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Melissa Harris Perry’s ‘This Week in Voter Supression’ highlights theGrio...
On this week’s Melissa Harris Perry Show, Perry highlighted a joint investigation by theGrio and One Wisconsin Now that uncovered the secret funder behind a series of billboards that popped up in...
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Cornel West calls Obama a ‘Republican in blackface’
In a recent interview on Democracy Now!, ex-Princeton professor and frequent Obama critic Dr. Cornel West lashed out against the president as well as pundits Michael Eric Dyson, Melissa Harris-Perry...
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Melissa Harris-Perry to Obama: pardon people, not just turkeys
On Saturday’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show, the MSNBC host read an open letter to the turkey pardoned by President Barack Obama just before Thanksgiving, urging Cobbler — and by extension, Obama — to...
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Melissa Harris-Perry in ‘letter’ to NC goveror urges pardon of Wilmington 10
On Saturday, Melissa Harris Perry used her weekly “letter” to address out-going North Carolina Governor Bev Purdue. Her request? Pardon the Wilmington 10 — nine men and a woman who in 1972 were...
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Revisiting emancipation: Lincoln’s proclamation was about property, military...
With the Emancipation Proclamation turning 150 years old this month, “Melissa Harris Perry” revisited the document and what it meant, for the rebellious south, for President Abraham Lincoln, and for...
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Melissa Harris Perry: after Newtown, gun violence continues at steady pace
Despite the shock over the massacre of children and teachers in Newtown, Connecticut, not much has changed in the U.S., when it comes to gun violence, Melissa Harris-Perry illustrated on her show...
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MSNBC’s huge ratings attributed to 61 percent increase in black viewership
MSNBC has reported a huge ratings increase recently of 20 percent. African-American media-watching site Shadow and Act has attributed this growth to a nearly 61 percent increase in the cable news...
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‘Melissa Harris Perry Show’ panel explores Haiti, three years after the quake
On Saturday’s Melissa Harris Perry, Melissa and her panel: Columbia University professor Dorian Warren, Haitian Times founder Garry Pierre Pierre, Tatiana Way, director of Haiti programs for Columbia...
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Disney’s ‘Doc McStuffins’ reveals changing face of medicine
As TV doctor dramas go, Doc McStuffins is no ER. The protagonist is a cartoon preschooler who provides primary health care for stuffed animals from a backyard play house. In a typical episode, she...
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Melissa Harris-Perry: Obama’s biggest speeches weren’t ‘State of the Union’
On Sunday, Melissa Harris Perry discussed the State of the Union speech, what Obama’s speechcraft means, and why in her words, “from time to time, the president has to give a speech,” even though the...
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Melissa Harris-Perry shows viewers true ‘Harlem Shake’
This weekend, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry dedicated a segment of her show to the viral video craze surrounding the ‘Harlem Shake.’ Perry, host of the Melissa Harris-Perry Show, said the...
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Melissa Harris-Perry interviews ‘Ghana Must Go’ author Taiye Selasi
On Saturday’s Melissa Harris-Perry, Melissa sat down with author Taiye Selasi, whose debut novel, Ghana Must Go, is topping critics’ lists and attracting national attention. The London-born author,...
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Author spoofs Baauer: ‘Harlem Shake’ spin offs were an ‘accident’
The so-called “Harlem Shake” has become a phenomenon thanks to viral videos that spread across the web faster than the moves of the dance itself. But many, including residents of Harlem, take issue...
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‘Melissa Harris Perry Show’ guest whips off her wig to promote positive image...
On Sunday’s Melissa Harris Perry Show on MSNBC, frequent guest and University of Pennsylvania religion professor Anthea Butler went the extra mile to show how proud she is of her natural, and...
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Bill Russell was Jackie Robinson’s ‘favorite athlete’, according to late...
NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell, the winner of five MVP trophies, 11 championship rings and the first African-American to coach a team in the NBA, appeared on a recent taping of Melissa Harris-Perry to...
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Melissa Harris-Perry responds to criticism of her new ad
Melissa Harris-Perry was featured in a recently-aired advertisement for MSNBC’s “Lean Forward” campaign. MSNBC and theGrio are both a part of NBC News which is owned by NBCUniversal. In the 30-second...
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Melissa Harris-Perry leans forward: ‘Why caring for children is not just a...
This post has been updated. On Saturday, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry responded to critics of her “Lean Forward” promo, which talked about the community’s collective responsibility for all our...
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Chicago student on ‘Melissa Harris Perry’: give kids a future to stop gun...
Chicago State University student Dennis Johnson joined the panel on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris Perry” show to talk about the Black Youth Project, and his own experiences with gun violence. Johnson, a...
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‘Motown: The Musical’ cast joins Melissa Harris-Perry
Motown: The Musical has been a hit on Broadway and some of the people behind the show’s success recently talked to MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry. According to the musical’s site, the play “charts...
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‘Melissa Harris-Perry Show’: Does there need to be a ‘fight for black men?’
MSNBC - “Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls” was the headline in the New York Times when Barack Obama first won the presidency in 2008. While that campaign and his subsequent re-election...
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