Melissa Harris-Perry

Contributing Editor

MHarrisPerry

Melissa Harris-Perry is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair and Professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs and the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wake Forest University. She is also the co-host of The Nation’s System Check podcast.

Black by Choice Black by Choice

The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness.

Apr 15, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Two Virginias Two Virginias

Governor McDonnell cannot erase Virginia's true history.

Apr 8, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Is this the Birth of a Nation? Is this the Birth of a Nation?

Tea party actions are an act of sedition not just racism.

Mar 23, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

A Right to Life for the Living A Right to Life for the Living

African-American children face threats to their survival, and African-American women are confronted with challenges to their capacity to parent healthy children. But shaming misinf...

Mar 18, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Power in the Blood Power in the Blood

 Bloody Sunday has both political and religious overtones.

Mar 7, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Our other public option Our other public option

 Public education offers some cautionary lessons.

Mar 3, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Progressive Bible Study Progressive Bible Study

 It might be time for progressives to lead our national bible study.

Feb 24, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Save the Child Save the Child

But don't ignore the structural inequities that make the child's salvation necessary in the first place.

Feb 18, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

End Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell End Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

We must immediately end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and allow gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces. We must do this because the existing policy...

Feb 2, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

The Obama I Remember The Obama I Remember

Watching Barack Obama become President of the United States made me proud and hopeful, but I also found the experience somewhat amusing. I think many of us who were his Hyde Park n...

Jan 30, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

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