NBC Latino contributor Raul Reyes suggested Saturday that Republicans attacking Obama about Benghazi, the AP, and the IRS, gives them political cover to work with the president on immigration. Read More

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

Angelina Jolie's op-ed in the New York Times, in which she talked about her double mastectomy, raised awareness about breast cancer and the gene, BRCA1, that puts women at high risk of developing the disease. Read More

The class of 2013 gets recognized in #nerdland, as do fast food strikers -- and Angelina Jolie's big decision highlights a discussion about the politics of breast cancer on Sunday's "MHP." 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

An Army officer in the Fort Campbell, Kentucky, sexual assault prevention office has been arrested for violating a restraining order that his ex-wife filed against him. Read More

Thirteen months after then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta initiated a slew of changes to military rules designed to combat sexual assault in the ranks, a string of high-profile cases show that a culture of sexual violence still infects all branches of the armed forces. Read More

For the second time in two weeks, an officer in charge of assault prevention programs in a branch of the U.S. military has himself been implicated in a sexual assault crime. Read More

Debt incurred by prisoners can create a staggering barrier to establishing financial security after being released--and in many cases, can force individuals back into prison for failure to pay. 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

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

America needs a two-pronged approach to poverty: Improve Americans’ skills through better elementary and secondary schools, and encourage firms to hire. It’s unfortunate that we’re doing a terrible job on both fronts. 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

Mothers sacrifice themselves for their children to ensure they have the best chance. But despite their sacrifices, mothers who are raising 20% of the U.S. children living in poverty are ignored. Their needs are judged, and their voices, silenced. Read More

Congressional Republicans this week reached new heights of "obsession" over the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said, as GOP leaders fought to stoke controversy over the September attack that left four Americans dead. Read More

Something as simple as a new pair of boots can make it possible to get a better job. A Chicago non-profit is using crowd-funding to fight poverty one person at a time. Read More

Why does so much legislation come from fear of young women being sexually active? Read More

Brooklyn designers Faun Chapin and Meg Paradise are using their skills as designers to shame members of Congress standing in the way of gun policy reforms. Read More