Living on $1.48 per meal: Mario Batali protests cuts with food stamp challenge
Can celebrity chef Mario Batali survive on food stamps for a week?
View ArticleBono on Facebook IPO: 'This boy is not a billionaire, or richer than any Beatle'
During an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, U2 frontman Bono denied reports of becoming the world's richest musician.The singer's private equity firm bought
View ArticleGrover Norquist's grip over GOP loosening?
“For years, Grover Norquist was an unchallenged force, a unilateral king maker,” described Ezra Klein on Friday’s Rachel Maddow Show.
View ArticleExonerated man lobbies against the death penalty
Franky Carrillo, who spent 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, joined Politics Nation Tuesday to share his experience and to lobby against the d
View ArticleProp 8 lawyer on DOMA: No legal arguments left for marriage equality opponents
The Defense of Marriage Act is likely headed to the Supreme Court and famed attorney David Boies thinks marriage equality opponents are running out of legal arg
View ArticleWisconsin recall is state's 'most expensive election'
Tuesday's recall election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker is the most expensive in Wisconsin history.
View ArticleFlorida election supervisors suspend Gov. Scott's voter purge
The Palm Beach Post is reporting that local Florida election supervisors are pushing back against the state-directed voter purge.Florida elections supervisors s
View ArticleNichols: Wisconsin results offer lessons for both sides
On the Ed Show, the Nation's John Nichols talked about the failed Wisconsin recall.This was an experiment in the laboratory of democracy for both sides that wil
View ArticleAfter Gwyneth Paltrow's Twitter flap, a debate over the use of the n* word
On The Ed Show Tuesday, guest host Michael Eric Dyson talked to hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons about whether it's ever okay for a white person to use the n* word
View ArticleUS to stop deporting and grant work permits to younger illegal immigrants
The Obama administration will stop deporting, and begin giving work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S.
View ArticleRomney's position remains vague on supporting- or deporting- DREAM Act kids
The campaign reactions have begun over the Obama administration's Friday announcement that it will stop deporting eligible young illegal immigrants and would al
View ArticleRomney offers no specifics in first non-Fox News interview
Mitt Romney appeared on "Face the Nation" Sunday, his first interview on a Sunday talk show that is not on Fox News.Romney did not say anything new or specific,
View Article17-year-old tells world leaders to act on climate change
If you could tell world leaders to act on poverty and climate change, what would you say?Brittany Trilford, a 17-year-old New Zealander, was given one such oppo
View ArticleRecord heat in New York City
We thought we'd share some photos of the extremely hot day in New York City.
View ArticleSaudi Arabia to allow women to compete in 2012 Olympics
Under mounting international pressure, Saudi Arabia announced Sunday that Saudi women will now be allowed to take part in the Olympic Games for the first time
View ArticleConservatives find way to blame President Obama for wildfires
On Hardball Friday, Chris Matthews pointed out the inconsistency of conservatives who are criticizing President Obama, finding some blame in him and his adminis
View ArticleAnderson Cooper: Visibility for gay people is important
On Monday's "The Dish" by Andrew Sullivan, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper publicly acknowledged being gay, something that hasn't been a big secret in New York media
View ArticleMadeleine Stowe on why she's campaigning against Eric Cantor
Actress Madeleine Stowe joined The Ed Show Friday to advocate for women’s rights in Virginia—and to throw her support behind Wayne Powell, the Democratic
View ArticleCan new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer- and working women- have it all?
Yahoo announced yesterday that Google Inc.'s Marissa Mayer will become Yahoo Inc's new chief executive.Mayer is the most prominent female tech CEO— and her
View Article'Brilliant politics'? Back and forth continues over Reid's unsubstantiated...
The back and forth continues over Sen.
View ArticleYoung illegal immigrants can file to avoid deportation starting August 15
The Obama administration outlined specifics Friday about deferred deportation applications for young illegal immigrants.Last June, President Obama announced tha
View ArticleChuck Todd: Paul Ryan VP rumors are legit
On Morning Joe Friday, NBC Political Director Chuck Todd explained why he thought there was truth behind the rumors about Rep.
View ArticleWho's NOT on the RNC speakers list
Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich... remember them?
View ArticleCosmo's Helen Gurley Brown dies at 90
Via The Associated Press:Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan magazine who invited millions of women to join thesexual revolution, has died.
View ArticleActress urges voters to 'be patient' about economic recovery
Obama supporter Sanaa Lathan joined PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton Wednesday and encouraged Americans to "be patient" about economic recovery."It's human
View ArticleDo you hear the people sing? Online political parody video set to Les Miz music
The folks at PoliticusUSA point out this music video “One Term More,” a 2012 election take on a Les Misérables song.
View ArticleAn open letter to Rep. Akin from a woman who got pregnant from rape
An open letter worth reading via XOJane:Dear Rep.
View ArticleRomney tells Isaac flood victim to 'go home and call 211'
During his Friday visit to storm-battered Louisiana, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney met with local officials and at least one local resident who was aff
View ArticleLinks for the 9/3 TRMS
GOP platform: English as the nation's official languageForeign Policy: The Romney-Cheney doctrinePolitico: Record 69% oppose Afghan war
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood supporter says being pro-life means being pro-women's...
Elizabeth Bruce, a woman who suffered from severe pelvic pain when she was 18 years old, spoke at the Democratic National Convention to stand up for Planned Par
View ArticleOutspoken nun argues for shared responsibility
Sister Simone Campbell, known for the “Nuns on the Bus” tour criticizing Rep.
View ArticleMocking the 'undecided voter'
Over the weekend, both Real Time with Bill Maher and Saturday Night Live made fun of the "undecided voter," as well as the media for giving them too much import
View ArticleUnemployment rate falls to 7.8%
The nation's unemployment rate dropped to the lowest it has been since early in 2009 in September, providing a potential upbeat talking point for President
View ArticleGOP surrogates lower expectations ahead of VP debate
On msnbc Monday, both Republican National Committee Chair Reince Preibus and Romney senior adviser Dan Senor set higher expectations for Vice President Joe Bide
View ArticleGOP surrogates lower expectations ahead of VP debate
On msnbc Monday, both Republican National Committee Chair Reince Preibus and Romney senior adviser Dan Senor set higher expectations for Vice President Joe Bide
View ArticleRomney’s ‘binders full of women’ gets meme’d
The debate wasn’t even over and Mitt Romney’s phrase “binders full of women” was already the meme of the night.
View ArticleLive from 'Bainport,' Sensata workers protest Bain and its corporate values
msnbc's Ed Schultz hosted Friday’s broadcast of The Ed Show from “Bainport,” a protest site across a soon-to-close manufacturing plant in Freeport,
View ArticleObama on hurricane: 'I'm not worried about impact on election'
President Obama said during a White House press briefing Monday that he was not worried about the impact Hurricane Sandy could have on the Nov. 6 election.
View ArticleOdds stacked against Team Romney in Nevada
Despite being one of the hardest-hit states in the recent economic collapse, battleground Nevada seems headed to vote blue again this election.
View ArticleObama wins Election Day basketball game featuring Scottie Pippen, Reggie Love
President Obama spent part of the day Tuesday playing basketball, an election-day tradition, with staff and friends, including former bodyman Reggie Love, Obama
View ArticleWomen's vote played crucial role in Obama victory
The women’s vote propelled Barack Obama to victory.
View ArticleAccording to Rodman, North Korean dictator wants Obama to call him, maybe
Former NBA wild man Dennis Rodman has a message to President Obama from North Korean leader Kim Jung-un: Call me.
View ArticleJustice Roberts' lesbian cousin to attend Prop 8 and DOMA hearings
A lesbian cousin of Chief Justice John Roberts will attend this week's landmark Supreme Court arguments on marriage equality.
View Article40 years after Vietnam, America still failing its veterans
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the last U.S.
View ArticleWATCH: Uncle calls bombing suspects 'losers'
The bombing suspects’ uncle Ruslan Tsarni pled for his nephew Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to turn himself in on Friday morning.
View ArticleEliot Spitzer considers himself a feminist
Does Eliot Spitzer consider himself a feminist? “Yes,” he said on Tuesday’s All In With Chris Hayes.
View ArticleMSNBC launches new iOS app
Tuesday, MSNBC launched the new MSNBC App for iPhone, iPad and iTouch as part of NBCUniversal’s TV Everywhere cross-portfolio rollout.
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