Activism

MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle on Monday said that he had seen a "level of anti-Semitism" against Michael Bloomberg after the Jewish mayor began to push for gun control in response to the December mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

The Russian punk band Pussy Riot remains defiant against Vladimir Putin's regime, telling  60 Minutes, "we want the government to leave power, because we consider it illegitimate. But we're advocating for a peaceful overthrow," during a segment that aired Sunday night.

Coinciding with the funeral of Kimani Gray on Saturday, peaceful protests against the New York Police Department continued throughout Brooklyn.

Evan Wolfson, the founder of the one of the country's top same sex marriage advocacy groups, on Sunday assured Family Research Council President Tony Perkins that "the gay people are not going to use up all the marriage licenses" if the Supreme Court strikes down marriage discrimination.

In a heated confrontation on Sunday, lesbian Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen shot down Faith and Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed after he argued that the primary purpose of marriage was procreation.

NBC host David Gregory on Sunday confronted National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre for "thwarting the will" of the public by opposing universal background checks while a vast majority of the public supports them.

The president of a conservative organization which opposes rights for LGBT people on Sunday rejected the notion that public opinion now supports marriage equality because "the polls are skewed."

On Melissa Harris-Perry's eponymous show on Saturday, she brought viewers up to speed on the now-infamous rainbow-painted house that sits across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church, most famous for its anti-gay activism.

Twelve-year-old Matthew Lannon, a sixth grader from Providence, RI, took to the stage Thursday night during a 12-hour hearing on the state's proposed marriage equality bill, which happens to be sponsored by Matthew's aunt, Sen. Donna Nesselbush (D-RI).

A Fox News guest on Tuesday warned that a Democratic plan to expand gun background checks would allow the Ku Klux Klan to control black people and keep firearms out of the hands of women who had an abortion.

Aaron Jackson, co-founder of the charity group Planting Peace, explained his new Equality House project to The Huffington Post on Tuesday.