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

The UN Commissioner for Human Rights spoke out against the continuing "arbitrary detention" of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why does Senator Tom Coburn hate political science so much? Read More

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

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

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

Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have been on a mass hunger strike for nearly two months; is starvation their only way out of prison? Read More

"Our 'Jackie Robinson player' is going to come out soon--this year, next year, some time in the near future--and everything's going to change. We're going to put this behind us. We're going to do the right thing," said Brendon Ayanbadejo, NFL linebacker and marriage-equality advocate. Read More

Abigail Fisher's Supreme Court case may bring down affirmative action in college admissions, and that is no accident. Read More

Hundreds rallied in Chicago on Wednesday to protest the largest proposed mass school closing in the nation. Read More

Yet another student filed a complaint against the University of North Carolina on Monday charging that she is being targeted unfairly for revealing her rape. See our "Melissa Harris-Perry" interview with two other young survivors alleging mistreatment by UNC. Read More

It's not just Republicans evolving on gay marriage; Democrats who have remained silent before are starting to come around. "I find myself unable to look them in the eye without honestly confronting this uncomfortable inequality," Sen. McCaskill said of her gay friends. Read More

GLAAD has officially committed to making greater equality for transgender people a part of its platform. Read More

Texas is next in a the line of states trying to significantly diminish the access women have to abortions. In addition to other restrictions in North Dakota, Arkansas, and Kansas, a committee in the Texas Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would effectively shut down most of the abortion clinics in the state by setting minimum facility standards. Read More