MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry asked for your experiences raising children with help from family, friends and the community. Here are some of the stories you shared. Read More
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Paul Ryan compares anti-abortion fight to battle to end slavery
5:04 PM on 4/12/2013
Paul Ryan urged anti-abortion activists to reach out to people who support reproductive choice--while continuing to work to outlaw abortion. Read More
Caring for children: Share your story
6:03 PM on 4/10/2013
Share your stories with Melissa Harris-Perry. Read More
‘Test-and-punish’ sabotages quality of children’s education
5:40 PM on 4/10/2013
It's time to replace our high-stakes test-and-punish strategy with "intelligent accountability." Without major changes, we will be testing our nation to death. Read More
What raising a child with the support of community looks like
10:49 AM on 4/10/2013
My wife and I are lucky that we can raise our daughter in a community with support—with people who care about us and our daughter. Read More
Why caring for children is not just a parent’s job
1:14 PM on 4/9/2013
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
Lindsey Graham optimistic on immigration reform
1:20 PM on 4/7/2013
Senator Lindsey Graham talked to David Gregory about the challenges facing the Gang of Eight as they try to reach a compromise on immigration reform. Read More
Why we should all drop the term ‘illegal immigrant’
3:23 PM on 4/6/2013
Berkeley linguistics professor and author George Lakoff talked to MSNBC about what we're really saying when we talk about immigration. Read More
Tying welfare benefits to school grades teaches the wrong lesson
1:59 PM on 4/6/2013
The sponsors of the Tennessee education bill, which proposes to dock welfare benefits to the state's poorest families if their children fail to make the grade in school, need a lesson on the very real educational impediments for students coming from impoverished households. Read More
UN condemns Guantanamo: ‘Clear breach of international law’
5:01 PM on 4/5/2013
The UN Commissioner for Human Rights spoke out against the continuing "arbitrary detention" of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Read More
Hesitant about marriage equality, Supreme Court? Follow the millennials’ lead
3:25 PM on 4/5/2013
Our fight for equality is incomplete and vain if we are only standing up for ourselves, writes filmmaker and activist Valarie Kaur. This is something the millennial generation understands. Read More
Student protests defeat private prison bid to name college stadium
5:37 PM on 4/3/2013
Students at Florida Atlantic University blocked a plan to name its football stadium after a for-profit prison company with a history of human rights abuses Read More
Phil Jackson: I’ve ‘never run into’ a gay athlete in my NBA career
1:29 PM on 4/3/2013
The former Lakers head coach says the question of whether or not there needs to be more inclusiveness in the NBA is "ridiculous." Read More
Does Obama’s BRAIN initiative have a chance?
8:49 PM on 4/2/2013
With bold congressional action, the United States could still take part in a worldwide scientific revolution. Without it, we'll watch from the sidelines. Read More
Backlog of veterans claims recalls Vietnam-era benefit battles
2:26 PM on 3/31/2013
The frustration of Vietnam veterans echoes today among new veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who deal with a current backlog that has left nearly one million veterans waiting for their benefit claims to be processed. Read More
New documentary details how Angela Davis became Angela Davis
2:06 PM on 3/31/2013
Host Melissa Harris Perry spoke with Shola Lynch, the writer and director of "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners," a new documentary about activist Angela Davis. Read More
‘Political science is not punditry’
12:22 PM on 3/31/2013
Why does Senator Tom Coburn hate political science so much? Read More
Sexism in the tech world rears its head at Adria Richards
5:48 PM on 3/30/2013
An incident involving sexism accusations, social media, and speaking out recently resulted in two people losing their jobs and a wide conversation about women in the male-dominated technology industry. Read More
Meet Asma Hanif, nurse to Muslim women in need
4:36 PM on 3/30/2013
This week’s Melissa Harris-Perry Foot Soldier is Asma Hanif, an advanced practice nurse who has devoted her life to operating Al-Nissa Holistic Health Center, a free clinic for women who are homeless, uninsured, or victims of domestic abuse, and Muslimat Al-Nisaa, a shelter for Muslim women. Read More
‘Buddy’ Caldwell, lay off the Angola 3 already
2:14 PM on 3/30/2013
Melissa Harris-Perry's "Open Letter" is to Louisiana attorney general James "Buddy" Caldwell, who showed why the Angola 3 case is about more than the murder of one man--it's about the inhumanity exhibited for more than 40 years. Read More
