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Reading about and watching the poignant new PBS documentary about his life (co-produced and co-directed by Time Inc.'s Bennett Singer and scheduled for national broadcast on Jan. 20) and reading his prose, one is struck by a central, inspiring fact. Rustin never wavered in his belief in true racial integration. He saw the civil rights movement not as a protest against America or an indictment of it but as a way for America to live up to its own principles. In stark contrast to Malcolm X, with whom he civilly debated, Rustin emphasized not what white Americans...
...religion and that "moderate" Muslims in the U.S. and other Western societies need to reclaim their faith from those who kill and maim in its name. With that background, it might seem churlish to cavil at a serious attempt to address both needs. But there is something about the PBS documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (Dec. 18, 9 p.m. E.T.) that doesn't convince...
...judge in Houston, Ted Poe, aims to do something about that. He ruled last month that PBS's Frontline could film jury deliberations in the trial of Cedric Harrison, 17, who faces the death penalty for allegedly killing a man during a carjacking. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals last week suspended jury selection, known as voir dire, to consider the prosecution's argument that cameras in the jury room would distort both the makeup of the panel and its later discussions about the case. Fourteen of the 110 potential jurors from surrounding Harris County had expressed discomfort about...
Beth Witrogen McLeod, author of And Thou Shalt Honor: The Caregiver's Companion (published in September by Rodale Books, in conjunction with a pbs documentary of the same name), says a parent's illness can cause a rift between siblings, as old wounds surface and brothers and sisters begin to squabble over care, money worries and commitment to the parent. "Sometimes the most painful part of a parent's illness for a family is what it does to the sibling relationship," she says. One sibling usually ends up "in charge" while others may balk at duties or back away altogether...
Frontline pbs.org Here you'll find links to past segments of the fine PBS documentary series. Archives are neatly organized by topic, so you can easily find highlights like the interview with Jeffrey Skilling during Enron's glory days...