Melissa Harris-Lacewell

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, an associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University, is completing her latest book, Sister Citizen: A Text for Colored Girls Who've Considered Politics When Being Strong Isn't Enough.

Currently

  • Obama's Debt to New Orleans

    March 12, 2009

    Democrats found their voice in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. They owe New Orleans a real recovery.

2008

  • We, the People

    November 6, 2008

    America has a long way to go before we get to the "more perfect union" Obama promises. But the work has begun in earnest.

  • Obama and the Sisters

    August 13, 2008

    His convention speech should draw from the wisdom of black women activists who were the prophets of American democracy.

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Around the Nation | The week we went Rouge. Plus, Moyers on Afghanistan.
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» The Beat

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» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
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» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
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» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
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» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
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