Kmart ad raises concerns over portrayal of urban life

Kmart ad raises concerns over portrayal of urban life

Aug. 15: A series of back-to-school ads is creating backlash for Kmart. Some say some of their commercials are crossing the...

Republican fringe surfaces in electoral off-year

Republican fringe surfaces in electoral off-year

Aug. 12: Rachel Maddow rounds up some of the more unconventional Republican political figures who have moved from the polit...

Right-wing pull hampers Republican outreach

Right-wing pull hampers Republican outreach

Aug. 15: Steve Kornacki, host of MSNBC's weekend morning show "Up with Steve Kornacki," talks with Rachel Maddow about the ...

Fundraising takes teen from homeless to Howard U.

Fundraising takes teen from homeless to Howard U.

Aug. 19: Nineteen-year-old James Ward grew up in Los Angeles’ Skid Row neighborhood; on Monday, he will begin his freshma...

A-Rod attorney: Allegations ‘will never stand up’

A-Rod attorney: Allegations ‘will never stand up’

Aug. 19: Joe Tacopina, attorney for New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, tells TODAY’s Matt Lauer that Major League B...

A-Rod attorney: Allegations ‘will never stand up’

A-Rod attorney: Allegations ‘will never stand up’

Aug. 19: Joe Tacopina, attorney for New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, tells TODAY’s Matt Lauer that Major League B...

Art imitates life: Paranoia, secrecy and the surveillance state

Art imitates life: Paranoia, secrecy and the surveillance state

Aug. 19: Actor Eric Bana and director John Crowley join Alex Wagner to discuss their new film, “Closed Circuit,” which ...

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 ...

Steve Lonegan: Hurricane Sandy spending ‘over the top’

Steve Lonegan: Hurricane Sandy spending ‘over the top’

Aug. 24: Steve Kornacki and the Up panelists grill Republican New Jersey Senate candidate Steve Lonegan about a range of is...

Brzezinski: Miley Cyrus' VMA dance 'really, really disturbing'

Brzezinski: Miley Cyrus' VMA dance 'really, really disturbing'

Aug. 26: Singer Miley Cyrus has caused quite a stir with her dance moves at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, which were hel...

Brzezinski: Miley Cyrus' VMA dance 'really, really disturbing'

Brzezinski: Miley Cyrus' VMA dance 'really, really disturbing'

Aug. 26: Singer Miley Cyrus has caused quite a stir with her dance moves at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, which were hel...

Brzezinski: Miley Cyrus' VMA dance 'really, really disturbing'

Brzezinski: Miley Cyrus' VMA dance 'really, really disturbing'

Aug. 26: Singer Miley Cyrus has caused quite a stir with her dance moves at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, which were hel...

Chemical weapons ‘undeniable’ in Syria

Chemical weapons ‘undeniable’ in Syria

Aug. 26: With Sec. of State John Kerry saying it was "undeniable" that chemical weapons were used in Syria, the Assad Regim...

The crucial context to the March on Washington

The crucial context to the March on Washington

Aug. 25: Steve Kornacki fills in the important context surrounding the March on Washington, then discusses the socio-politi...

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 ...

Is the president making a 'big voting rights gamble'?

Is the president making a 'big voting rights gamble'?

Aug. 26: Politico Playbook: "Whatever President Barack Obama says at the March on Washington ceremony on Wednesday, his adm...

Valerie Harper doctor: Cancer ‘close to a remission’

Valerie Harper doctor: Cancer ‘close to a remission’

Aug. 29: The actress opens up to NBC’s Meredith Vieira about her ongoing battle with incurable cancer, sharing some encou...

Valerie Harper doctor: Cancer ‘close to a remission’

Valerie Harper doctor: Cancer ‘close to a remission’

Aug. 29: The actress opens up to NBC’s Meredith Vieira about her ongoing battle with incurable cancer, sharing some encou...

Syria and Iraq: Deja Vu?

Syria and Iraq: Deja Vu?

Aug. 30: For many, today was Deja Vu, with the rational for intervening in Syria sounding a lot like the chatter leading up...

Clinton and Palin battle over Obamacare

Clinton and Palin battle over Obamacare

Aug. 29: They’re each stars of their respective parties, and now Bill Clinton and Sarah Palin are ending up on opposite s...