Skip navigation

Shrewd Ga. businesswoman fought stereotypes

As a shrewd businesswoman with keen insight and endless aspirations, Ophelia DeVore worked for much of the 20th century to smash stereotypes and empower black women by teaching them poise, confidence and the courage to get ahead in a world deeply etched by racial discrimination.Full story

Timing is everything: When did Obama find out details of AP story?

Matthews: There’s no thrust to Obama’s presidency right now

Flashback: Michael Jackson visits the Reagan White House

O’Donnell: Obama needs to concentrate on how to control leaks

  MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell joins the Morning Joe panel to discuss the White House’s response to the three scandals rocking the administration.

click3: The real Obama cover up

  A gay country song, complete with hilarious and moving animation, has gone viral; there’s furor over the Bea Arthur nude painting that sold for $1.9 million; and the Obama/umbrella/Marines and the vintage Ronald Reagan/sweatpants photo that can’t be missed.

Sponsored Links

Articles

Lawmakers go online for grassroots push on tax reform

Karl Rove says George W. Bush is ‘up there’ with the greats

30 years later, nation remains at educational risk

GOP whitewashes true Thatcher legacy

Recalling Margaret Thatcher: True friend with true grit

Obama leads U.S. tributes to Margaret Thatcher

A fiscal warning from two former budget chiefs

Who is the future of the GOP?

The right-wing blogosphere: If you can smear a Democrat, don’t let the facts stand in your way

Remembering C. Everett Koop, a man of faith–and science

Video

  How presidents become trapped by the White House

Author Ken Walsh joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book "Prisoners of the White House: The Isolation of America's Presidents and the Crisis of Leadership."

  Gun rights radicals embrace paranoia over American majority

Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut talks with Rachel Maddow about how far away from American popular opinion the radical messaging of the NRA and its new president have become, and the ridiculous efforts by state Republicans to violate the U.S. Constitution and nullify federal law.

  Does coming out still matter?

Martina Navratilova, who was a trailblazer when she first came out in 1981, joins Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about Jason Collins and being gay in professional sports.

  Is it the beginning of the end of the War on Drugs?

Former circuit court judge William "Billy" Murphy, a former circuit court judge for the city of Baltimore and current criminal defense attorney, Reason Magazine Editor Matt Welch, documentary director Eugene Jarecki, and author Kathleen Frydl join Melissa Harris-Perry to discuss the history behind A

advertisement | ad info

Related Photos

President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher take a spin around the dance floor in the foyer of the White House during a State Dinner
President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher take a spin around the dance floor in the foyer of the White House during a State Dinner

President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher take a spin around the dance floor in the foyer of the White House during a State Dinner in the Prime Minister's honor in this November 16, 1988, file photo. The state dinner for Thatcher was the 55th and final state dinner of the Reagan p

File photo shows British Prime Minister Thatcher dancing with US President Reagan during State Dinner at White House in Washington
File photo shows British Prime Minister Thatcher dancing with US President Reagan during State Dinner at White House in Washington

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dance in the foyer of the White House during a State Dinner in Thatcher's honor in this file photo taken on November 16, 1988 in Washington. The state dinner for Thatcher was the 55th and final state dinner of the Reagan pre

File photo of then U.S. President Reagan driving then British Prime Minister Thatcher toward their meeting in Camp David
File photo of then U.S. President Reagan driving then British Prime Minister Thatcher toward their meeting in Camp David

Then U.S. President Ronald Reagan drives then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher toward their meeting in Camp David in this November 15, 1986 file photo, after her arrival by helicopter from Washington. Thatcher has died following a stroke, a spokesman for the family said. REUTERS/Anthony Hay

File photo of then British Prime Minister Thatcher and then U.S. President Reagan sharing a laugh during a meeting of the Allied leaders in New York
File photo of then British Prime Minister Thatcher and then U.S. President Reagan sharing a laugh during a meeting of the Allied leaders in New York

Then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and then U.S. President Ronald Reagan share a laugh during a meeting of the Allied leaders in New York in this October 24, 1985 file photo. REUTERS/Chas Cancellare/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS OBITUARY)