Melissa Harris-Perry, The Nation

Melissa Harris-Perry

The Nation

Winston-Salem, NC, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • The Nation
  • ELLE Magazine (US)
  • Andscape

Past articles by Melissa:

Live: The System Check Book Club

Join us on Saturday, December 19 at 5pm EST for a live streaming event. → Read More

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. → Read More

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. → Read More

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. → Read More

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. → Read More

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. → Read More

Checking the Systems That Hold Us Back

On The Nation’s new podcast, System Check, hosts Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren set about diagnosing and repairing our malfunctioning democracy. → Read More

The Government Shutdown Is a Threat to Our National Security

Melissa Harris-Perry weighs in on what's at stake. → Read More

Karen Bass Is Leading the Congressional Black Caucus Into the Future

The Congress member talks to Melissa Harris Perry about working with Trump and what's next. → Read More

Making Sense of the Midterms: A Roundtable With Melissa Harris-Perry

A week out from the elections, here's what we can glean from the wins and the losses. → Read More

‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West

Black on Campus used technology, travel, text messaging, and the sheer force of will to build community as we learned to meet deadlines. → Read More

Kavanaugh Is Scary for All Women. But the Stakes Have Always Been Higher for Black Women.

I remember we did not arrive in this place suddenly. Indeed, many of us have been here for years. → Read More

'I Don't Do Sad Gay': Michael Arceneaux in Conversation With Melissa Harris Perry

With a new memoir out, Arceneaux talks to ELLE's editor at large about why he will never write "pathology porn." → Read More

What It’s Like to Be Black on Campus Now

Suddenly our experiences no longer seem isolated—they’re linked in a larger movement against institutional racism. Ten black student journalists tell their stories. → Read More

MHP Roundtable: How Beyoncé's Coachella Performance Changed the Game Forever

Melissa Harris Perry gathers leading scholars, newswomen, and activists to discuss why Beychella matters. → Read More

The Fight for Fair Housing’s Forgotten #MeToo Chapter

Revisiting a landmark case in the wake of #MeToo. → Read More

MHP on the School Walkout: We Sanction Rage Along Racial Lines

Who gets to be angry? Who do we listen to? → Read More

Women Are Angrier Than Ever Before—and They're Doing Something About It

A new survey from ELLE.com reveals how women's anger is shaping the political landscape. → Read More

20 Amazing Black Women and Girls Share Love Letters to Themselves

Melissa Harris-Perry and Marley Dias ask black women: “What do you most love about being a black girl or woman?” → Read More

20 Amazing Black Women and Girls Share Love Letters to Themselves

Melissa Harris-Perry and Marley Dias ask black women: “What do you most love about being a black girl or woman?” → Read More