A Story of Slavery: A True Story, Repeated Word For Word As I Heard It
Various pictures of slaves from the 1800s, as well as photographs of Mark Twain and black Union soldiers, set to the audio of "Ashokan Farewell" as performed by David Roberts a ...
Posted Saturday, November 24th 2018 at 9:19PM
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LOUISIANA The Slavery Detective of the South
Slavery might have ended on paper after the Civil War, but many white landowners did everything they could to exploit newly freed slaves well into the 20th century. Thousands of black laborers across th ...
Posted Saturday, November 24th 2018 at 8:41PM
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How Will GOP Leadership React To President Trump's Saudi Statement?
President Trump said Tuesday that his administration would stand by Saudi Arabia's rulers and take no actions against them over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Morn ...
Posted Saturday, November 24th 2018 at 12:50PM
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New Blue Congress Breaks Diversity Records, Plummets Average Age
In a Special Edition of “The Beat”, Watergate Prosecutor Nick Akerman, Professor Christina Greer and Vox Media’s Liz Plank join Ari Melber to discuss the blue wave in Congress, that ...
Posted Saturday, November 24th 2018 at 12:21PM
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Olivia Hooker, 103, Dies; Witness to an Ugly Moment in History
By NEIL GENZLINGER
Olivia Hooker, who after surviving a race-related attack on a black section of Tulsa, Okla., in 1921 went on to become the first black woman to enlist in the Co ...
Posted Friday, November 23rd 2018 at 10:41PM
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Federal Report Warns Climate Change Will Greatly Affect Health, Economy
A federal report has found that climate change will have a devastating impact on the health of Americans and warns that the country's economy will be negatively affected by th ...
Posted Friday, November 23rd 2018 at 7:01PM
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Michael Moore: How Democrats Win In 2020
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore says the 'blue wave' in states like Michigan shows a path for Democrats to defeat Trump in 2020. He tells Ali Velshi about a plan to motivate Democratic voters ...
Posted Friday, November 23rd 2018 at 6:56PM
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Whitaker well placed to serve Trump's interests on Mueller probe
Nelson Cunningham, former federal prosecutor, talks with Joy Reid about the power Matt Whitaker has over the Mueller investigation as acting-attorney general, and how much he can do ...
Posted Friday, November 23rd 2018 at 2:42PM
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Despite denials, Trump ties to Saudi Arabia part of public record
Joy Reid reviews some of the deep connections Donald Trump has to Saudi Arabia even as Trump tries to deny those connections as he takes Saudi Arabia's side in the murder of U.S. re ...
Posted Friday, November 23rd 2018 at 2:38PM
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What's next from Mueller after latest Trump bombshell report?
The New York Times reports that in the spring, Trump wanted to order his own DOJ to prosecute Hillary Clinton & James Comey. How could that affect Robert Mueller's investigation? We ask ...
Posted Friday, November 23rd 2018 at 2:33PM
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Trump and Chief Justice go head-to-head over judicial independence
Donna Ladd, editor, CEO and co-founder of the Jackson Free Press, talks with Joy Reid about the unusual suspense in the Mississippi Senate run-off election as Republican Cindy Hy ...
Posted Thursday, November 22nd 2018 at 9:15PM
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Unusual suspense in Mississippi Senate run-off race
Donna Ladd, editor, CEO and co-founder of the Jackson Free Press, talks with Joy Reid about the unusual suspense in the Mississippi Senate run-off election as Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith's weakne ...
Posted Thursday, November 22nd 2018 at 9:08PM
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Cindy Hyde-Smith stumbles in Senate debate
The Republican senator had a notepad pre-loaded with notes. It didn't seem to help. ...
Posted Thursday, November 22nd 2018 at 9:04PM
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Chief Justice John Roberts hit back at President Trump in rare rebuke
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rebuke of President Donald Trump after he criticised a ruling from the federal judge, who was appointed by former President Oba ...
Posted Thursday, November 22nd 2018 at 9:00PM
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President Trump sides with Saudi Crown Prince over CIA on Khashoggi
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts criticized remarks made by President Trump who focused his legal upsets in federal court on a judge appointed by former President Obama. N ...
Posted Wednesday, November 21st 2018 at 7:50PM
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Chief Justice Roberts denounces Trump's 'Obama judge' remarks
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts criticized remarks made by President Trump who focused his legal upsets in federal court on a judge appointed by former President Obama. NBC's P ...
Posted Wednesday, November 21st 2018 at 7:44PM
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Trump on MBS and Khashoggi fallout: 'Maybe he did and maybe he didn’t!'
President Trump issued a statement saying, “it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event – maybe he did and maybe he didn’t!” Former FBI coun ...
Posted Wednesday, November 21st 2018 at 1:40PM
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Watchdog groups ask feds to probe whether Whitaker violated Hatch Act
Several watchdog groups are calling on federal officials to investigate whether Acting AG Matthew Whitaker violated the Hatch Act with financial contributions he received from a ...
Posted Wednesday, November 21st 2018 at 1:06PM
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Joe: We're seeing worst of Trump after midterms
'As the scope and the scale of the historic Democratic landslide in the midterms becomes clear, we're actually getting a chance now unfortunately to see the worst of Donald Trump,' says Joe Scarborou ...
Posted Wednesday, November 21st 2018 at 12:06PM
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Frontline examines 'New American Nazis'
PBS's Frontline, in collaboration with ProPublica, report on a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the U.S. military. Reporter A.C. Thompson joins Morning Joe to discuss. ...
Posted Tuesday, November 20th 2018 at 10:07AM
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Senate Dems sue over Whitaker appointment
Sixteen Democrats on Monday released a letter announcing their opposition to electing Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaker of the House. Also, Senate Dems sue to block Matt Whitaker.
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Posted Tuesday, November 20th 2018 at 10:03AM
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Trump use of troops unconscionable: Ret. Army colonel
'The president used America's military not against any real threat but as toy soldiers, with the intent of manipulating a domestic midterm election,' write Gordon Adams, Lawrence B. Wilkerson a ...
Posted Tuesday, November 20th 2018 at 9:59AM
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Trump doubles down on attacking Adm. McRaven
The president is doubling down on his criticism of retired Adm. Bill McRaven -- the Navy SEAL who led the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and the RNC is echoing Trump's criticism. ...
Posted Tuesday, November 20th 2018 at 9:50AM
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Post-Georgia governor race Stacey Abrams vows to ‘make sure electoral system works’
Stacey Abrams acknowledges that Brian Kemp is the legal governor-elect of Georgia, but tells Joy Reid she will continue registering voters, fighting voter suppre ...
Posted Monday, November 19th 2018 at 11:35PM
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