"Motown: The Musical" director Charles Randolph Wright and stars Valisia LeKae and Brandon Victor Dixon visited "MHP" on Sunday to talk about their Tony-nominated Broadway show and the legacy of the legendary record label. LeKae and Dixon also performed Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's classic "You're All I Need To Get By." Read More

The Supreme Court will consider affirmative action for the first time in a decade with the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case. At issue is the university's use of race in deciding which undergraduates to admit. Read More

Before former "Foot Soldier" Katie Meyler joined "MHP" for an update on her educational activism, she gave an extended interview to MHPshow.com. Read More

Up with Steve Kornacki has obtained copies of New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner’s controversial 1991 campaign mailer, along with Weiner’s handwritten apology, shown here for the first time since it was originally distributed almost 22 years ago. Read More

Less than a week after a federal judge ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio was guilty of racial profiling, the latest effort to oust him from office has failed. Read More

The 49-year-old has begun to wade into some controversial issues, speaking out not just on childhood obesity or benefits for military families but also LGBT rights and gun safety. Read More

Virginia's Republican governor is being celebrated by civil rights activists for expediting the restoration of nonviolent felon's voting rights. Read More

Age doesn't seem to be slowing down conservative firebrand Phyllis Schlafly. Read More

“This is not about the First Amendment, this is about branding,” said D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. “You can lose a brand that disparages an ethnic group.” Read More

At a fundraiser in New York Wednesday night, first lady Michelle Obama was introduced by NBA player Jason Collins, who recently came out. She talked about the president's support for gay rights and--it was a fundraiser, after all--urged everyone to "max out" their contributions. Read More

Moms are out-earning dads in greater numbers than ever before and helping their families net higher incomes, but 51% of people still think their kids are better off with mom at home. Read More

Take our poll: Do the Washington Redskins have a racist team name? A group of House lawmakers thinks so. Read More

Julie Hermann has been accused of verbally abusing student players as a volleyball coach in 1996 at the University of Tennessee, two months after the university fired the men's basketball coach for similar actions. Read More

"MHP" guest (and husband) James Perry, an Eagle Scout during his boyhood, reflects on the Boy Scouts' move last week to allow openly gay youth as members--but not openly gay adult scout leaders. Read More

Asean Johnson's passion saved his Chicago school from being closed, but he's not done fighting. Read More

Virginia is for lovers… and radical right-wing candidates! On Sunday's "MHP," host Melissa Harris-Perry will look at Virginia's peculiar political predicament, as well as school closings in Philadelphia and Chicago, members of Congress voting for more hunger, plus a new segment we hope you'll like. Join us at 10am ET on MSNBC! Read More

A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Read More

Virginia's Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, E.W. Jackson, has a colorful history of anti-gay and race-baiting comments. 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

Kiera regrets blowing up the water bottle. But she's "stoked" about attending space camp this summer--supported by a donation from the science community. Read More