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U.S. Economy
GRIT TV :
The Nation's John Nichols discuss the correlation between the low unemployment numbers and our foreign policy.
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Sarah Palin
GRIT TV :
The Nation's Richard Kim joins a conversation on Sarah Palin's recent media blitz and the impact it could have on our country's politics.
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Activism & Organizing
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Americans voted for change and are getting frustrated with the lack of it, mainly because powerful forces are holding the status quo in place.
Barbara Ehrenreich,
Nation contributor and author of
Nickel and Dimed, presents
Bright Sided, her new book about the negative aspect of positive thinking. In a conversation with GRIT TV's Laura Flanders, she discusses how her personal struggle with breast cancer was overshadowed by her personal struggle with the cheerleaders who dominated the breast cancer support groups. "The constant exhortations to be positive, cheerful, upbeat" really got to her--because she felt as though they were telling her that "it wouldn't get better if I didn't get positive or upbeat." Ehrenreich then followed the positive-thinking movement back to its roots in anti-Calvinist leaders and its evolution into the omnipresent mantra that it is today. "The alternative to manic brightness is not being depressed," she argues, "it's being realistic." (For Part 2, see below.)
--Fernanda Diaz
About GRIT TV
GRITtv with Laura Flanders is a new, news and arts discussion show, available daily, in multiple formats, with interactivity and a positive take on what's going on. The show launched May 12, 2008.
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