Obama's response to George Zimmerman's acquittal helped reassure African-Americans that he speaks their language. But issues like unemployment, gun violence and prison sentencing still fester. Read More

Questions about gun violence; the threatened government shutdown and how Millennials are reshaping political culture. Read More

Sen. Debbie Stabenow's Excellence in Mental Health Act aims to create 24/7 behavioral health centers in order to improve the system and prevent future shooting tragedies. Read More

"After the right-wing in the House gets the Republican majority vote to insist on the death of Obamacare, after the Senate rejects it, what then?" asks Chris Matthews. Read More

House GOPers voted to cut $39 billion from the SNAP program. The cuts would hit the working poor (and their kids), the disabled, and thousands of military vets. Read More

"When Republicans run into the street despite the fact there’s a flashing red light, they’re gonna get hit by the cars and killed,” Nicolle Wallace said on Morning Joe. Read More

The Mental Health First Aid Act would train police officers, teachers, students and others to recognize signs of mental health disorders and help them get appropriate care. Read More

A creepy right-wing campaign to get young people to "opt out" of signing up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act has no sense of irony. Read More

FEED Projects and Clarins cosmetics on Wednesday launched a program at Macy's to provide 10 meals to children across the globe. Read More

Congress is considering a $39 billion cut to the SNAP program, and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher has proposed an amendment to require food stamp recipients to submit to E-Verify screenings. Read More

FEED Projects and Clarins cosmetics on Wednesday launched a program at Macy's to provide 10 meals to children across the globe. Read More

Some 2 million home health care workers, many of them minority women, will enjoy greater labor protections starting in 2015. Read More

In an interview Tuesday night with Newsmax, Gohmert criticized the left's push for stricter gun control, and said that the way mental health is handled in America is more to blame than firearms. Read More

Rep. Ron Barber, who survived the Tuscon, Ariz., mass shooting wants Congress to consider a bill that would train police officers, teachers, and emergency responders how to identify and handle the mentally ill. Read More

The House Speaker said Wednesday he'll back a plan to keep the government funded beyond this month while stripping funding for the healthcare law. Because the measure won't pass the Senate, it raises the chances of a government shutdown. Read More

Democratic Congresswoman Donna Edwards (MD) joined Jansing and Company to talk about gun control legislation in light of the Navy Yard shootings. Read More

Rep. Mick Mulvaney is one of the Republicans who supports the plan to shut down the government unless Democrats agree to defund the president's health care law, but he says the blame for a shutdown would be on the president and Senate. Read More

A new poll shows that Republicans support "the Affordable Care Act" at a higher rate than "Obamacare"--although they're the same thing. Read More

By threatening Dems with a default on the federal debt - a threat that would become real if they don't kill the Affordable Care Act the right could unite, mobilize and excite the Democrats as they were in 2008," says Chris Matthews. Read More