Voices

Immigration reform does not depend on Marco Rubio. It’s Rubio who needs immigration reform. Read More

His name is practically unspeakable in Republican circles. But George W. Bush got 44% of the Hispanic vote, so the GOP could learn from him. Read More

Melissa Harris-Perry's "Open Letter" is to Louisiana attorney general James "Buddy" Caldwell, who showed why the Angola 3 case is about more than the murder of one man--it's about the inhumanity exhibited for more than 40 years. Read More

My final word on this historic week for gay Americans. Read More

It has been more than two decades since the Veterans Administration was elevated to a cabinet department. But its dreary public image endures and not without reason. Read More

Voting is the one instance where all of us, no matter how rich or poor, influential or humble, are completely equal because there is no cost involved. Voting is the great equalizer, of course, assuming it is free. Read More

The Senate in North Dakota Senate passed a bill that could ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Read More

A certain segment of parents in the state believe that President Obama is forcing Texas public schools to teach Muslim propaganda, Marxism, and Nazi mind control. And the State Legislature is all too happy to investigate. Read More

Every man or woman who enlists in the U.S. Armed Forces takes an oath to defend the Constitution. The Supreme Court must make sure service members receive the same rights that they risk their lives to protect and defend. Read More

The problem for Democrats now that more and more Republicans are supporting gay marriage. Read More

Our party cannot be perceived as fighting the future or standing against a generational shift grounded in the core American values of individual freedom and equality under the law. Read More

Profound aspects of the change we’re seeing around marriage equality originated with the actions of youth and young adults. Read More

During our tour in Iraq, “Princess Alyaa,” as we came to call her, was the 82nd Airborne Division’s interpreter, and would soon became one of the 4.7 million Iraqis who fled their homes over the course of the Iraq War. Read More

While many focus on the "ruined" lives of the young men convicted of rape in Steubenville, Ohio, host Melissa Harris-Perry has a heartfelt message for the 16-year-old survivor of the assault. Read More

More than a decade after the tragedy of 9/11, it appears that some of the most fundamental aspects of how we combat al-Qa’ida are poised to change. One of those changes might involve drones. The move will lead to important changes, but critics of drone policy may be disappointed. Read More

This isn’t a football issue. It's not a small town issue. It's not a social media issue. It's an American issue that in 2013 we still live in a country where too many tolerate blaming the rape victim and calling her a whore. Read More

No wonder Cheney is arrogant to this day. No wonder Bush is effectively clueless. No wonder the war hawks are shameless. All, of them, together, got away with it. Read More

Thousands of veterans have come home from Iraq and Afghanistan to find themselves and their families fighting a new enemy: red tape. The claims backlog at the Department of Veterans Affairs has exploded by 2,000% since President Obama took office and now has nearly 900,000 disability claims pending. Read More

One decade later, the greatest lessons of the Iraq War are not about counterinsurgency strategy or military tactics. Rather, we must ask how a great nation like ours could be manipulated by civilian leadership that championed faulty intelligence, ignored its military experts, and had none of their family serving in the military. Read More

Sen. Portman didn’t announce his change of heart because it will help his re-election chances. It probably won’t. But, appropriately, marriage and love are both known for making people do things that, to others, seem irrational. Read More