Asean Johnson talks Education Nation

Asean Johnson talks Education Nation

Oct. 8: The importance of public education, especially in Chicago has become a major focus of Ed Schultz's attention. The a...

Should NCAA athletes be paid?

Should NCAA athletes be paid?

March 25: In tonight's Rewrite, Lawrence O'Donnell presents The Last Word’s plan for compensating college athletes.  

Russian athlete defends country's policy towards gays

Russian athlete defends country's policy towards gays

Aug. 15: Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva is condemning a gesture made by a Swedish athlete, showing solidarity towar...

Coach’s ‘Player of the Day’ helps special needs athletes

Coach’s ‘Player of the Day’ helps special needs athletes

Oct. 15: Paulding County High School coach Scott Hamilton has been spreading joy to special needs students through a “Pla...

Excessive speed cited in NY train crash

Excessive speed cited in NY train crash

Dec. 2: Rachel Maddow reports the latest details in the investigation into a deadly commuter train crash outside New York C...

Man credits dog with saving his life on NYC train tracks

Man credits dog with saving his life on NYC train tracks

Dec. 17: Cecil Williams, who is blind, fainted and fell onto the New York City subway tracks. His dog, Orlando, quickly jum...

Johnson: 'Every child deserves a great education'

Johnson: 'Every child deserves a great education'

Aug. 24: Asean Johnson, student at Marcus Garvey School in Chicago, is the youngest speaker to talk to the crowd today at t...

What a Trump U education buys you

What a Trump U education buys you

Aug. 26: Chris Hayes talks with Sema Cekinay, former Trump University student and plaintiff in the lawsuit, Democratic Cong...

Allowing children to get an education in Africa

Allowing children to get an education in Africa

Dec. 5: Hundreds of thousands of kids in Africa are sitting at desks for the first time in their lives thanks to the genero...

Cuomo: I suspect NYC derailment ‘about the speed’

Cuomo: I suspect NYC derailment ‘about the speed’

Dec. 2: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talks to Matt Lauer from the scene of train derailment that killed four and injured ...

‘Everybody loved him’: TODAY honors tech killed in crash

‘Everybody loved him’: TODAY honors tech killed in crash

Dec. 2: The TODAY family remembers Jim Lovell, 58, who was among those killed when a commuter train derailed in New York Ci...

GOP trying to appeal to women 'emotionally'

GOP trying to appeal to women 'emotionally'

Dec. 9: Republicans continue to have a problem reaching out to women, despite an effort to "train" candidates on the trail....

Dash the skateboarding pooch shows off skills

Dash the skateboarding pooch shows off skills

Aug. 15: A Jack Russell Terrier named Dash has been trained to ride a skateboard. Dash's owner and professional dog trainer...

Obama describes 'mountain of debt' he faced after school

Obama describes 'mountain of debt' he faced after school

Aug. 22: President Barack Obama delivers a speech on the cost of education in America and student debt at the University of...

How are so many people still uninformed about Obamacare?

How are so many people still uninformed about Obamacare?

Sept. 6: More than 4 in 10 Americans surveyed in a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll either weren't sure Obamacare is still the law, o...

How are so many people still uninformed about Obamacare?

How are so many people still uninformed about Obamacare?

Sept. 6: More than 4 in 10 Americans surveyed in a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll either weren't sure Obamacare is still the law, o...

Students raise their voices for school reform

Students raise their voices for school reform

Oct. 6: Students across the country have been raising their voices and taking the lead in education reform. Joining Melissa...

First lady recalls teachers doubting her Princeton ambitions

First lady recalls teachers doubting her Princeton ambitions

Nov. 12: First lady Michelle Obama talks about her high school education and the challenges that she faced. Obama made the ...

Good Samaritan teaches homeless man computing

Good Samaritan teaches homeless man computing

Nov. 25: Software engineer Patrick McConlogue taught a 37-year-old man living on the streets how to write computer code, ch...

US to send openly gay delegates to Olympics

US to send openly gay delegates to Olympics

Dec. 17: Rachel Maddow reports on the naming of the US Olympic delegation, which includes two openly gay former athletes an...