This week the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against Proposition 8, a California law that bans same-sex marriages, and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal law defining marriage as between a man and woman. USA Today’s Supreme Court reporter Richard Wolfe and The New Republic’s Jeffrey Rosen talked about the case with Thomas Roberts Saturday. Read More

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

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

The Defense of Marriage Act has had an interesting history in its 16-plus years as the law of the land. Here's how it passed and why legislators voted yea or nay. Read More

"Our 'Jackie Robinson player' is going to come out soon--this year, next year, some time in the near future--and everything's going to change. We're going to put this behind us. We're going to do the right thing," said Brendon Ayanbadejo, NFL linebacker and marriage-equality advocate. Read More

In the wake of losing big in 2012, a marriage equality movement is brewing within the Republican Party, and it might just bring fresh energy–and votes–to the party. Read More

There’s been a surprising shift in attitudes among groups historically opposed to gay marriage, including African-Americans, the elderly, those living in the South, and blue-collar workers. Read More

The libertarian Mercatus Center lists North Dakota as the freest state in America--which tells you a lot about libertarianism. Read More

In World War II, the Angels of Bataan and Corregidor played an integral role in gaining respect for women in the military. Read More

Speaker John Boehner demanded an apology from Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young for referring to Latino farm workers as "wetbacks" in an interview with an Alaska public radio station Thursday. "Congressman Young's remarks were offensive and beneath the dignity of the office he holds," Boehner said in a statement. Rep. Young said he regretted his "poor choice of words." Read More

The most populous city in America might soon have a law mandating paid sick leave, providing momentum for similar legislation nationwide. Read More

Forget the polls. Forget the heavily scrutinized words of Supreme Court justices. You know the tide on gay marriage in this country has turned when Rush Limbaugh has resigned himself to the idea of its inevitability. Read More

As his party is in the midst of a minority outreach campaign, Alaska Republican Congressman Don Young gave an interview Thursday to local radio station KRBD in which he referred to Latino farm workers as "wetbacks." Read More

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

Who took a political stand against the law back in 1996? In the Rewrite, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell called attention to the lawmakers who were “right when America needed them to be right.” Read More

If you ask Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who wound up on the losing side of the week, it was Paul Clement, the lawyer who defended DOMA. “What a stale role to play in life,” she said. Read More

New Jersey’s former Governor Jim McGreevey discusses coming out and the fight for equal rights. Read More

Judging from the celebrities and corporations showing support for same-sex marriage, the culture war may already be won. 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

Forty years after the highest court in the land handed down its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, new restrictions in a string of states could send abortion back to the Supreme Court justices. Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards discussed the implications for women’s health on Andrea Mitchell Reports Thursday. Read More