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GOP whitewashes true Thatcher legacy

The NOW panel examines the record of a true fiscal conservative: former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. While Thatcher's policies helped tame double-digit inflation, they also came with high unemployment. Read More

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the White House, Washington DC, on Feb 20, 1985. (Photo by Rex Features via AP Images, File)

‘Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead’ tops U.K. charts after Thatcher’s death

A Facebook campaign by detractors lifts the classic “Wizard of Oz” to top of the pops. Read More

President Barack Obama's proposed budget plan, available on iPad. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Links: The chained CPI debate and the Obama budget’s last dig at Romney

There are a lot of numbers in the newly released White House budget. A lot. But let’s focus on the most contentious one. Read More

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is the latest to join GOP efforts to filibuster gun control legislation. (Jan. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

McConnell’s Ashley Judd tape shows lack of ‘real moral leadership’

Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief David Corn said the most incriminating moments on tape were McConnell failing to stop his campaign from making below-the-belt attacks. Read More

In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo, Lilly Ledbetter speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Equal pay stalled over Paycheck Fairness Act

President Obama committed to renewing the fight for pay equity during his 2013 State of the Union address, saying, "I ask this Congress to declare that women should earn a living equal to their efforts, and finally pass the Paycheck Fairness Act this year." Read More

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. President Obama, under criticism, apologized last week for commenting on Harris' physical appearance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Even praise to a female politicians’ appearance may hurt her campaign

A new report on news coverage of women candidates’ appearance comes as President Obama, under criticism, apologized last week for calling Kamala Harris, California’s attorney general, the “best-looking attorney general in the country.” Read More

In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo, Lilly Ledbetter speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

CHART: On ‘Equal Pay Day,’ women still earn less than men

In some states, women still earn less than $0.70 for every $1.00 a man earns on the job. Read More

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Women aren’t fighting for equal pay, new study says

A recent iVillage study found only 35% of the 1500 women surveyed have ever asked for a raise. Less than one in five have ever asked for a promotion. Read More

Host Melissa Harris-Perry records one of her "Lean Forward" ads for MSNBC in New Orleans.

Why caring for children is not just a parent’s job

What I thought was an uncontroversial comment in an MSNBC "Lean Forward" ad--on my desire for Americans to see children as everyone's responsibility--has created a bit of a tempest in the right's teapot. Allow me to double down--and tell me your own stories. Read More

Former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher is seen at a wreath laying ceremony in London, in this Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 file photo. Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was hospitalized in stable condition in central London on Saturday, March 8, 2008 and was under going medical checks, authorities said. (Photo by AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Margaret Thatcher’s complicated legacy

Today, decades after Thatcher left office, if you compare inequality across industrialized nations, England and the U.S. are at the top, also sharing the least amount of social mobility. This is the society that Thatcher and Reagan gave us. Read More

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attends a news conference on January 8, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The Company Memo: Tuesday, April 9, 2013

In an effort to counteract to the influential NRA, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is implementing a scorecard system for measuring lawmakers' actions on gun control. Read More

File Photo: A woman holds a sign during an anti-abortion protest march to the Choices Women's Medical Center in Queens, New York October 20, 2012. The protest was organized by local church, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and targeted the center which offers abortion procedures. Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

Radical ‘heartbeat’ abortion bans aim straight for Roe

Mainstream pro-life activists have a word for the new state laws that ban abortion after six to 12 weeks' gestation. That word is foolhardy. Read More

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Margaret Thatcher’s death a conservative rallying call for Texas congressman

Rep. Stockman praises Thatcherism and calls for a "crush liberalism" campaign. Read More

President Barack Obama walks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris, center, and  California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, after arriving at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. President Obama is spending the night in San Francisco attending a number of private fundraising events. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

#Click3: The greatest from the world wide web

The All In with Chris Hayes team puts out a daily call to the Twitter and Facebook communities for the “awesomest things” they encountered on the Internet. Read More

Support for Planned Parenthood (Photo by Brendan SmialowskiI/AFP/GettyImages)

Plan B: Court fixes Obama’s morning-after misstep

A federal judge orders the FDA to remove age restrictions on emergency contraception, criticizing the administration for "depriving women of their right to obtain contraceptives without unjustified and burdensome restrictions." Read More

President Barack Obama walks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris, center, and  California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, after arriving at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. President Obama is spending the night in San Francisco attending a number of private fundraising events. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Sorry! Obama apologizes after saying CA official is ‘best looking’

The White House says the president called California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday night to apologize for the "distraction" his comments created. Read More

File Photo: James Carville arrives at the New Orleans premiere of All The King's Men September 16, 2006 in New Orleans, La (Photo by: Tammie ArroyoAP Photo)

James Carville suggests Obama may be in trouble with his wife

Democratic strategist James Carville joked that President Obama might be in trouble with his wife and daughters after making comments about California Attorney General Kamala Harris' looks. Read More

This image released by Women in the World shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking at the Women in the World Conference on Friday, April 5, 2013 in New York. Clinton said Friday that the rights of women represent "the unfinished business of the 21st century" in the United States and around the world, receiving a rapturous reception for one of her first speeches since departing the Obama administration.  (Photo by Marc Bryan-Brown/Women in the World/AP Photo)

Hillary points to ‘unfinished business’ in second public speech

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has some "unfinished business" to tend to, she told a packed crowd at the Newsweek/Daily Beast Women in the World summit Friday--but she didn't say that includes another run for the White House.. Read More

Julie Burkhart

Watch: Woman reopens abortion clinic at site of slain doctor’s center

Rachel Maddow interviews Julie Burkhart who has just reopened a women's health center in Wichita, Kan., that provides abortion services. It is in the same building where George Tiller, who was shot in 2009 by an anti-abortion extremist, practiced. Read More

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The awesomest things on the Internet #click3

The All In with Chris Hayes team puts out a daily call to Twitter and Facebook for the “awesomest things” they encountered on the Internet. Read More