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Melissa Harris-Perry Calls ‘The Takeaway’ Being Canceled An Act Of Abuse
The host held nothing back on social media about the shocking news.
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Joy Reid, Melissa Harris-Perry And Other Black Journalists Speak Out About Tiffany Cross’ Abrupt MSNBC Exit
The esteemed host, who was let go by the network last week, received an outpouring of support.
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Ava DuVernay, Tamron Hall, Hoda Kotb Among Honorees at 2022 Gracie Awards
'It is so important to tell these stories because the stories that we tell each other matter,' DuVernay said during her acceptance speech.
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Melissa Harris-Perry Makes It Official as Host of Public Radio Weekday News Show The Takeaway
The journalist, academic and political pundit has accepted a permanent role as host and managing editor of the nationally-syndicated weekday news program.
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The Root 100 No. 1s: Melissa Harris-Perry Lets the World Know She Is Not Your Mammy
The indomitable Melissa Harris-Perry, once the voice of the weekends through her two-hour show on MSNBC—at once ritual before brunch or church or work and a much-needed respite from the unceasing whiteness of political punditry—gave us #Nerdland, that delicious slice of TV that wasn’t white-centered, wasn’t male-centered and was here for all the blerds who…
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Busboys and Poets’ Peace Ball DC Was Silver Lining to Crazies in Town for Pissauguration
Thursday night in Washington, D.C., was a clusterfuck for anyone traveling into or out of the city. As swarms of red-hat-wearing idiots embarked onto the city’s landscape to attend Friday’s Pissauguration, there was one silver lining to the dismal reality that Donald Trump is really becoming president. D.C.’s popular Busboys and Poets bookstore and restaurant…
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Melissa Harris-Perry Just Showed What It Means To Give No Fucks About What White People Think
Before we get into what it means to give no fucks about what White People™ think, we must first establish what it doesn’t mean. Because existing in this fuck-less space is complicated, and it’s easy to conflate and confuse existing there with other things that exist independent of its existence. Basically, it doesn’t mean you…
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Why You Need To Care About What's Happening To Melissa Harris-Perry
The cover photo from my Facebook profile is a screenshot of my appearance on Melissa Harris-Perry last August. I don’t get anxious much when meeting new people; at least not anymore. But I was anxious then. Partially because it was my first time on national television, and I hoped my dad and my aunts in…
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A Summary Of VSB's Very Good But Not Quite As Good As We Want It To Be Yet Year
Happy New Year and shit, everyone! If you’re reading this, you’ve made it to 2016 (congrats!) and you’ve decided, for whatever reason, to spend at least one second of this year reading VSB. So thanks for that. Since you’re here, I might as well let you know that 2015 was, by every measure, the best…
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Damon Discusses Drake, Meek Mill, And…Men Mooching Wifi On Melissa Harris-Perry
Damon was invited to Melissa Harris-Perry Saturday to discuss Drake vs Meek Mill, rap beef in a historical context, sexism/misogyny in hip-hop, and Drake’s skin regiment. Also on the panel, Toni Blackman, Sean Malcolm, and Penny Wrenn. Notable notes and shit from the panel 1. Kerry Washington tweeted about how entertaining it was: Since Damon had…