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GRITtv: The F Word: Better Uses for Bankers' Billions

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What could be done with $20 billion? A whole lot of Wall Street bankers are about to find out. $20 billion's what the New York Comptroller's office says the Street's bonuses bounced back to in 2009 -- up 17 percent from the year of the crash. According to the latest data the average bonus was $123,850 at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase, all of which taxpayers bailed out. Their bonuses this year were almost a third bigger than last year.

GRITtv: Appreciating the New Times Square

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From our friends at Street Films, we have this look at the changes to Times Square, helping to make it a more pleasant, usable space for pedestrians and people.

GRITtv: Whose Health Do We Care About?

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With the astounding vote on the health care reform bill in the House this weekend, progressives were forced to consider what kind of compromises were worth making for health care. When certain people are excluded from health care simply because of who they are, how "public" would even a public option be? Tammy Johnson of ColorLines asks these questions and more in this commentary.

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