In 2010, the average income for whites was twice that of blacks and Hispanics--$89,000 compared the $46,000. That means for every $2.00 whites earned, blacks and Hispanics earned just $1.00. Read More

Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor admits that perhaps the court "shouldn't have taken the case" which "stirred up the public" and "gave the court a less-than-perfect reputation." Read More

Crisis manager Lanny Davis has an idea, "Tell it all, tell it early, and tell it yourself." Read More

NBA center Jason Collins became the first male athlete in a major pro-sport to come out as gay on Monday. "I'm happy to start the conversation," he said. Read More

New York's Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney is calling on Congress to take up gun safety laws in the wake of the Boston terror attack. Read More

Top story: Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia — half of the Manchin-Toomey background checks bill that went down in defeat two weeks ago — says his bill… Read More

For all the investigative resources that have been put into the Boston Bombing, Time magazine points out there are still four fascinating and important questions that are waiting for answers. Read More

A new development in the Boston Marathon case: the mother of the suspected bombers had reportedly been on a federal watchlist for more than a year before the bombs exploded earlier this month. Read More

Six months after being slammed by superstorm Sandy, Sea Bright, N.J. is fighting to recover and rebuild—smarter, more sustainably, and stronger. Read More

The Massachusetts Public Defenders Office, which has already had 16 furlough days, will be even more strained once it defends Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in court. Read More

Nearly two thirds of music sales around the world are purchased through iTunes. Read More

Tarikuwa Lemma talks about being adopted as a 13-year-old in what she thought was an educational exchange program. Read More

North Carolina activists are planning a massive response to proposed voting restrictions, what Rev. William Barber called the 21st century "white southern strategy." Read More

President Obama poked fun at rumors of his past as a 'young, Muslim, socialist" reputation, among other things, at the dinner Saturday. Read More

As we begin the post Boston bombing-crisis process, we should guard against our public dialogue becoming a mere series of politicized equations. Read More

A 19-year-old father headed to the White House Science Fair this week with his invention. Before host Melissa Harris-Perry spoke to him on Saturday's show, he sat down with MSNBC.com for an interview. Read More

On Sunday's Up, join us for a debate about immigration, the Republican takeover in North Carolina, and the SEC. Read More

What can the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay teach us about empathy for those accused of terrorism? Read More

Our Congress will show up in response to the most visible and vocal victims of their policy-making. But what about when no one's watching? Read More

The FBI arrested a Mississippi man in connection to the ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and two other officials, police said Saturday. Read More