The Ed Show

Real estate is all about location, and it's location that inspired Aaron Jackson of the organization Planting Peace to spend $80,000 on a house he'd never seen. All he knew was that it sat across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church. (Screengrab courtesy of MSNBC)

Meet the guy who painted his house in LGBT pride colors

10:08 AM on 3/22/2013

When one Topeka man paid $80,000 for a house next to the Westboro Baptist Church, it wasn't because he was thinking of becoming a member. Instead, he's sending the famously homophobic ministry a message they'll never forget. Read More

President Barack Obama looks into the crowd and tries to hear a person yelling at him during his speech at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 21, 2013. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP)

‘ED Show’ poll: Will the Middle East take President Obama’s message of compromise to heart?

Steve Frank

7:46 PM on 3/21/2013

Yes or no? Vote now!! Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledges the audience after delivering a speech on Mideast policy at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 21, 2013. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)

‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, March 21

Steve Frank

7:26 PM on 3/21/2013

President Obama speaks to Palestinians and then calls on young Israelis to embrace peace during a bold speech in Jerusalem. Will his ideas be followed by… Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks as Assistant Attorney General of Justice Department's civil rights division Thomas Perez (R) listens during a personnel announcement March 18, 2013 at the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama has nominated Perez to succeed Hilda Solis as the next labor secretary. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sequester threatens pile up of discrimination cases

Ned Resnikoff

1:57 PM on 3/21/2013

Furloughs on the federal employees who investigate claims of workplace discrimination and unfair labor practices is the latest indication that the sequester hurts labor. Read More

An American manufactured AR-15 Assault Rifle (Photo by Judi Bottoni/AP Photo, File)

‘ED Show’ poll: Will we see any major gun safety laws passed in this Congress?

Steve Frank

7:45 PM on 3/20/2013

Yes or no? Vote now!! Read More

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses as he meet with reporters on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, following a Democratic strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘ED Show’ playbook: Wednesday, March 20

Steve Frank

7:29 PM on 3/20/2013

Tonight on The Ed Show at 8pET on msnbc: Washington drops the ball on protecting our children, as the U.S. Senate finds itself out of touch with most Americans on the assault weapons ban. Read More

Local university students and labor rights activists carry mock iPhones during a protest outside an Apple store in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. The protesters were demonstrating against allegedly harsh labor practices facing workers who are employed by suppliers of Apple Inc and demanded the suppliers to improve the working conditions. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Apple workers unlikely to see any of company’s massive cash surplus

Ned Resnikoff

4:37 PM on 3/20/2013

Despite recent controversy about working conditions at Apple factories, only shareholders are likely to profit from the company's $137 billion cash reserve. Read More

Image: U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv

Obama says ‘there is still time’ to find diplomatic solution to Iran nuke dispute

Steve Frank

10:50 AM on 3/20/2013

On his first state visit to Israel, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that “there is still time” to find a diplomatic solution to the problem of Iran’s disputed nuclear program as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at his impatience. Read More

File Photo: Capt. George Morris, commander of B Company, 2-502 Infantry, and his soldiers in the opening salvo of Operation "Patriot Strike." The soldiers detained ten suspected al-Qaida conspirators and seized
weapons and bomb-making supplies December 29, 2007 .
(Photo by: Ben Brody)

‘ED Show’ poll: Will the architects of the Iraq War ever admit that they made a mistake?

Steve Frank

7:52 PM on 3/19/2013

Yes or no? Vote now!! Read More

‘ED Show’ playbook: Tuesday, March 19

Steve Frank

7:21 PM on 3/19/2013

Tonight on “The Ed Show” at 8pET on msnbc: 10 years after "shock and awe" was launched in Iraq, the organizers of one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in American history are trying to revise history. But we won't let them get away with it. Read More

Even some conservatives are unimpressed with Paul Ryan's latest budget.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Would changing food stamp rules help the poor to eat healthier diets?

Ned Resnikoff

4:56 PM on 3/19/2013

SNAP benefits are under threat from both the Ryan budget and automatic scheduled budget cuts. Read More

Study: Climate change makes ‘Katrina magnitude events’ more likely

Ned Resnikoff

12:33 PM on 3/19/2013

Climate change could hit the East Coast particularly hard, according to a new study. Read More

‘ED Show’ poll: Did the media lose sight of the real victim in the Steubenville case?

Steve Frank

7:53 PM on 3/18/2013

Yes or no? Vote now! Read More

Trent Mays, 17, left, gets a hug from his father, Brian Mays, after Trent and co-defendant Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012.

‘ED Show’ playbook: Monday, March 18

Steve Frank

7:27 PM on 3/18/2013

Tonight on “The Ed Show” at 8p & 11pET on msnbc: two underage males are convicted of raping a teenage girl and photographing her in the nude and yet some in the mainstream media are shedding tears for the boys and their lost youth. Read More

Carol Gray, left, , seated next to City Councilman Charles Barron, right, shows a photo of her with her son Kimani "Kiki" Gray, during a press conference on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them. But Gray told reporters that her son was slaughtered, and she wants to know why.

Police shooting of teen sparks rage over New York City’s ‘stop and frisk’ policy

Steve Frank

6:17 PM on 3/18/2013

Frustration over New York's stop-and-frisk policies and the death of a 16-year-old boy boiled over into confrontation in Brooklyn. Read More

Image: Rick Snyder, Kevyn Orr, Dave Bing

In a democracy, citizens are not ‘customers’ of the state

Ned Resnikoff

4:13 PM on 3/18/2013

Equating citizens to "customers" of the government runs counter to the basic tenets of democracy. Read More

File Photo: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas Perez addresses the Department of Justice's commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act on July 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File)

Labor groups applaud Obama’s labor secretary pick

Ned Resnikoff

11:49 AM on 3/18/2013

Tom Perez, President Obama's nominee to head the U.S. Department of Labor, has received a warm welcome from alternative labor organizations. Read More