Episode #08100

Barack Obama becomes the first sitting president to push the rainbow button and launch gay-mageddon, but North Carolina strikes down marriage equality. (04:38)

Tags:  Barack Obama,  North Carolina,  gay/homosexual,  same-sex marriage,  marriage,  family,  civil rights,  laws,  men/women,  discrimination,  Good Morning America,  Democratic National Convention,  sex,  conservative,  crying,  stereotypes,  Tad,  Paul Dinello,  appearances,  under the desk,  Monica Lewinsky,  Jimmy

Episode #08100

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour discusses The Met's Costume Institute exhibit "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations." (06:22)

Tags:  Anna Wintour,  interviews,  museums,  culture,  art,  fashion,  history,  lookin' good,  Vogue,  gay/homosexual,  same-sex marriage,  Tad,  lookin' good,  feminism,  civil rights,  sexual advances,  movies

Episode #08099

Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander discusses her book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." (05:17)

Tags:  Michelle Alexander,  interviews,  books,  civil rights,  ethnic,  profiling,  prison,  discrimination,  war on drugs,  Ronald Reagan,  statistics,  David Simon,  poverty,  don't see color,  African American,  legalization,  marijuana,  violence,  laws,  Islamic,  police business,  crime,  stereotypes,  history

Episode #08098

Vice President Joe Biden says he is comfortable with same-sex marriage and credits sitcoms like "Will and Grace" for teaching tolerance. (01:52)

Tags:  Joe Biden,  gay/homosexual,  laws,  same-sex marriage,  civil rights,  Will and Grace,  men/women,  marriage,  Meet the Press,  Obama administration,  TV,  Seattle,  Barack Obama,  socialism,  discrimination

Episode #08094

Missouri lawmakers want to ban homosexuality discussions in schools because finding out that homosexuality exists is a slippery slope to tolerating it. (04:45)

Tags:  The Word,  gay/homosexual,  controversies,  education,  Missouri,  laws,  school,  kids,  growing up,  Republicans,  discrimination,  civil rights,  bestiality,  Neil Patrick Harris,  Craigslist,  sexual advances,  polls,  TV,  censorship,  same-sex marriage,  marriage

Episode #08086

The NRA Annual Meeting draws a star-studded lineup of conservative, gun-loving Republicans, plus Mitt Romney. (03:48)

Tags:  NRA,  guns,  Second Amendment,  Newt Gingrich,  civil rights,  God,  human rights,  Bill of Rights,  St. Louis,  Republicans,  laws,  Charlton Heston,  photos,  conservative,  Mitt Romney,  international affairs,  murder,  crime,  weapons,  Constitution,  England,  the moon,  religion

Episode #08079

Critics question the secrecy and tax status of unregistered money guns shooting up the election, like Ham Rove's Colbert Super PAC SHH! and Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS. (03:12)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  laws,  fundraising,  money,  Ham Rove,  appearances,  prison,  murder,  food,  Karl Rove,  NAACP,  Martin Luther King Jr.,  civil rights,  accountability,  my mistake,  taxes,  elections

Episode #08078

Libertarian presidential candidate Governor Gary Johnson believes in fiscal conservatism and social tolerance. (05:29)

Tags:  Gary Johnson,  interviews,  legalization,  marijuana,  friend of the show,  Libertarians,  candidates,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  Republicans,  conservative,  marriage,  same-sex marriage,  civil rights,  Middle East,  New Mexico,  Ron Paul,  Las Vegas,  polls

Stephen Colbert defines "we, the people" and compares himself to Martin Luther King Jr. during the South Cain-olina Primary Rally at the College of Charleston. (09:33)

Tags:  exclusives,  South Cain-olina Primary Rally,  rallies,  South Carolina,  Herman Cain,  Colbert 2012,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  candidates,  voting,  Colbert Super PAC,  Abraham Lincoln,  Supreme Court,  elections,  Martin Luther King Jr.,  government,  founding fathers,  civil rights,  money,  Colbert Nation,  Constitution,  freedom of speech,  speeches,  Jon Stewart,  history,  STDs,  campaigns,  appearances,  protests,  business,  laws,  fundraising,  discrimination,  media,  wealth

Episode #08047

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens expounds on his dissenting opinion in Bush v. Gore and Citizens United. (06:49)

Tags:  John Paul Stevens,  appearances,  Colbert Super PAC,  Supreme Court,  laws,  business,  Constitution,  civil rights,  let's move on,  trials/hearings,  Bush v. Gore,  great or greatest,  retirement,  books,  William Rehnquist,  fashion,  lookin' good,  costumes,  on location,  In the Field

Episode #08044

Activist Scott Douglas advocates the overturn of Alabama's HB 56 anti-immigrant law and calls for a single, fair immigration law across the U.S. (05:58)

Tags:  Scott Douglas,  interviews,  laws,  Alabama,  immigration,  police business,  Hispanic,  Latino,  ethnic,  don't see color,  crime,  Martin Luther King Jr.,  civil rights,  discrimination,  stereotypes,  racism,  African American,  Martin Luther King Day,  labor,  food,  weapons,  history,  protests

Episode #08039

The National Defense Authorization Act strikes at the heart of the most notorious safe haven for terrorists: the U.S. Constitution. (05:58)

Tags:  The Word,  Barack Obama,  Obama administration,  terrorism,  laws,  trials/hearings,  Constitution,  prison,  civil rights,  human rights,  torture,  voting,  Newt Gingrich,  hunting,  Dick Cheney,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  campaigns,  candidates,  interrogations,  Guantanamo Bay,  huggers,  war on terror

Episode #08037

Senator Bernie Sanders calls on Americans to support his proposed Saving American Democracy Amendment and help overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. (06:08)

Tags:  Bernie Sanders,  interviews,  books,  business,  Supreme Court,  protests,  campaigns,  laws,  Constitution,  civil rights,  democracy,  elections,  money,  government,  filibusters,  taxes,  Congress,  wealth,  outsourcing

Stephen supports the Christmas lifestyle, arrives late to Anderson Cooper's phallus party and announces his South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican Debate. (03:34)

Tags:  exclusives,  mashups,  Herman Cain,  campaigns,  scandals,  holidays,  Rick Perry,  gay/homosexual,  animals,  penises,  Anderson Cooper,  laws,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Donald Trump,  advertising,  National Geographic,  South Carolina Serious Classy Republican Debate,  Santa Claus,  Christmas,  Dick Harpootlian,  business,  civil rights

Episode #08034

Managing Editor of CNN Worldwide Mark Whitaker discusses growing up in a biracial family at a time when interracial marriage was illegal in most states. (06:11)

Tags:  Mark Whitaker,  interviews,  interviews,  books,  CNN,  media,  ethnic,  family,  parents,  divorce,  growing up,  weight/obesity,  civil rights,  America,  history,  international affairs,  Europe,  money,  Middle East,  iPad,  Anderson Cooper,  penises

Episode #08033

Samuel L. Jackson explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s tremendous personal sacrifice and the pressures and dangers he dealt with on a daily basis. (07:56)

Tags:  Samuel L. Jackson,  interviews,  celebrities,  Martin Luther King Jr.,  theater,  Broadway,  civil rights,  ethnic,  racism,  parents,  competitions,  Twitter,  audience interaction,  movies,  Jurassic Park,  don't see color,  that's offensive,  African American,  Ronald Reagan

Episode #08020

When Occupy Wall Street protesters at U.C. Berkeley refuse to leave the campus, they are forcibly removed by baton-wielding police. (02:52)

Tags:  Occupy Wall Street,  Berkeley,  hippies,  teens,  college,  protests,  Wall Street,  business,  police business,  violence,  injuries,  civil rights,  Jimmy,  Lloyd Blankfein,  birth control,  ethnic,  print media

Episode #08010

Documentarian Susan Saladoff explores how the media and corporate America manipulated the public into believing the civil justice system is broken. (05:45)

Tags:  Susan Saladoff,  interviews,  documentaries,  movies,  lawsuits,  lawyers,  trials/hearings,  injuries,  business,  media,  McDonald's,  money,  Constitution,  civil rights,  lying,  laws,  candidates,  Republicans,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012

Episode #08009

Little Charlie and Grace can start their Colbert Super PAC lemonade stand now that Stephen knows what his super PAC stands for. (02:26)

Tags:  Colbert Super PAC,  Colbert Nation,  kids,  fundraising,  business,  Occupy Wall Street,  Wall Street,  protests,  money,  mail/e-mail,  Jimmy,  civil rights,  discrimination,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  photos

Episode #08009

Frank Luntz convenes a focus group to develop the perfect Colbert Super PAC ad while Stephen watches behind a two-way mirror. (05:10)

Tags:  Frank Luntz,  appearances,  on location,  Colbert Super PAC,  slogans,  advertising,  business,  polls,  friend of the show,  conservative,  Indecision,  Indecision 2012,  elections,  food,  men/women,  civil rights,  China,  impressions,  Chinese,  Ching Chong Ding Dong,  flags,  poop & pee,  campaigns,  Robosaurus,  fights,  Matthew McConaughey,  stereotypes,  marriage,  freedom of speech,  discrimination,  In the Field