Left-wing figures across the board demanded the remaining presidential debates be canceled because the entire spectacle, they say, was “stupid” and future debates would serve as a “danger to public safety and a direct threat to Black life.”
Wake Forest Professor and former MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry argued in a tweet this week that academic freedom at Wake Forest University is “dead.”
Former MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry stated that while she doesn’t think MSNBC came after her for her race, her departure from the network “has racial implications” on Monday’s broadcast of “The View.” Harris-Perry said of the email she wrote where she wrote
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) took NBC to task on the House floor Wednesday for what he perceives as a lack of diversity on the network’s news stations.
According to NPR, NBC has fired Melissa Harris-Perry, who hosted a weekend show on MSNBC.
Former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D) appeared as a guest on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” Saturday and commented on how diverse the GOP presidential field is. Host Melissa Harris-Perry brought up how “anemic” and white the Democratic field is, while Turner
Melissa Harris-Perry commented on the 2016 primary race Saturday on her MSNBC show, saying the fact that there are only two Democratic candidates remaining at this point shows how “anemic” the party is. “I would argue that for me, Thursday night,
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry published a dramatic story about a man who, she says, may have wanted to kill her as she watched caucus returns in a hotel lobby full of people.
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry compared the Obama administration’s deportation raids to fugitive slave laws while discussing illegal immigrants in Flint, MI during her show on Saturday. Harris-Perry said, “I don’t want the Obama administration’s final year to be marred by
On Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry reacted to Carolina Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton’s response to criticism of his on-field celebrations that some people may be scared by the fact that he is an African-American quarterback that
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry reacted to GOP front-runner Donald Trump skipping Thursday’s GOP Debate by commending Fox News’ Megyn Kelly for keeping him away from the debate. “I want to talk about my favorite beef of the night, which was Megyn Kelly and Trump,
Maria Hinojosa, anchor and executive producer of NPR’s “Latino USA,” said Saturday on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” that illegal immigrants in Flint, MI are reluctant to open the door to officials in fear the authorities could be immigration agents, which she
Vince Warren , the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, appeared on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on Saturday to discuss immigration and deportation. Warren stated that people in the United States closes its eyes on immigration and just sees
Immigration activist Angy Rivera reacted on Saturday’s edition of “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC to federal law enforcement raids deporting families back to Central American countries. Rivera said immigrants are “scared,” “angry” and “frustrated” right now. She also later added that the Immigrants
Dr. Jonathan Metzl, Vanderbilt University psychiatrist, sociologist and director of the Center for Medicine, Health and Society, spoke Saturday on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” regarding gun violence following President Obama’s executive action on gun control earlier this week. According to Metzl, the
On Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry reacted to report that the two officers who were involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice would not be indicted. Harris-Perry stated that if she were to shoot a
The Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin reacted Saturday on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” to New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s one-game suspension for his intentional head hit on Carolina Panthers defensive back Josh Norman in December. Beckham, who
Ebony magazine Senior Editor Jamilah Lemieux questioned if people would be more willing to turn their backs on Bill Cosby if he “didn’t have that sort of respectability politics” and instead supported the Black Lives Matter movement on Wednesday’s broadcast of
On Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, Freddie Gray’s attorney Billy Murphy Jr., while discussing the death of Tamir Rice, stated that a county like Cuyahoga County, OH that is “predominantly white” is unable to “properly” process shooting deaths of African-Americans by
A strong contender for dumbest “Star Wars” story is MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry sobbing over the crypto-racist messages she distilled from the central character of the saga. “I could spend the whole day talking about the whole Darth Vader situation,” she wailed. “Yeah, like, the part where he was totally a black guy whose name basically was James Earl Jones, who, and we were all, but while he was black, he was terrible and bad and awful and used to cut off white men’s hands, and didn’t, you know, actually claim his son. But as soon as he claims his son and goes over to the good, he takes off his mask and he is white.”
On Sunday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry and a panel discussed race and gender in the “Star Wars” movies in light of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” premiering this week. Harris-Perry ranted regarding “totally black guy” “Star Wars”
During Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, New York University professor Cristina Beltran discussed the “white fear” in America, saying to “expand the logic of terrorism” to talk about “white racial terrorism.” “There are going to be troubled people in lots of different communities,”
During MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” Saturday, Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour brought up the hate crimes against Muslims in America, saying Americans are attacking Muslims, therefore “engaging in terrorism against the innocent community that has nothing to do with” the terror attacks. Sarsour
On the Saturday broadcast of “Melissa Harris-Perry,” host Melissa Harris-Perry gave a monologue about the definition of “radicalized.” She pointed out that the definition of the term “radicalized” has been a trending search online recently, then went on to argue how
On Saturday’s broadcast of “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry reacted to the “prayer aspect” of the San Bernardino attack, saying she feels like non-Muslim Americans think they are praying to “some kind of god that is anti-Muslim” or
During her Saturday show on MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry reacted to being told one-third of the prisoners being released by President Barack Obama would be deported and noted the “new very aggressive criminalization” of Latino communities. “This seems so critical to me that even as
Southern Coalition for Social Justice senior staff attorney Daryl Atkinson appeared Saturday as a guest on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” to talk President Obama’s executive order to “ban the box,” which refers to the section on a job application for criminal
Saturday, during MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry,” host and executive producer of Democracy Now! Amy Goodman reacted to President Barack Obama’s executive order to eliminate the section on a job application for criminal history, saying criminal justice reform has to be “across the board.” “It is
On Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry compared the response to drug crime by President George H. W. Bush in the 1980s to GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie’s approach Show guest Nicole D. Porter, Director of Advocacy for The
CNN host Mike Rowe – the longtime host of a show dedicated to hard and messy work called Dirty Jobs, and a tireless advocate of blue-collar jobs – had an interesting response to the latest burst of politically-correct idiocy from MSNBC.
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry stated that she worries “about our good versus bad immigrant narrative” after a discussion on immigrant labor on Saturday. Harris-Perry said, “I still worry about our good versus bad immigrant narrative that emerges, and it’s in part,
On Saturday a conservative guest appeared on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry show and tried to say something nice about Paul Ryan. Naturally, he was called out seconds later for failing to consider a picture in Harris-Perry’s office and some other important thoughts she came up with to attack Republicans.
On Saturday’s broadcast of “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, executive director of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles Alfonso Aguilar referred to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a candidate for House Speaker, as a “hard worker.” Host Melissa Harris-Perry interjected Aguilar to say
Hillary for America adviser Karen Finney reacted Saturday on “Melissa Harris-Perry” to this week’s Benghazi hearing with Hillary Clinton, showing a clip of Clinton saying, “It is deeply unfortunate that something as serious as what happened in Benghazi could ever be used for
During Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry,” Media Matters senior fellow Eric Boehlert spoke on Vice President Joe Biden’s decision to not run for president. According to Boehlert, Clinton running on Obama’s record means Biden does not have a group to represent that
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry noted on her show Saturday that the organization Girls Who Code, an organization that assists young females in the computing fields, will help end the preferences against women in that field of capitalism. “I do want to give you some
On MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” Saturday, host Melissa Harris-Perry explained, like the desegregation of lunch counters, that if a political party were to become one that represents “people of color,” it would then cause an “exodus of white voters.” “I guess
On Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, The Nation’s Kai Wright said that the United States has long been profiting off of inequity, saying that all of the investments in the 20th century were “discriminatory” because they left out black people
During the Saturday broadcast of “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry posed the question if the Republicans would want a “novice” such as Dr. Ben Carson or Donald Trump as president during a time of a potential war. Harris-Perry agreed
The Nation’s Kai Wright said on Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” Saturday that the reason the United States does not have socialism is due to race. First, host Melissa Harris-Perry said she tells her students that there is a one-word answer to the
