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If Caitlyn Jenner’s advocacy is what we’ve got, so be it: On “I Am Cait,” trans issues and the beauty of imperfect activists

Jenner's new E! series isn't going to eradicate trans discrimination -- but it is going to change a lot of minds

Jenny Kutner Sunday, Jul 26, 2015 6:00 PM UTC 0
Life caitlyn jenner, Kardashians

Chris Hayes sits down with a Chicago investigator fired for calling out “unjustified” police brutality

The MSNBC host takes a look at how law enforcement might be covering police shootings from the inside VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Wednesday, Jul 22, 2015 2:43 PM UTC 0
Social Police brutality

Watch this brilliant montage of conservative politicians shooting stuff in campaign ads

Steve Kornacki analyzes the "Republicans firing guns" genre of campaign materials on "Rachel Maddow" VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Wednesday, Jul 22, 2015 1:58 PM UTC 0
Elections Steve Kornacki, Rachel Maddow

Transgender experience isn’t caused by a hormone imbalance so just give it up already

A new study confirms what researchers have long been saying: Gender dysphoria isn't physiological

Jenny Kutner Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015 5:35 PM UTC 0
Life Transgender, Gender

Antiabortion extremists release second Planned Parenthood “sting” video

The Center for Medical Progress continues to claim the healthcare provider dabbles in the sale of fetal tissue

Jenny Kutner Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015 3:46 PM UTC 0
Social Planned Parenthood

“He’s not that different from the other buffoons”: Chris Hayes explores how Donald Trump is leading the polls

"All In" guest Sam Seder explains how Trump is playing to the base -- and making Jeb lean further to the right VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015 2:26 PM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Chris Hayes

Let the GOP cannibalism commence: Steve Kornacki predicts Republican attack on Donald Trump

The MSNBC contributor warns of the downfall to come for offending veterans in the Republican base VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015 1:50 PM UTC 0
Media Donald Trump, Steve Kornacki

Bobby Jindal: An abortion “patient” is the “unborn baby,” not the woman having the abortion

The GOP presidential hopeful says he sees "no reason" not to defund Planned Parenthood VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Monday, Jul 20, 2015 7:11 PM UTC 0
Media Video, Bobby Jindal, Republicans

Nuns ramp up effort to stop Katy Perry from purchasing convent

The sisters claim they oppose the pop star's desire to buy their former home "for obvious reasons"

Jenny Kutner Monday, Jul 20, 2015 3:54 PM UTC 0
Entertainment Katy Perry, nuns, Catholic Church

Scientists have developed a new Myers Briggs personality test, but for drunks

Most people fall into one of four distinct personality categories when they drink. Which one are you?

Jenny Kutner Monday, Jul 20, 2015 2:42 PM UTC 0
Life personality tests, Alcohol

Former evangelical pastor proposes fighting LGBT rights with assault weapons

Talking head Joshua Feuerstein implies the Second Amendment is the best way to combat homosexuality

Jenny Kutner Monday, Jul 20, 2015 1:53 PM UTC 0
Social Evangelical, joshua feuerstein

Rolling Stone claims UVA vouched for now-discredited campus rape story

The magazine argues in a lawsuit that the school's administration directed Sabrina Erdely to "Jackie"

Jenny Kutner Friday, Jul 17, 2015 8:09 PM UTC 0
Social UVA, Rolling Stone

Did Planned Parenthood’s president really need to apologize for the tissue donation video?

Cecile Richards' apology for the controversial video highlights what needs to change about how we discuss abortion VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Friday, Jul 17, 2015 7:08 PM UTC 0
Social Video, Planned Parenthood

Sexist scold Andrea Peyser offers predictably gross defense of Bill Cosby: “Not long ago, society looked at rape differently”

New York Post's top contender for the "Hates Women Most" title doesn't think Cosby's a rapist -- he's just a creep!

Jenny Kutner Friday, Jul 17, 2015 4:52 PM UTC 0
Media Sexism, Misogyny, New York Post

The GOP might actually be helpful: Chris Hayes explains why Obama’s push for prison reform could work

The MSNBC host dives into the meaning of the first sitting president's visit to a U.S. prison VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Friday, Jul 17, 2015 2:12 PM UTC 0
Media Chris Hayes, Barack Obama

Rachel Maddow on the ignorant scramble for answers in Chattanooga: “We do not yet know enough”

The MSNBC host isn't convinced we can label Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez a terrorist VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Friday, Jul 17, 2015 1:57 PM UTC 0
Media chattanooga, Rachel Maddow, Video

Republicans allegedly knew about controversial Planned Parenthood video weeks ago — so why did they wait to launch an investigation?

House GOP members appear to be downplaying the fact that they sat on allegations of criminal behavior for weeks

Jenny Kutner Thursday, Jul 16, 2015 7:42 PM UTC 0
News Planned Parenthood, Abortion

Chris Hayes wonders: What made Bill Clinton apologize for his crime bill?

The MSNBC host tackles the former president's unprecedented apology for "making the problem worse" VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Thursday, Jul 16, 2015 2:37 PM UTC 0
News Chris Hayes, Bill Clinton

Rachel Maddow praises President Obama for treating prisoners like actual human beings

"He's been talking about prisons as places that some Americans call home" VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Thursday, Jul 16, 2015 1:59 PM UTC 0
Media Prison, President Obama

President Obama weighs in on Bill Cosby: “Any civilized country should have no tolerance for rape”

The president fielded a question about Cosby's medal of freedom with a straightforward definition of sexual assault VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Wednesday, Jul 15, 2015 7:48 PM UTC 0
Entertainment aol_on, Barack Obama, bill cosby

“Racism is a physical experience”: Ta-Nehisi Coates breaks down white supremacy for Chris Hayes

The MSNBC host interviews Coates about his new book, "Between the World and Me" VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Wednesday, Jul 15, 2015 7:26 PM UTC 0
Social Ta-Nehisi Coates, Chris Hayes

Rachel Maddow cheers on Obama’s “never pacifist by any means” path to peace

The MSNBC host traces the history of Obama's values that led to the Iran deal VIDEO

Jenny Kutner Wednesday, Jul 15, 2015 6:48 PM UTC 0
Media Rachel Maddow, Video, Iran deal

Reddit defends anti-discrimination policy against “white-power racist-sexist neckbeards”

The site's former & current CEO say their goals don't include making Reddit "a bastion of free speech"

Jenny Kutner Wednesday, Jul 15, 2015 5:59 PM UTC 0
Social yishan wong, Reddit, ellen pao

Planned Parenthood’s biggest problem is not “selling baby parts”: What the latest anti-choice sting reveals about the abortion debate

A right-wing group exposes a flaw in our abortion conversation -- but not the one they expected

Jenny Kutner Wednesday, Jul 15, 2015 4:15 PM UTC 0
Social Planned Parenthood

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