| | | | | | | | | | | | The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur | | | | The NFL: America's nonprofit billionaire | | |  | | | | | | | It is some trick the NFL has pulled, obtaining nonprofit status from the government, despite seeing revenues in the billions. According to attorney David Goodfriend, who is also chairman of the Sports Fans Coalition, the secret is in the language of laws and the benefits of having good lobbyists. Goodfriend says, "Don't stop at the tax code. Take a look, for example, at anti-trust laws in the United States. There's an explicit exemption for professional sports leagues. They can negotiate a contract with broadcasters while colluding. They get together and say, 'Let's all present ourselves as one.' That's illegal, usually, unless you get a special exemption in the law." | | | | Watch 'The Young Turks' Mon.–Thurs. at 7E/4P | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Viewpoint | | | | The reason most Boy Scout troops would welcome gays | | |  | | | | | LGBT advocate Zach Wahls talks to Current TV's John Fugelsang on "Viewpoint" about the news that the Boy Scouts of America is considering lifting its ban on gay Scouts and troop leaders, leaving it up to individual charters to decide whether they will discriminate against gay people. Wahls, an Eagle Scout, was raised by two mothers, and his impassioned plea for marriage equality in front of the Iowa House of Representatives made him an Internet sensation. "There's been a titanic shift in this country in terms of where LGBT people think the future of this country is going to go," Wahls says of the Boy Scouts making this decision now. "In 2000, it was really unsure where marriage equality was going to go, where employment nondiscrimination was going to go. But today we're standing in a place where it seems very clear that we're moving in a very positive direction if you support LGBT equality." | | | | Watch 'Viewpoint' Mon.–Thurs. at 8E/5P | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Joy Behar: Say Anything! | | | | Gospel duo Mary Mary's unusual upbringing | | | | | | | | | Erica Campbell and Tina Campbell, the sisters behind gospel duo Mary Mary, tell "Say Anything!" host Joy Behar about the unusual family dynamic they coped with while growing up. "[Our parents] got married and divorced to each other three different times," Erica says. "We had a good family, but that was traumatizing for us," Tina adds. | | | | Watch 'Joy Behar: Say Anything!' Mon.–Thurs. at 9E/6P | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The War Room with Jennifer Granholm | | | | Money in politics: When politicians spend more time fundraising than doing their job | | | | | | | | | Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, surprised many in Washington by announcing that he's quitting after 40 years in Congress. Typically when a senator retires, he or she will talk about spending more time with family or the desire to write a book or teach, but Harkin was outspoken that his reason for leaving was more to do with the overwhelming amount of time he spends fundraising. Andy Kroll from Mother Jones joins Jennifer Granholm to discuss. | | | | Watch 'The War Room' Mon.–Thurs. at 6E/3P | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur | | | | Response from Israel: Did Israeli doctors forcibly sterilize Ethiopian immigrants? | | | | | | | | | David Siegel, consul general for Israel serving the southwestern U.S., addresses the Jewish Israeli response to Africans seeking asylum in Israel. According to a report in Haaretz, some Ethiopian immigrant women were given injections that effectively sterilized them. "I've seen that report," David Siegel says. "I think those declining birthrates are largely because they're part of a modern economy today. It has nothing to do with that report. But that report is concerning, and it's being investigated." | | | | Watch 'The Young Turks' Mon.–Thurs. at 7E/4P | | | | | | | | | | | |
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