GRITtv with Laura Flanders
GRITtv: Summertime Blues: How Are We Being Affected By Service Cuts?
Jul 7, 2009 Episode Archive
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Laura Flanders talks to creative thinkers and change-makers from the worlds of politics, arts and the new economy. The smartest conversations, with the smartest thinkers and doers of our time, distributed in multiple formats on a variety of platforms. Keep abreast of fresh content by following GRITtv, the site Flanders founded, on Twitter @GRITtv.
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About this episode
Jul 7, 2009
20:34
News & Politics
School?s out, but state programs, many that impact teenagers, have been slashed throughout the country from NY to California. 80 percent of state pa...
School?s out, but state programs, many that impact teenagers, have been slashed throughout the country from NY to California. 80 percent of state parks in California could be closed and an estimated one million children will be without healthcare if the governor doesn?t sign a budget. At the same time the number of homeless families is rising. It is looking like a long, hot summer. How will America?s youth spend their time? Christian DiPalermo, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Parks, Marcy Winograd, a high school teacher in South Los Angeles and a co-founder of Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles, and Community activist and attorney Kafahni Nkrumah on the impact of the financial crisis on social programs and parks in America?s cities.
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