The Internet was positively giddy with schadenfreude Wednesday as rumor spread that Anonymous, that loosely connected cabal of cyber-vigilantes, had seized control, or otherwise "hacked," the Facebook page belonging to Westboro Baptist Church. Only the church — infamous for picketing funerals of sol Full story
This week’s “Foot Soldier” is Aaron Jackson, who was inspired to send Westboro Baptist Church a visual message in support of LGBTQ equality by creating the “Equality House,” a home across the street from the Church that he purchased and painted in the colors of the rainbow pride flag. Full story
Melissa Harris-Perry’s “Footsoldier” is Aaron Jackson, founder of Planning Peace, because of a very special paint job he did to the house across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
When one Topeka man paid $80,000 for a house next to the Westboro Baptist Church, it wasn't because he was thinking of becoming a member. Instead, he's sending the famously homophobic ministry a message they'll never forget. Full story
Real estate is all about location, and it's location that inspired Aaron Jackson of the organization Planting Peace to spend $80,000 on a house he'd never seen. All he knew was that it sat across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church. Jackson joins Michael Eric Dyson to explain what he did wit
Obama celebrates St. Patrick’s Day, Biden honors the pope, Bachmann flees from reporters, and the Westboro Baptist Church has a new view out their window.
Libby Phelps Alvarez was born into the Westboro Baptist Church, which her grandfather founded in Topeka, Kansas, and grew up protesting funerals around the country until her escape four years ago. She talks to NBC’s Andrea Canning about leaving the church for a new life.
epa03641247 Margie Phelps of the virulently anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church waves signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court while a drag queen who goes by the name Qween Amor gyrates to the song 'It's Raining Men' as the high court waits to hear the marriage equality case referred to as Prop 8 in Wash
