New generation of activists fight rights abuses

New generation of activists fight rights abuses

Aug. 23: Rachel Maddow highlights the impassioned activism of immigration reform advocates and talks with North Carolina's ...

Speaker Boehner vows fight on debt limit

Speaker Boehner vows fight on debt limit

Aug. 27: House Speaker John Boehner is promising a "whale of a fight" over the raising the debt ceiling when Congress retur...

Boehner promises 'whale of a fight' over debt ceiling

Boehner promises 'whale of a fight' over debt ceiling

Aug. 27: Tea Partiers show up to Speaker John Boehner's Ohio office, urging him to defund Obamacare, or else they'll start ...

The fight for the soul of the GOP

The fight for the soul of the GOP

Oct. 7: NBC’s Chuck Todd and The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson join Chris Matthews to discuss the dangerous road th...

Fighting back against the Tea Party

Fighting back against the Tea Party

Nov. 6: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former Governor Howard Dean and Lawrence O'Donnell look at how the Republican establ...

Filibuster fight

Filibuster fight

Dec. 12: Senate Republicans are taking their fight over the filibuster rule change to the Senate Floor. Alex Wagner talks t...

All eyes on Ohio in the voting rights fight

All eyes on Ohio in the voting rights fight

Dec. 16: Republicans continue to draft legislation with the sole purpose of making it harder to vote.  Ed Schultz and stat...

Democrats fight back against GOP obstruction

Democrats fight back against GOP obstruction

Dec. 20: Democrats plan to fight this Christmas for unemployment insurance for millions of Americans, with Pres. Obama on t...

Fighting poverty: America's longest war

Fighting poverty: America's longest war

Jan. 13: The fight for the poor started with Lyndon Johnson and Sargent Shriver. It's nowhere near over.  

Fighting for Sandy money transparency

Fighting for Sandy money transparency

Jan. 14: Chris Hayes and his panel discuss Jersey Democrats' fight for transparency around Hurricane Sandy money.  

When the GOP fights, the Tea Party wins

When the GOP fights, the Tea Party wins

May 19: There's been a lot of in-fighting within the Republican party leading up to Tuesday's GOP primaries - and that's not exactly b...

South Dakota joins the fight for same-sex marriage

South Dakota joins the fight for same-sex marriage

May 23: In Trenders, Mark Cuban apologizes for his "hoodie" comments. Pres. Obama holds an impromptu meet and greet on the mall. Ed Sc...

Obama's major move in climate change fight

Obama's major move in climate change fight

May 27: President Obama finally plans to take a stand in the fight against climate change, announcing a new EPA regulation to cut carb...

Obamacare: Is the fight over?

Obamacare: Is the fight over?

Oct. 20: Sens. Chuck Schumer and Tom Coburn analyze the tea party's battle against the Affordable Care Act and whether it's...

Taylor Kinney: I still have ‘pinch me’ moments

Taylor Kinney: I still have ‘pinch me’ moments

May 13: The actor who plays Lieut. Kelly Severide on “Chicago Fire” talks about tonight’s season finale, living life in the spot...

A debt ceiling fight? Again?

A debt ceiling fight? Again?

Aug. 3: As an October 1st government shutdown looms, the Up panel looks at Congress’ struggles to pass seemingly impossib...

Ranks swell in NC fight against GOP voting rules

Ranks swell in NC fight against GOP voting rules

Aug. 21: Rachel Maddow reports on North Carolina Republicans trying to cover up the record on some of their more egregious ...

Attorney vows to fight for Manning’s hormone therapy

Attorney vows to fight for Manning’s hormone therapy

Aug. 22: Bradley Manning’s attorney David Coombs tells TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie, “I’m going to do everything in my ...

Attorney vows to fight for Manning’s hormone therapy

Attorney vows to fight for Manning’s hormone therapy

Aug. 22: Bradley Manning’s attorney David Coombs tells TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie, “I’m going to do everything in my ...

NC faces fights that were supposed to have been won

NC faces fights that were supposed to have been won

Aug. 22: Montravias King, activist and student at Elizabeth City State University, talks about the history of ECSU and Rach...