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F-Word: Taking a Breath from the Political Moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnH4D5TegQkLaura's f-word from this week on taking a moment the political chaos and relentless executive orders to breathe, so that we might be better prepared to resist, in the long run.

F-Word: Reimagining Our Systems of Power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DAbj1KIJzMWho governs is important, but what we really need to be talking about is government itself. Let's remember that least discussed statistic, 49% of eligible voters, some 117 million Americans, didn't even cast a...

F-word: Reporting on Injustice, Since 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqZBAbESm-ALaura delivers an F-Word on how independent media, like the Laura Flanders Show has reported on the classism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny from which the Trump campaign grew -- for over decades. Support this...

F-Word: Independent Media Vs. Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0R_amXx968In the days since the election, the Trump team have stated their intention to 'open up' (nonexistent) libel laws and sue the elect's accusers. But it's not just about protecting old bastions of media,...

F-Word: The gritty work of marriage equality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKrQKYrCqPgIn this week's F Word, Laura discusses "Political Animals", a documentary that tells the story of the civil rights struggle of this century, the gay rights movement, through the eyes of four elected women.

F-Word: Building Highways Not Gates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVAfYKDZNCQOn this week’s F word, Laura references prominent African American scholar Anna Julia Cooper’s speech, "Women's Cause is One and Universal" from The World's Congress of Representative Women in 1893.

F Word – Don’t Trust The Money Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S25JRZNQQuILaura speaks a little on why winner takes all media isn't helping voters.

F-Word: In Spite of Stress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2ePV8bpcoMAn F Word from Laura on being stressed, and organizing anyway.

F Word: Bullies on Mainstream Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnNcWWn0ER8Watch Laura's commentary on how TV bullies like Trump and Bill O'Reilly exploit mainstream viewers through hypocrisy and ratings.

Recovering Our Pride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZWwryw9KhkMany places around the world are celebrating LGBTQ pride this month. And lots of them have become a fairly routine part of the calendar, until the deadly attack on the Orlando gay nightclub. In...

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