The fast-food chain devised "English Under the Arches," a language-acquisition program that develops employees' English skills to help them advance in their careers. Read More

The fast-food chain devised "English Under the Arches," a language-acquisition program that develops employees' English skills to help them advance in their careers. Read More

To highlight their opposition to proposed cuts to the food stamp program, 26 House Democrats are taking the food stamp challenge to prove just how paltry that assistance already is. Read More

Lawyers for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration will try to convince an appeals court on Tuesday to reinstate a ban on large sugary drinks, three months after a judge struck it down at the 11th hour as an illegal overreach of executive power. Read More

An unlikely coalition is coming together to address food insecurity in Birmingham, Ala. The challenge isn't just to distribute more calories. It's to build a food environment that fosters health instead of disease and disability. Read More

A Republican congressman on the Agriculture Committee, who voted against food stamps, has received millions in government subsidies for his farm. 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

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

While President Obama toured the Jersey coastline, kids affected by Hurricane Sandy got their hands dirty in the White House garden Tuesday helping out Michelle Obama. Read More

Who wants to end nutritional benefits to 2 million people? Melissa Harris-Perry names all 36 House members who voted for cuts last week. 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

Nine-year-old Hannah Robertson doesn’t want a Happy Meal. She wants a healthy one. Read More

Charles Ramsey was enjoying a burger when he stopped to help the Cleveland kidnapping victims escape. Now he'll never have a problem getting another burger. Read More

More than 1,300 activists and politicians signed a call to close the Guantanamo internment camp in an ad featured in Thursday's New York Times on the morning of the president's national security speech. Read More

Contributions will assist with buying supplies, materials, diesel for emergency vehicles, and food for responders helping victims of the tornado that razed Moore, Okla., Monday. Read More

Try taking the Food Stamp challenge, Congress—that means eating on a budget of about one dollar per person, per meal. Then maybe you'll have different feelings about cutting billions of dollars in funding to programs that feed the hungry. Read More

More solutions to poverty need to come from those who have lived it, says Tianna Gaines-Turner, an "MHP" guest who was formerly homeless. Read More

If we should be forgetting Governor Jindal, maybe we should be remembering another Louisiana governor, Huey Long. 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