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.

Tax Grousing Tells Half The Story Tax Grousing Tells Half The Story

It's tax time again, the time of year when Americans grouse about forking over part of their hard-earned cash to the dear old government.

Apr 15, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Unifying Labor Post-Stern Unifying Labor Post-Stern

Labor's maverick leader, Andy Stern, stepping down will create a void in the labor movement at an awkward time. How do we unify labor post-Stern?

Apr 14, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Solving a Problem Like Stupak Solving a Problem Like Stupak

Stupak may be retiring, but Democrats need to resolve the problem of politicians who sabotage the agenda from the inside.

Apr 13, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Gaming Your Brain For Violence Gaming Your Brain For Violence

What effect does training soldiers to "dehumanize" the enemy have on us? And are video games giving us in some part the same training?  

Apr 9, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Impossible to Ignore Wikileaks Tape Impossible to Ignore Wikileaks Tape

Martin Luther King's words in 1967 are still relevant to today's war, as the Wikileaks tape shows.

Apr 7, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Shaky Foundations for the Economy Shaky Foundations for the Economy

Last week Tim Geithner told steelworkers in Pittsburgh that unemployment is to remain "unacceptably high" for some time. He blamed what he called "the recession"...

Apr 6, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Minority Opinions on the iPad Minority Opinions on the iPad

The iPad -- It's very strange. It started arriving in stores April 1 and the reviewers are already calling it a game changer but one aspect of the new device is causing conster...

Apr 1, 2010 / Laura Flanders

CA Banks: Who Are They Working For? CA Banks: Who Are They Working For?

 Does it seem right to you that a state's ability to stay afloat should be the stuff of secretive betting pools? That's just what's happening.

Apr 1, 2010 / Laura Flanders

RNC Stripper Stimulus RNC Stripper Stimulus

The Republican National Committee has been giving a little stimulus of their own to an overlooked demographic group: strippers.

Mar 31, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Trust Just Isn’t Enough Trust Just Isn’t Enough

  Trust's a euphemism that's scuttling our politics.

Mar 30, 2010 / Laura Flanders

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