Making the point that the Tsarnaev brothers’ Muslim faith at the moment bears little relevance to the investigation into the brothers’ decision to attack the Boston Marathon last week, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry observed that Tsarnaevs’ faith is as relevant to the investigation right now as are Ben Affleck movies about violent events in Boston. [...]
Harris-Perry: Bombers’ Muslim Faith as Relevant to Bombing as Violent Movies
April 22, 2013 | Posted by
25 Shot, 4 Killed in Chicago Weekend Violence as Gun Control Stalls in Congress
April 15, 2013 | Posted by
Chicago’s unrelenting shooting spree continues as up to 25 people were shot and four killed over the last three days. The mayhem occurred even as protesters gathered in Chicago’s Federal Plaza on Saturday to hold a vigil to end gun violence. “We need a background check,” Garrett Evans, a South Side Chicago native and survivor of [...]
Glenn Beck on MSNBC Promo: This is ‘Leftist Indoctrination’
April 8, 2013 | Posted by
Glenn Beck opened his radio show Monday in a state of near disbelief over an MSNBC promo where anchor Melissa Harris-Perry calmly explains how your children don’t really belong to you — they belong to the community. “It’s almost a parody of reality,” Beck said of the clip. “It is so far beyond what we [...]
Professor Harris-Perry to Address Black Women’s Struggles in Spelman College Lecture
February 7, 2013 | Posted by
Professor, political analyst and author Melissa Harris-Perry, Ph.D., will examine the personal and political effects of stereotypes on Black women when she lectures on the theme “More Than a Vote: Women’s Struggle For Full Citizenship.” Part of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Distinguished Lecture Series, Harris-Perry will delve deeper into the issues raised in her book [...]
Melissa Harris-Perry Says Obama Pulling ‘Godfather’ Move on GOP
December 2, 2012 | Posted by
The clever MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry yesterday did an extended segment on her show demonstrating how President Obama’s fiscal cliff negotiating strategy was “channeling” the negotiating style of The Godfather, Michael Corleone. Harris-Perry showed clips from the landmark film and compared them to the president’s actions regarding the negotiations with Congress over the fiscal cliff. [...]
Cornel West Calls Al Sharpton, Harris-Perry Sellouts
November 13, 2012 | Posted by
The war of words between Cornel West and the pro-Obama black activists has heated up once again after West criticize President Obama, MSNBC anchors Rev. Al Sharpton and Melissa Harris-Perry and professor Michael Eric Dyson, implying that the later three are sell-outs for their uncritical support of the president. West made his comments during an [...]
Melissa Harris-Perry Breaks Down Affirmative Action for Justice Clarence Thomas
October 14, 2012 | Posted by
As the nation’s affirmative action wars heat up once again as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case involving the University of Texas, MSNBC co-host Melissa Harris-Perry crafted an “open letter” to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Harris-Perry is disturbed by Thomas’s staunch opposition to affirmative action, especially considering the fact that he benefited from [...]
Melissa Harris-Perry Talks American Heritage of Imperialism, Genocide and Slavery
July 5, 2012 | Posted by
In what is sure to rankle the feathers of many conservatives, MSNBC weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry took to her show Sunday to ponder the meaning of Independence Day, highlighting mostly the stains on American history. “It’s ours, all of it,” she said. “The imperialism, the genocide, the slavery, also the liberation and the hope and [...]
Melissa Harris-Perry: Republicans Doing Poor Job of Using Race against Obama
June 4, 2012 | Posted by
In a provocative column in The Nation, Tulane professor and rising MSNBC star Melissa Harris-Perry says she is surprised by how poorly and clumsily Republicans are attempting to play the “race card” in their desperate campaign to defeat President Obama. Harris-Perry, whose new weekend show on MSNBC is drawing legions of fans because of its [...]
