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GRITtv: Is it Fair to Compare Haiti to New Orleans?

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The comparisons between the earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans have come fast and furious, but often from people who've watched both disasters through the clean-cut white lens of Anderson Cooper broadcasts. Meanwhile, people in Haiti -- and those in the Gulf Coast still struggling four years later -- need more than blame and comparisons. They need real solutions. To offer some, we ask Monika Kalra Varma, director of the Robert F.

GRITtv: September 8, 2009: Where Is the Progressive Response to Van Jones' Resignation?

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The muted response to Van Jones’ resignation says volumes about where progressives stand in the Obama administration and whether so-called outsiders have a role to play in shaping the administration’s policies. So what’s really at stake? And what does the Van Jones story reveal about American politics?

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