Growing Up Black in America Growing Up Black in America
What does it mean to be a young black male in the United States?
Mar 26, 2012 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
Melissa Harris-Perry: How ‘The Help’ Commodifies Black Women’s Suffering Melissa Harris-Perry: How ‘The Help’ Commodifies Black Women’s Suffering
How does the movie The Help "photoshop" American history?
Feb 27, 2012 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
Beware Celebrations of Republican Disarray Beware Celebrations of Republican Disarray
The populism of the right is coalescing around the race-bating extremism of Newt Gingrich—and Citizens United is greasing the wheels.
Jan 25, 2012 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Santa Claus Test The Santa Claus Test
Today, neither the press nor government has the authority to validate little Virginia's belief in miracles.
Dec 21, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching? Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching?
More than two weeks after the GOP candidate was accused of sexual harassment, Republican men still support him.
Nov 16, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Can Occupy Wall Street Succeed as a Leaderless Movement? Can Occupy Wall Street Succeed as a Leaderless Movement?
What the legacies of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Derrick Bell and Steve Jobs could teach the protesters.
Oct 19, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Epistemology of Race Talk The Epistemology of Race Talk
Those of us who attempt to talk about racial bias encounter a few common discursive strategies that are meant to discredit our perspectives.
Sep 26, 2011 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
Black President, Double Standard: Why White Liberals Are Abandoning Obama Black President, Double Standard: Why White Liberals Are Abandoning Obama
Electoral racism may be dead, but is there a more subtle form of racism at work in the white flight from Obama?
Sep 21, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Democratic Freedom Dreams After September 11 Democratic Freedom Dreams After September 11
A decade later, is there any possibility of turning the tragedy of 9/11 into a political force for progressive ends?
Sep 14, 2011 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
Thinking vs. Doing at GOP Debate Thinking vs. Doing at GOP Debate
The dominant theme of the GOP debate was that it’s time to do away with the useless endeavor of thinking and to move swiftly toward taking action.
Sep 8, 2011 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry