Why did LBJ need another law to make sure part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would be enforced? Why do Republicans do a better job of getting people to the polls, and can Democrats reverse the trend in time for November? And how has sexual violence become "normal"? All that, plus award-winning playwright Pearl Cleage, on a special Easter Sunday edition of #nerdland! 10am ET, msnbc. read more
Four Houston schools just dropped their American Indian mascots. Why can't Dan Snyder follow suit? Read my open letter to the Washington Redskins owner. read more
College student Cynthia Diaz and two other immigration activists ended their hunger strike pleading for executive action from President Obama, but the #Not1More protest isn't over. msnbc spoke with the Houston mother taking their place outside of the White House. read more
University of Arizona student Cynthia Diaz, who joined "MHP" on Saturday, writes about her hunger strike in protest of her immigrant mother's detention. read more
Melissa Harris-Perry talks about the debate on the fears we should ignore to preserve freedom and those that should be confronted to strengthen security. Dorian Warren, Linda Sarsour, Richard Cohen and Omar Farah discuss. watch
The MHP table discusses how the election of President Obama lead to the "culmination" of racial angst in the country and assessing where terrorist threats actually come from. watch
A new report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that users of StormFront.org, which advocates a "white power" ideology, have been responsible for nearly 100 murders in the last five years. watch
North Carolina's Supreme Court is to decide the fate of inmates whose lives were spared by the Racial Justice Act, which permits defendants and inmates to challenge death sentences by presenting statistical evidence of racial bias. Tanya Greene from... watch
The back and forth between Ukraine and Russia continues in spite of an interim agreement reached by diplomatic representatives. NBC's Jim Maceda, Dorian Warren, Nina Khrushcheva, Dafna Linzer and Alexander Motyl discuss. watch
The MHP panel discusses the differences of using a neo-con ideology versus a diplomatic strategy in dealing with the Ukraine crisis and pros and cons of Europe being a more key player. watch
Melissa Harris-Perry speaks on college athletes' efforts to form a union and University of Connecticut basketball player Shabazz Napier's comment on the "hungry nights" he sometimes faces. watch
The MHP panel--Dorian Warren from Columbia University, Vocativ's Amy K. Nelson, ESPN's Jemele Hill and ProPublica's David Epstein--preview the vote by Northwestern scholarship players to potentially form a union. watch
