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Laura Flanders
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Laura Flanders
Contributing writer Laura Flanders is the host and founder of GRITtv with Laura Flanders, a daily talk show for people who want to do more than talk. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species (Verso, 2004) and Blue GRIT: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians (Penguin Press, 2007). A regular contributor on MSNBC, Flanders has appeared on shows from Real Time with Bill Maher to The O’Reilly Factor. Flanders is the editor of At the Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-whiteness of the New Republican Right… and Why we Should Take it Seriously (October 2010, OR books). For more information, go to LauraFlanders.com or GRITtv.org.
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How low-wage food service workers are serving up justice.
After the 2012 elections, women in Washington have a long to-do list—and it doesn’t stop at reproductive rights.
With a new play, Emotional Creature, and big plans for V-Day 2013, the activist playwright reaches for new heights.
Una nueva organización une a prestadores y destinatarios de cuidados domiciliarios para personas mayores o discapacitadas, bajo una perspectiva revolucionaria.
A new campaign unites caregivers and care-receivers with a revolutionary vision.
With draconian laws like Georgia’s HB 87 hitting women especially hard, women’s groups are taking up the fight for immigrants’ rights.
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The independent candidate discusses Obama, healthcare, and why the heck he's running.
Grassroots Democrats, parched for their party's attention, should play hardball with candidates on Iraq.
This could be the year that Democrats finally let the people play a role in politics.
In Montana, grassroots campaigns elected politicians and influenced policy. The same can happen across the country.
