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Were back. joining me karen finney host of disrupt, lgbt activist kathy renna and richard kim my colleague at the nation where he is executive editor of thenation.com. i think the story is fascinating for a number of reasons. one it appears mayor contends it has nothing to do with sexual orientation. but lets say at least the perception is that its amazing to me that "a" she was there for 20 years and no one seems to say boo. and "b" that the town seems to be rallying around her. and i think you...

So maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ the debate on race, culture, and piotr did not stay in the web pages of "the atlantic," and "new york" magazine, instead it expanded with pieces popping up in t in "the new york times," the daily beast, "the nation," including this piece on the function of black rage, where he wrote, quote, what some call depression or pessimism, i would call impatience and rage. our impatience and rage is what...

Disparaging terms keeps girls from being leaders, why not ban the term? thats what the campaign from sheryl sandberg is trying to do, to keep troop leaders, coaches, teachers from calling young girls bossy. now theres a debate on just how effective that might be and how we talk to women in politics in particular. joining me is daria burke, lisa cook, associate professor of economics and international relations at michigan state university, richard kim, executive editor of thenation.com and my bu...

Let me tell you, if youre looking for the candidate you agree with 100% of the time, then i want you to do something for me tonight, go home and look in the mirror. youre the only person you agree with 100% of the time. but sometimes we make political candidates feel like thats what you want, like you want us to agree with you 100% of the time or you wont vote for us. thats why we have the political system we have in washington now, because we have people who have become convinced that they have...

Substance, of going after the tea party strain of his own party. heres christies sermon to his own faithful yesterday. >> folks dont care if you agree with them on everything, because let me tell you, if youre looking for the candidate you agree with 100% of the time, then i want you to do something for me tonight, go home and look in the mirror. youre the only person you agree with 100% of the time. but sometimes we make political candidates feel like thats what you want, like you want us to ag...

Let me tell you, if youre looking for the candidate you agree with 100% of the time, then i want you to do something for me tonight, go home and look in the mirror. youre the only person you agree with 100% of the time. but sometimes we make political candidates feel like thats what you want, like you want us to agree with you 100% of the time or you wont vote for us. thats why we have the political system we have in washington now, because we have people who have become convinced that they have...

Yost manhattan institute, former member of mitt romney advisory group. dr. valarie and richard kim, executive editor for thenation.com. are there any political costs to obama care as to the single plank of the republican healthcare agenda. >> only a single plank, yeah. i think there needs to be a constructive alternative but im not convinced that repeal will be likely in 2017. i think that if youre going invest all of your political capitol only on repeal and not on the possibility that well b...

Tragedy that took place in aurora, colorado. midnight hours of the movie screaming of "the dark knight rises" led to 12 people being shot. the shooter, james holmes, is in custody and awaiting an appearance in court on monday morning. joining me is richard kim, executive editor at thenation.com. and harry smith, correspondent for nbcs "rock center" and dorran warren, political science of international affairs at columbia university. richard, i want to start with you. i rarely find myself in a po...

Richard kim, executive editor of thenation.com. richard, i just got to say, i really only ever want the other guys to be moderate. i dont want our guys to be moderate. i want to be really honest about that. i really just want the republicans to be moderate. >> you are seeing a-similar et rick polarization. we were talking in the green room. im wondering why we necessarily link the question of congressional productivity to the lack of moderates. or why we link polarization to the lack of producti...

Realizing we are now the larger half. right now, i am joined by michaela angela davis, a writer and former executive fashion and beauty editor for "essence" magazine. richard kim, my friend and colleague at the nation where he is executive editor of thenation.com, john mcwhorter and rebecca traister, a contributor to "the new york times" magazine and salon.com. thanks for coming back. the first most important bid of business, john, congratulations on the birth of your daughter. >> shes very cute...