The Eurovision contest is one of the world's most-watched live music TV shows. It has been around since 1956, but the contest is often remembered for its political controversies as much as for the awesome music and artists it inspires. Here are some of them.

MSNBC Rachel Maddow discusses with Jackie Alemany, political reporter for the Washington Post, the FBI executing a search warrant on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, reportedly in connection with an investigation of classified material Donald Trump removed from the White House.

There are years that history remembers as flash points of political change — 1776, 1848, 1968 — and when the dust settles, it seems inevitable that 2017 will join that list. It was a period of upheaval from the very start: we were only three weeks into the year, and Donald Trump’s presidency was onl

It's 1973, and gay rights activist Tommy (Steve Braun) is about to embark on the journey of a lifetime when he meets an older man, Alan (Larry Sullivan), whose political views skew as far right as Tommy's do left. In spite of their differences, they fall in love, but four years later they're torn ap...

Game of Thrones fans and political news junkies will enjoy this timely video that mashes up some of Donald Trump’s more infamous soundbites from the campaign trail with memorable moments from the HBO series. Walls and immigration, it turns out, play a big role in the fantastical world of Westeros. A

His music videos lampooning politicians and culture warriors have made comedian Randy Rainbow (truth: his real name) a social media sensation. Correspondent Rita Braver goes behind the scenes of Rainbow's viral videos, produced in his bedroom with a cast of one (joined by presidents, lawmakers and m...

Immortal Technique, hip-hop artist and political activist, came to support the Occupy Wall Street movement.RT's Marina Portnaya caught up with Immortal Technique to talk about the message behind the movement, the police brutality and media backlash it has caused, US politics, democracy, his new proj...

n 1968, ABC paired two pundits from opposite ends of the political spectrum — William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal — for a cut-throat intellectual faceoff. The documentary Best of Enemies explores this media milestone. Late in a series of bruising televised debates on ABC tied to the momentous Repu

The United Daughters of the Confederacy was a significant leader of the “Lost Cause,” an intellectual movement that revised history to look more favorably on the South after the American Civil War. They were women from elite antebellum families that used their social and political clout to fundraise

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue has given a powerful speech at a vigil for the 11 killed during Sabbath services at a synagogue.
Describing the attack on his congregation, Myers told the crowd of 2,000 that "my holy place has been defiled." He called on political leaders to stop t...