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GRITtv: Sarah Schulman: Homophobia Begins at Home
Sarah Schulman notes that what she calls "familial homophobia" is a common experience that almost every gay person experiences. More importantly, she stresses that instead of dealing with this individually, we need to create community solutions together to deal with these problems. Schulman is the author of Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences (as well as Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America and Girls, Visions and Everything: A Novel), and she joins Laura in the studio to talk about homophobia in the family and more.
Email this pageGRITtv: Dec. 22, 2009
Without a public option, Medicare buy-in, or other cost-controlling measures, and with Stupak and Nelson holding women's rights for ransom, is there anything good left in te healthcare bill? We ask Chris Hayes, Lizz Winstead and Miriam Yeung what's in, what's out, and what the best course of action is now for progressives who want to see real reform. Sarah Schulman joins Laura in the studio to talk about homophobia in the family and more. Street Films made a humorous list of ten things to be thankful for when Gridlock Alert hits. New America Media looks at an alternative program in San Francisco that offers low-cost short-term loans to keep people out of the clutches of the payday lenders. Circus Amok takes its brand of avant-garde political theater to Washington Square Park. William K. Black, a former senior deputy chief counsel at the federal Office of Thrift Supervision is an expert on the shady dealings of banks and corporations. David Heath of the Huffington Post interviewed him for this report.
Whistle Where You Work 18: Federal Communications Control
President Obama signed a $410 billion omnibus spending bill, but he attached a signing statement asserting that he was not waiving his authority to control communications by federal employees to Congress involving information that is properly privileged or confidential. What are the ramifications for federal employee whistleblowers? Our guests include Sharon Bradford Franklin of the Constitution Project and Tom Devine of the Government Accountability Project. And we talk with Lisa Hayes of the Alliance for Justice, who is fighting for legislation that would allow patients injured by medical devices to sue the manufactures of such faulty products. "Whistle Where You Work" is dedicated to whistleblowers and occupational free speech, accountability and transparency issues from the Government Accountability Project.
