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Obama takes GOP to task over inequality — Republicans

Obama takes GOP to task over inequality

PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton

President Obama is going on the offensive against Republicans by mocking the GOP for trying to steal a page from his progressive playbook. Rev. Sharpton talks to EJ Dionne and Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton for details.

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Senate Democrats push for help to unemployed — Rachel Maddow

Senate Democrats push for help to unemployed

The fight for unemployment benefits — All In

The fight for unemployment benefits

The GOP's 'poverty agenda' — All In

The GOP's 'poverty agenda'

Is it Communism if conservatives support it? — All In

Is it Communism if conservatives support it?

Money for being a US citizen? — All In

Money for being a US citizen?

Victoria Morris, 28, panhandles in Portland, Maine, where the temperature at dusk was 7 degrees Fahrenheit, Jan. 3, 2014. — All In

Tragic choice she must make

People attend a job training and resource fair at Coney Island in New York December 11, 2013.

These people are not 'lazy'

Battle lines drawn ahead of benefits vote — All In

Battle lines drawn ahead of benefits vote

GOP rails against unemployment insurance — All In

GOP rails against unemployment insurance

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Md., March 14, 2013. — PoliticsNation

GOP declares war on the 'war on poverty'

U.S. President Barack Obama leaves the briefing room of the White House in Washington on Oct. 16, 2013.

Obama prepares to hit reset

Homeless Korean War veteran Thomas Moore, 79, adjusts his hat while wrapped in a blanket on a sidewalk in Boston, Nov. 20, 2013. — Melissa Harris-Perry

Mayor declares end to vet homelessness

Targeting the GOP on unemployment insurance — All In

Targeting the GOP on unemployment insurance

The Obamacare wars press on — All In

The Obamacare wars press on

A man rides his bike past empty housing lots on September 5, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan.

The perils of low productivity

'Poor Blog' — All In

'Poor Blog'

The Obamacare turnaround — All In

The Obamacare turnaround

Former President Bill Clinton, left, speaks before he administers the oath of office to Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, Jan 1, 2014. — Hardball

Clintons using de Blasio to woo progressives?

Students walk the halls of Normandy High School, where hundreds of students transferred over the summer. — Melissa Harris-Perry

'Dismantling' public education

All In All-Star Show: Obamacare wars — All In

All In All-Star Show: Obamacare wars

Camden Battles Crime And Poverty In Effort To Re-Vitalize Community

Poll: The biggest inequality misunderstanding

A cashier counts out money at Macy's Herald Square on Thanksgiving Day in New York, Nov. 28, 2013.

What the economy needs in 2014

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Protesters rally outside of a Wendy's in support of raising fast food wages from $7.25 per hour to $15.00 per hour on Dec. 5, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. — Hardball

Obama: '2014 needs to be a year of action'

GOP gets ‘down the block’ tough — All In

GOP gets ‘down the block’ tough

Children eat breakfast at the federally-funded Head Start Program school on Sept. 20, 2012 in Woodbourne, N.Y. — The Last Word

GOP Rep: Poor kids should sweep school floors

Congress abandons the long-term unemployed — All In

Congress abandons the long-term unemployed

America's royals exploit tax loopholes — All In

America's royals exploit tax loopholes

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