Obama’s national security speech gets the "MHP" breakdown tomorrow as well as Tim Cook’s testimony on Capitol Hill on cooperate spending and the latest on Oklahoma (including the politics of disaster) -- Saturday at 10am ET on MSNBC! Read More

This past Sunday while in Atlanta speaking at the Morehouse College commencement, President Obama used one of his powers that is not diminished by the controversies swirling around the White House: the power of the bully pulpit. Read More

The average amount of college debt for 70% of the class of 2013 tops $35,200, a new study finds. Read More

The Department of Justice's controversial intrusion into AP reporters' records revealed a forgotten truth: we’re being watched. Host Melissa Harris-Perry and her panel discussed on Saturday just how much of our personal information the government can collect. Read More

"MHP" guest Valarie Kaur and a health professional argue that the spotlight on Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy should open up our scope to other women's illnesses deserving attention. Read More

A Moore, Okla., elementary school took a direct hit from the massive tornado that ripped through the state. By early Tuesday morning, the medical examiner had confirmed 24 fatalities, but the toll was expected to rise. Read More

A devastating tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., killed at least 24--and the death toll was expected to climb. The latest information, and how you can help. Read More

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

Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, along with a bipartisan group of legislators, unveiled a bill Thursday that would demand greater training for military officers overseeing allegations of sexual assault. 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