Harvard's Nieman Foundation announces Class of '14
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has announced its 24-member class of 2014. Full story
Marijuana: the new diet drug?
A new study published in The American Journal of Medicine finds marijuana smokers have better insulin control and smaller waists. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell discusses the study with Dr. Murray Mittleman of the Harvard School of Public Health, one of the co-authors of the study.
Harvard hikes pay for top in-house money managers
BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University paid its top six in-house money managers $29.5 million in 2011, a 45 percent hike from the previous year that it said was due to the "exceptionally strong" returns on the school's endowment during that period. Full story
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NRA convention highlights extreme conservatism
The Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman and NBC’s Kasie Hunt discuss the recent NRA convention, and the speeches given by the right wing’s darlings.
Words expressing the human costs of our mass incarceration system
In her “Footnote” segment, Melissa Harris-Perry turns things over to an extraordinary spoken word artist, Bryonn Bain, who performs part of "Lyrics from Lockdown."
Usual hawks lose relevance as White House takes Syria seriously
Gary Samore, executive director for Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, talks with Rachel Maddow about the difficult task of understanding intelligence from Syria about the use of chemical weapons and the military options available to the U.S.
The role Bostonians played in tracking down suspects
Bill Forry, Managing Editor and publisher of the Dorchester Reporter, and Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe columnist, joined The Last Word to discuss how the community at large brought an end to one of the biggest manhunts in U.S. history.
88,000 jobs added in March
According to the latest jobs report, the US economy added 88,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate is at 7.6 percent. Martin Feldstein, Harvard University economics professor, offers his reaction.
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