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Winning in November
VideoNation & Brett Story: What issues must the Democrats champion in order to win in the general election in November?
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Impressions from Denver
VideoNation & Brett Story: Cutting through the spin and the stagecraft, Nation correspondents on the scene in Denver report on their experiences at the Democratic convention.
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I Fish, I Hunt, I Vote Democratic
VideoNation & Brett Story: The Nation's Chris Hayes catches up with a pro-gun gathering of Democrats in Denver--and Davy Crockett's 21st-century namesake.
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Victor Navasky Looks Back
VideoNation & Brett Story: The Nation's Publisher Emeritus reflects on every convention since 1956--and ahead to Obama's historic moment.
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Dissent in Denver
VideoNation & Brett Story: If Barack Obama is promishing change from the bottom up, then what's driving the protests in Denver?
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The Lobbyists' Party
VideoNation : The Nation's Ari Berman dissects the corporate influence-peddling at this year's Democratic convention.
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What Makes Denver Different
VideoNation : The Nation's Ari Melber explains why the Democratic National Convention will be a game-changer.
For his story, Wright traveled to Atlanta, Georgia where he met George Mitchell and many others like him who had fallen victim to lending scams and looming foreclosures, a problem that has plagued millions around the country.
Mitchel, age 77, was approached by IndyMac lenders, among others, and was convinced to take out loans he didn't need or understand. He doesn't even remember signing the papers and now faces losing the home he and his wife bought forty years ago. Wright explains that home equity is one of the main sources of wealth for many middle-class African-Americans who used home ownership as a means of attaining the American dream.
Today, that wealth is being stolen from them through predative loans and a national rhetoric of "borrower responsibility." Watch Wright explain the depth of the problem and what it means for the future of the black middle class.
-Elizabeth Giegerich
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