This week’s Melissa Harris-Perry Foot Soldier is Asma Hanif, an advanced practice nurse who has devoted her life to operating Al-Nissa Holistic Health Center, a free clinic for women who are homeless, uninsured, or victims of domestic abuse, and Muslimat Al-Nisaa, a shelter for Muslim women. Read More
Economy
Business, labor said to have deal on guest worker program for immigrants
Big business and labor have resolved a dispute over a low-skilled worker program that threatened to hold up agreement on a sweeping immigration bill, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. Read More
Banks let off the hook for Libor antitrust allegations
On Friday, another chapter in the modern era's greatest financial scandal ended with a whimper. Read More
Omission accomplished: President Bush uses library to try to rewrite history
Bush's new presidential library focuses triumphantly on his achievement in keeping America safe after 9/11, ignoring the fact that he was the leader on whose watch the attack occurred. Not to mention two wars and a recession. Read More
Welcome to the freest state in America: North Dakota
The libertarian Mercatus Center lists North Dakota as the freest state in America--which tells you a lot about libertarianism. Read More
Obama pitches to boost infrastructure spending
The president pitched America his plan to encourage private investment coupled with wisely-spent taxpayer dollars to improve our ports, streets, and energy grids while creating middle-class jobs. Read More
NYC deal gives juice to national paid sick leave campaign
The most populous city in America might soon have a law mandating paid sick leave, providing momentum for similar legislation nationwide. Read More
Let Me Start: Can Obama win on gun safety?
Can President Obama recapture the momentum on gun safety? His emotional remarks yesterday with family members of the Newtown school shooting victims showed he has the mettle to get back in the fight. But can he win? Read More
What we’re reading: Friday, March 29, 2013
President Obama is heading south for a speech on the economy in Miami Read More
MSNBC’s Sharpton files lawsuit against Mich. Emergency Management
The host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation has contended that Michigan's Emergency Manager system is unlawful. Read More
Booming North Dakota may avoid legal costs of defending abortion ban
Conservative non-profits may pick up the tab for an inevitable court fight over the nation’s toughest anti-abortion measures. Read More
Chris’ list: MLB’s highest paid players
Opening day for the 2013 Major League Baseball season is on Sunday, with the Houston Astros taking on the Texas Rangers. Forbes is out with its list of baseball's highest-paid players. Read More
How DOMA forced one gay couple to leave the United States
In the fall of 2011, Brandon Perlberg had to make a heart-wrenching choice between a country he loved and a person he loved. Read More
GOP congressman criticizes Obama girls for vacation
Iowa Republican Steve King says Sasha and Malia's spring break vacation is the "wrong image" to have coming from the White House. Do you agree? Read More
Sex sells: ’50 Shades’ series sells 70 million copies
Parent company Bertelsmann says 70 million print, audio and e-book copies of E.L. James' erotic trilogy were sold from March to December last year. Read More
Due to sequester, HUD and EPA to implement agency-wide furloughs
Move will result in more than 100,000 homeless and formerly homeless people being removed from emergency shelter programs. Read More
Top Links: Everything you always wanted to know about the Supreme Court’s DOMA case (but were afraid to ask)
The Defense of Marriage Act is part love story, part tax nightmare — which means it has something for everyone, liberal or conservative. Read More
Hello Brooklyn: MTV says hello to the new, New York
This year’s broadcast seems poised to generate even more buzz as MTV is likely to pull out all the stops for the big 3-0. Read More
The Company Memo: Wednesday, March 26, 2013
On the heels of Tuesday's oral arguments over California's Proposition 8, the Supreme Court takes up the Defense of Marriage Act. Read More
Chris’ list: Young innovators
We're all talking about 17-year-old Nick D'Alosio, who just sold his app to Yahoo! for an estimated $30 million. Read More
