The health care bill may have passed the Senate, but there's still heavy debate among progressives as to whether the bill is actual reform. Some of the arguments have gotten heated, personal, but they've also helped to take the framing of the issue away from the Republicans, who have steadfastly remained the Party of No. But the important question remains: 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 this bill? We ask Chris Hayes, Washington editor for The Nation, Lizz Winstead, host and producer of Shoot the Messenger and co-creator of The Daily Show, and Miriam Yeung of Women of Color United for Health Care what's in, what's out, and what the best course of action is now for progressives who want to see real reform. The holidays are a time for family, but that also causes lots of stress. Sarah Schulman, author of Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences, 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. She joins Laura in the studio to talk about homophobia in the family and more. During the holidays, New York City's already-wild traffic gets so much worse that the department of transportation and MTA send out Gridlock Alerts to encourage people not to drive. Our friends at Street Films made this humorous list of ten things to be thankful for when Gridlock Alert hits. In this video from our friends at New America Media and featuring San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, we take a look 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 take their brand of avant-garde political theater to the streets of New York, even when it's freezing outside. We checked in with them in Washington Square Park last weekend. Finally, back to the banks and corporate greed for a moment. 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. Less