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GRITtv: Frank Schaeffer: "Post-Racial? Not Quite."

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Frank Schaeffer has had enough of claims that America is now in a "post-racial" era; if that's true, he asks, why does so much of the opposition to Obama's actions seem to have a nasty undertone?

GRITtv: Rev. James Forbes: The Beloved Community

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Sit-ins began 50 years ago today at a lunch counter at a Woolworth's in North Carolina: now that Woolworth's is the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. Rev. James Forbes took part in sit-ins at Woolworth's lunch counters in his youth, and he shares with us a poem he wrote about one of those experiences, as well as his prescription for a way to build progressive communities through spiritual support and understanding one another.

GRITtv: Welcome to Irrational America

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A year ago, we had a popular new president and the country seemed ready to make some major changes. Now, we've dissolved into anger, infighting, and the most cohesive group in the country at times seems to be the "tea party patriots." What happened to rational thought, reasonable argument, disputes that didn't end in name-calling and learning from those who disagree with us?

GRITtv: Sarah Palin: Sex, Lies & Book Deals

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Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue: An American Life" comes out Tuesday, and she doesn't appear likely to fade from public prominence anytime soon. Pundits and political observers wrote her off after the Republican ticket's loss in 2008 and again after her rather unconventional exist from the Alaska governorship, but Palin remains popular with the Republican base and has demonstrated her ability to drive the discourse, whether it's her Facebook post about "death panels" or jumping into the race in New York's 23rd district.

GRITtv: Frank Schaeffer: Fears of Fundamentalism

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Francis Schaeffer, one of the important figures in the anti-choice and religious right movements in the United States joins Laura on GRITtv for a fascinating interview about his own journey, and how people, religious or irreligious, are all looking for answers to the same questions.

GRITtv: The F Word: Catholics And Choice: Difference of Opinion?

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The Catholic Church's stance on reproductive choice has been unyielding; in 2004 the Pope struck out and said that pro-choice Catholic politicians (like then-Presidential candidate John Kerry) should be denied communion. Even birth control is too much for the new Pope Benedict, Now facing flagging attendance and shrinking contributions, some of that hard-lining is going soft. Given the chance to fill some empty pews by allowing conservative Anglicans into the ranks, the Catholic Church is backing off. So what about all those fights over all those years?

GRITtv: I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Kyria Abrahams

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Kyria Abrahams grew up the most devout member of a Jehovah's Witness family, where she was taught that "Satan is very tricky" and that he could hide in old yard-sale furniture. She was married at 18, but eventually left the church, her husband, and all of her friends and family behind. She visited to talk about "I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing," where she explains what it was like growing up convinced that everyone else is going to hell, and how she came to grips with not knowing everything.

Alternate Focus #133: Zionism & Land Rights, Part 2 of 3

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Zionism, Israeli laws and Jewish settlements combine to repress Palestinian people. Alternate Focus's three founding directors, a Jew, a Christian and a Muslim, offer the American public media that shows another side of Middle Eastern issues.

SourceCode: First Nation Rights

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Most Americans know the story of the Trail of Tears; settlers in the New World felt they had more right to the land than the people who were in fact here first. It seems that this attitude has not quite vanished when it comes to Native American land and resources. SourceCode visits the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah where nuclear waste dumping has caused one Goshute member to stand up for preservation of their land. Meet a hero for the cause of Indian land rights, Eloise Cobell.

Alternate Focus #125: Onward Christian Zionists

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In "Onward, Christian Zionists" author Irving Wesley Hall and the Rev. Donald Wagner examine the Christian Zionist movement, its history, beliefs and future. Alternate Focus's three founding directors, a Jew, a Christian and a Muslim, offer the American public media that shows another side of Middle Eastern issues.

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