"Vulnerable Democrats are begging donors for cash -- $2,400 at a time, while their colleagues are sitting on millions of dollars they could unleash with a pen stroke." So wrote Erica Payne of the Agenda Project, pointing out that the control of the entire House could be in the hands of a few Democrats in safe seats.

Last week, The Nation uncovered evidence that Lou Dobbs, famed immigrant basher, had in fact employed undocumented immigrants on his estates. Dobbs' daughter is a championship equestrian, and Isabel Macdonald, the reporter for the magazine, spoke to several men who said they cared for horses owned by Dobbs while they were working in the country without authorization.

This week's special feature delves into the who, the what and the why of the Tea Party. As the left grapples with the reality that tea partiers may be more than a passing trend, what should we know about who these people are who funds them? Is the left fighting against them or enabling them? And most importantly, what can be done to turn things around? Laura's new book, At the Tea Party, is out on October 20 and tackles precisely the above.

Ella Es El Matador, or "She Is The Matador", is a documentary film directed by Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco. Using as a launching pad a 1908 Spanish law barring women from bullfighting, Ella Es El Matador tackles the history of women in the ring, as well as the dangerous dance with Spanish ideas of masculinity that woman bullfighters engage with everytime they spin their cape.

Laura's new book tackles the who, what and why of the Tea Part movement. At the Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs, and Whitey-Whiteness of the New Republican Right and Why We Should Take It Seriously is out on October 20 - for now though, enjoy a discussion with 3 of the book's contributors, Rebecca Traister, Richard Kim and Rick Perlstein. Then, Ella Es El Matador explores the world of female bullfighters in this week's Got Docs.

Sodexo is one of the largest and most profitable food services companies, clearing $1 billion in profits last year even amidst global financial crisis. But you wouldn't know it from talking to its workers.

We're proud to be launching a new investigative series, GRITtv Digs. Producer Charlie Stuart unravels a right-wing deception that is attacking reproductive freedom and breaking up Barack Obama's voting base by equating fetal rights with civil rights. Check out the first installment of this new GRITtv series, "Conspiracy Tactics".

Sodexo is one of the largest and most profitable food services companies but you wouldn't know it from their workers' wages. Autumn Weintraub and Marcia Snell are here to tell us why workers are standing up against the company. Then GRITtv Digs unravels a right-wing deception that is attacking reproductive freedom in "Conspiracy Tactics".

Reverend Billy, Savitri D and the Church of Life After Shopping Choir are continuing to spread their gospel across the country. Their Earth-a-lujah! Tour is heading to California but first Rev. Billy and Savitri D stop by GRITtv to talk about the recently rescued Chilean miners, as well as their recent work, including protesting mountain-top removal and facing down against bigotry and discrimination by government officials.

If Republicans succeed in taking over the Congress, many suggest cutting or eliminating minimum wage, slashing employee benefits, staving off union organizing. So what's a nation to do in the current political climate? We check in with GRITtv Economics correspondent, Dean Baker.