneva – Laura Flanders Show

Posted by | Oct 6, 2016 | , , |

This week, Laura Flanders joins economist and professor Pavlina R. Tcherneva, who says the current practice of gender-blind and race-blind fiscal policy lacks visions and helps no one. Congress, according to Tcherneva is focusing on the wrong things. A self ascribed feminist economist, Tcherneva says feminist fiscal policy is real, not simply ideological, and should be a central part of the American economy. We’ll encourage growth, she says, by creating employment — not the opposite. And employment begins with targeting women and racial minorities as the benefactors of...

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A Special Report From #StandingRock: Part I – Laura Flanders Show

A Special Report From #StandingRock: Part I – Laura Flanders Show

Posted by | Sep 29, 2016 | , , |

Part 1 of Laura Flanders’ field reports from the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, or Seven Council Fires Community, at #StandingRock in Cannonball, North Dakota. Representatives from over 200 nations have travelled to #StandingRock to defend their right to clean water, and more, to preserve their sovereignty against a state that has illegally decided to take this land. They are protectors, not protesters. Their historic effort is bringing attention to a long struggle against environmental racism, indiscriminate raids, and genocidal...

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Is A Socialist Future Possible? Sarah Leonard & Bhaskar Sunkara – Laura Flanders Show

Is A Socialist Future Possible? Sarah Leonard & Bhaskar Sunkara – Laura Flanders Show

Posted by | Sep 21, 2016 | , |

Few words have had as little presence in the 2016 election as “socialism,” which was raised briefly in one of the earliest primary debates. Yet socialism could have a future in America, our guests this week argue, if we just think about it differently. Joining us this week are Bhaskar Sunkara and Sarah Leonard, co-editors of of a new essay collection titled “The Future We Want: Radical Ideas for the New Century.” Sunkara and Leonard say that people aren’t scared of socialism taking their money, they’re scared of Wall Street taking their money. In fact, in a socialist future,...

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Standing Their Ground: African American Farmers vs. the USDA – Laura Flanders Show

Standing Their Ground: African American Farmers vs. the USDA – Laura Flanders Show

Posted by | Sep 1, 2016 | , , |

Laura Flanders (GRIT TV): This timeline is one of the first to follow the troubled history of African-American farmers in the United States. It shows what happened leading up to, and after, the high profile Pigford vs. Glickman case where over 300 African American farmer plaintiffs sued the USDA for racial...

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