Laura Flanders

Contributing Writer

@GRITlaura

Laura Flanders is the author of several books, the host of the nationally syndicated public television show (and podcast) The Laura Flanders Show and the recipient of a 2019 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship.

Who’s Protecting The People From Banks? Who’s Protecting The People From Banks?

 If going head to head with bankers alone is too scary for Warren Buffett, why are the rest of us being thrown to the financial wolves?

Mar 3, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Better Uses for Bankers’ Billions Better Uses for Bankers’ Billions

 What could we do with $20 billion? We've got some suggestions.

Feb 24, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Looking Closer at Joseph Stack Looking Closer at Joseph Stack

Joseph Stack -- remember him? He's the guy who crashed his plane into an Internal Revenue Service building in Austin last week.

Feb 23, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Human Interest In Bank Practices Human Interest In Bank Practices

How much senior executives earn, in cash and stock, is public information. How they make it is public too. Trouble is, the two are barely brought together in reporting.

Feb 17, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Pledge to Save Journalism Pledge to Save Journalism

All that guff you're hearing about the importance of public service reporting that's insulated from the influence of corporate advertisers? It's not guff -- as ABC TV affiliates in...

Feb 10, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan

"The deaths of three American soldiers in a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday lifted the veil on United States military assistance to Pakistan." So began a Feb 4th pie...

Feb 9, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal

It's Super Bowl season, another year, another scandal. This year's outburst over CBS's $3 million Focus on the Family ad has revived the mythology around another Super Bowl ad, t...

Feb 5, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value

On Tuesday, several of the nation's top military officials, including Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, spoke out in fa...

Feb 4, 2010 / Laura Flanders

The Defense Industry Is Pleased with Obama The Defense Industry Is Pleased with Obama

Who says the president is failing to show leadership? In one area at least, there's no sign of flag or falter. If anything, the administration's only becoming more forthright. Sad ...

Feb 3, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Hijinks or Undercover Ops? Hijinks or Undercover Ops?

If four politically-motivated young men with left-wing (or Muslim), rather than right-wing ties, broke into the office of a senior Senate Homeland Security Committee member and gai...

Feb 2, 2010 / Laura Flanders

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