melissa harris-perry

Melissa Harris-Perry Recounts the Fear of a Near-Attack in Iowa

by Sarah Mirk
February 3, 2016 at 3:59pm
A guy approached her muttering about “Nazi Germany” and she did the right thing—listen to her gut. 

Black Women Can Barely Make the News, But Rachel Dolezal Gets National Media

by Evette Dionne
June 17, 2015 at 5:36pm
Melissa Harris-Perry and Rachel Dolezal talking on MSNBC this Tuesday. It is impossible to escape the media storm around the bizarre narrative of ... Read more »

Watch Melissa Harris-Perry Interview an 11-Year-Old Ferguson Activist

by Sarah Mirk
November 25, 2014 at 4:02pm
Words matter. As some media outlets have framed the ongoing protests in Ferguson as chaotic riots, others have portrayed them as part of a community and youth-led movement. Read more »

Watch this Amazing Conversation Between bell hooks and Melissa Harris-Perry

by Sarah Mirk
November 8, 2013 at 4:46pm
The New School hosted an amazing conversation this afternoon between MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry and acclaimed writer bell hooks.     Highlights from the... Read more »

End of Gender: Melissa Harris-Perry's "Being Transgender in America" Roundtable

by Malic White
April 18, 2012 at 12:00pm
Last week the trailblazing scholar and MSNBC television host Melissa Harris-Perry featured a segment on being transgender in America. In true Harris-Perry fashion, this segment blasts through... Read more »