Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry

Host and Managing Editor

Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry appears in the following:

Gun Violence in 2023: Nearly 40 Mass Shootings in 26 Days

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Twenty-six days into 2023, and the United States has already experienced nearly 40 mass shootings. So what can we do about it?

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LOOK BACK AT IT: Mass Shootings in The Past Year

Thursday, January 26, 2023

We’re taking a look back at two cities still recovering from mass shootings that made national news last year: Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York.  

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Cop City: Forest Defender Killed by Police in Forest Raid

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Local activists are calling for an independent investigation into Manuel Terán AKA Tortuguita's death, and several protesters have been arrested on “domestic terrorism” charges.

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Are We Being Gaslit on Gas Stoves?

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Americans apparently love gas stoves. But what do we really know about what they’re doing to our health and our environment?

Inmates in Texas are 3 Weeks Into a Hunger Strike

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Dozens of inmates incarcerated in Texas state prisons are hunger striking in protest of the state's use of solitary confinement.

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Got Student Loan Questions? We've Got Some Answers

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Will the Biden Administration win the battle over student loan forgiveness and what does this limbo mean for borrowers?  Were talking about it.

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President Biden at the Halfway Mark

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

How is the country faring at the halfway mark of Joe Biden’s presidency?

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The Nation’s Top Universities and Museums Still Have the Remains of Thousands of Native Americans

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

An investigation from ProPublica looks at the various failures of The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to return ancestral remains to Native American tribes.

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Wajahat Ali on "Go Back to Where You Came From"

Monday, January 23, 2023

Wajahat Ali's memoir "Go Back to Where You Came From" is both a personal history and book about "loving a country that doesn't love you back."

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Tasers Kill

Monday, January 23, 2023

On January 3, Keenan Anderson was killed by the Los Angeles Police after they tased him 6 times in 42 seconds, begging the question: Are tasers actually "less lethal?"

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TV Shows Are Still Missing the Mark On Abortion

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Abortion plotlines on TV shows don't match reality — does it matter? 

Music In Their Own Words: Sylvan Esso

Friday, January 20, 2023

Amelia Meath, one half of the electronic pop duo Sylvan Esso, talks breaking the rules on their latest album, "No Rules Sandy."

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North Carolina's Status as Abortion Safe Haven In Jeopardy

Friday, January 20, 2023

One vote shy of a legislative supermajority, North Carolina Republicans hope to restrict abortion access with help from a Democrat.

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House Republicans Face Off With Democrats Again Over Raising the Nation’s Debt Ceiling

Thursday, January 19, 2023

House Republicans are using their new majority and the threat of the debt default to leverage the Biden Administration and Democrats to make deep spending cuts.

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Look Back At It: CA Weather and Shortages

Thursday, January 19, 2023

We're updating you on several stories we've covered, including the historic rainstorms in California and ongoing medicine shortage.

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23 MAYORS IN 2023: Craig Greenberg, Louisville, Kentucky

Thursday, January 19, 2023

We kick off our new series "23 Mayors in 2023" and head to Louisville, Kentucky to speak with Mayor Craig Greenberg about gun violence, policing, and even bourbon.

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The Sounds of Blackness

Monday, January 16, 2023

The Civil Rights Movement created a unique musical sound of Black liberation. We discuss how Trap Music carries on that tradition. 

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Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow on The Big Payback

Monday, January 16, 2023

The documentary The Big Payback shows that reparations in the U.S. are more than possible. 

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A.I. More Racist Than I?

Monday, January 16, 2023

How racism is reproduced by artificial intelligence and surveillance tech with Tawana Petty, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Algorithmic Justice League. 

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What's the 411 on 411?

Sunday, January 15, 2023

What’s the 4-1-1? Well, the end of 4-1-1. AT&T's ended the service and 3 million people are impacted.

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