Loss of social standing is an ever-present threat for individuals whose social acceptance is based on behavioral traits rather than unconditional hum…

- Melissa Harris-Perry

From 2001 to 2012 at least 6,410 women were murdered by an intimate partner using a gun. That`s more than the number of U.S. troops killed in action …

- Melissa Harris-Perry

We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had a private notion of children. Your kid is yours and tot…

- Melissa Harris-Perry

I do think that we have to be careful not to assume that getting a perm or wearing a blonde wig is a desire for whiteness. It may or may not be. List…

- Melissa Harris-Perry

As we watch Republican candidates like Scott Walker and Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal and George Pataki, and even Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, guys who…

- Melissa Harris-Perry

Donald Trump has changed the rule and so have the stations and the media coverage.

- Melissa Harris-Perry

Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests.

- Melissa Harris-Perry

So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families, and recognize…

- Melissa Harris-Perry

Drink lots of water, and nap. I've made some really big messes along the way, whether on the academic side or on the media side. It hasn't been a str…

- Melissa Harris-Perry