Panel recommends ending NSA's metadata collection

Panel recommends ending NSA's metadata collection

Dec. 18: Lawrence O’Donnell has an exclusive interview with presidential review group member, Peter Swire, about the reco...

Domestic spying data not just for terrorism anymore

Domestic spying data not just for terrorism anymore

Aug. 5: John Shiffman, Reuters enterprise correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about revelations that a federal DEA agen...

The NRA's secret gun registry?

The NRA's secret gun registry?

Aug. 21: The NRA raised the specter of a national gun registry for months. Turns out, it already exists, but it's not the f...

Search and seizure and the 4th Amendment

Search and seizure and the 4th Amendment

Aug. 22: Chris Hayes talks with Vince Warren, executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, about encroachmen...

Privacy issues in black and white

Privacy issues in black and white

Aug. 22: The outrage over the NSA's massive, sprawling data collection is different in the white community than in the blac...

Why is killing with chemical weapons worse than using bullets?

Why is killing with chemical weapons worse than using bullets?

Sept. 4: Dominic Tierney, a professor of political science and international politics at Swarthmore College, joined The Last Word to d...

Jay Z urged to end Barneys deal over ‘profiling’

Jay Z urged to end Barneys deal over ‘profiling’

Oct. 25: Fans want the hip-hop mogul to cut ties with the upscale retailer after allegations of the racial profiling of two...

Party Down: Tea Party loses off-year election

Party Down: Tea Party loses off-year election

Nov. 6: Chris Hayes looks at a collection of races showing the waning influence of Tea Party extremism.  

Sign language interpreter made ‘no sense’ at Mandela memorial

Sign language interpreter made ‘no sense’ at Mandela memorial

It was a moment in history, lost in translation – as an interpreter for the deaf at Nelson Mandela’s memorial used gestures that some ar...

Can the NSA be reined in?

Can the NSA be reined in?

Dec. 16: Chris and his panel look at a widely-criticized "60 Minutes" story and a ruling that NSA data collection is uncons...

James Madison vs. the NSA

James Madison vs. the NSA

Dec. 17: Lawrence O'Donnell picks apart a claim by a federal judge that Founding Father James Madison would be "aghast" at ...

2013 Bests: Gay in the head, Detroit's dragon

2013 Bests: Gay in the head, Detroit's dragon

Dec. 26: Rachel Maddow revisits 2013's Best New Things in the World, like the fire-breathing dragon that defended Detroit's...

Martina McBride: ‘These songs are so much fun’

Martina McBride: ‘These songs are so much fun’

April 8: The country music star takes a new turn with her latest album, “Everlasting,” a collection of iconic soul and pop songs, ...

Hannity, Palin, Cain make picks in tight race

Hannity, Palin, Cain make picks in tight race

May 19: Rachel Maddow assesses Mitch McConnell's changes for victory in Kentucky, and reports on a crowded Georgia Republican primary ...

Dinosaur find cited as proof of Bible story

Dinosaur find cited as proof of Bible story

May 27: Rachel Maddow reports on the addition of an Allosaurus skeleton to the Creation Museum's collection they claim proves that din...

Have you benefited from a government program?

Have you benefited from a government program?

Feb. 4: Bill O'Reilly called himself a "self-reliance guy" during his interview with President Obama. Chris Hayes discusses...

Bill O'Reilly and the 'self-reliance' myth

Bill O'Reilly and the 'self-reliance' myth

Feb. 4: Chris Hayes is joined by MSNBC's Alex Wagner and the NAACP's Dedrick Muhammad to talk about the president's intervi...

Matching mom and daughter fashion for a cause

Matching mom and daughter fashion for a cause

April 23: Model Liya Kebede and Vogue magazine’s Sylvana Ward Durrett join TODAY to talk about the magazine’s partnership with an ...