Political Violence Is No Anomaly in American History Political Violence Is No Anomaly in American History
Throughout our nation’s history, the threat—and actuality—of political violence has served to thwart and suppress Black agency and emancipation.
Jan 8, 2021 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
The ‘System’ Check Book Club The ‘System’ Check Book Club
Featuring Maria Hinojosa, Rumaan Alam, Scott Farris, John Nichols, and Shana Redmond.
Jan 1, 2021 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
Live: The ‘System Check’ Book Club Live: The ‘System Check’ Book Club
Join us on Saturday, December 19 at 5 pm EST for a livestreaming event.
Dec 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
Could This Pandemic End Up Making Our Health Care System Stronger? Could This Pandemic End Up Making Our Health Care System Stronger?
The poor Black and brown communities hit hardest by Covid-19 have the most to gain from an overhaul of how this country administers care.
Dec 18, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
The Pandemic Didn’t Have to Be This Bad The Pandemic Didn’t Have to Be This Bad
The decades of disinvestment in our public health infrastructure has now cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
Dec 11, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
There Is No Room to Mess Up This Presidential Transition There Is No Room to Mess Up This Presidential Transition
Thousands of appointments will have consequences for the next four years, and beyond.
Dec 4, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
It’s Time America Abolished Poverty It’s Time America Abolished Poverty
We know how to do it. On this week’s show, we lay out the path to a poverty-free future.
Nov 27, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
Why Are People Poor? Why Are People Poor?
It doesn’t happen by accident. On this week’s show, we dig into the systemic reasons poverty exists in the richest country in the world.
Nov 20, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
How Georgia Turned Blue How Georgia Turned Blue
An exceptionally talented activist and leader, a new model of organizing, and years of tireless work—that’s how you change the system.
Nov 13, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
White Supremacy Is Baked Into Our Electoral System White Supremacy Is Baked Into Our Electoral System
On this week’s episode, the deep, foundational biases of our democracy come back to haunt us—again.
Nov 6, 2020 / Audio / Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren