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GRITtv: The F Word: Tony Kushner Denied Honors Over Palestine

This week, the news hit that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, perhaps best known for his Angels in America, was being blocked from receiving an honorary degree from the City University of New York because of his views on Israel.

Kushner, who also has an honorary degree from Brandeis University, told Salon’s Justin Elliott that this was an “unprecedented and pretty ugly experience.” Distributed by Tubemogul.

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