This past Sunday while in Atlanta speaking at the Morehouse College commencement, President Obama used one of his powers that is not diminished by the controversies swirling around the White House: the power of the bully pulpit. Read More

Farai Chideya explains that a lack of diversity in coverage and in the newsroom is painting journalism into a corner. Read More

The march comes after months of bitter conflict between the Chicago Teachers Union and the government of Mayor Rahmn Emanuel, President Obama's former chief of staff. Read More

President Obama touched on issues of race, inequality, and "breaking the cycle" of absent fathers in his commencement address to the Morehouse College class of 2013. Read More

MSNBC national reporter Trymaine Lee joined "MHP" on Saturday to discuss his devastating new report on guns, race, and politics in Louisiana. Read More

Tulane professor--and MSNBC host--Melissa Harris-Perry had some advice for the class of 2013 in her Sunday Footnote. Read More

Labor is brandishing research that says the scarcity of workers is a myth while the tech industry is pointing to other studies that say the shortage is very real and is a threat to U.S. competitiveness. Read More

What is a "scandal," really? Good question in light of the week President Obama has had. Read the Syllabus for a preview of Saturday's "MHP" discussion on that question and much more! Read More

An "MHP" guest writes that while poverty creates great challenges for families, providing them them the resources to become upwardly mobile is key. Read More

The 16-year-old high school student who was arrested after causing a small explosion on school grounds will not be charged with a crime. Read More

Eight senators will not be seeking re-election in 2014, leaving open seats for aspiring candidates who don’t want to take on an incumbent. But in each case, both parties are looking to non-Hispanic candidates to run to take each senator’s place. Read More

Jason Richwine stepped down from the Heritage Foundation. He told the Washington Examiner, “The accusation of racism is one of the worst things that anyone can call you in public life,” he said. “Once that word is out there, it’s very difficult to recover from it, even when it is completely untrue.” Read More

Mothers are the custodians of the world’s poverty, writes James Perry in an op-ed. As such, affording women equal rights, fair salaries, maternal support and the right and easy access to reproductive health care will go a long way stemming poverty. Read More

On Sunday, host Melissa Harris-Perry will dedicate both hours of her program to the assertion that poverty in America can be solved. See the angles she'll look at, and join us at 10am ET on MSNBC. Read More

Kirk Bloodsworth was 22 when he was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Maryland. He later became the first U.S. death row prisoner to be exonerated by DNA evidence in a state that just last week repealed the death penalty. Read More

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi joins Saturday's "Melissa Harris-Perry"; the topics range from teen sexuality to voter suppression to military sexual assault. Tune in at 10am ET on MSNBC! Read More

Looks like the effort to block African-Americans' path to the voting booth backfired. Read More

Gregory Hicks, a veteran diplomat who was the highest-ranking American in Libya after the attacks in Benghazi, testified before a Congressional panel yesterday that questions he raised about the attacks led to his demotion, which the State Department denies. Read More

Host Melissa Harris-Perry asked her Sunday panel whether it is time to re-focus and rename the War on Drugs. Said one guest: "It hasn't achieved anything. It's achieved catastrophe." Read More