Melissa Harris-Perry

Melissa Harris-Perry appears in the following:

Late Night Basie Brings Count Basie's Works to a New Audience

Monday, March 27, 2023

A closer look at the new Count Basie tribute album Late Night Basie with the project’s producer, Paul Peck.

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Has Mass Incarceration Made El Salvador Safer?

Monday, March 27, 2023

El Salvador has replaced the United States in having the highest incarceration rate per capita in the world. How and why? A long history of colonialism, imperialism, and oppression. 

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Oklahoma is Invading the Privacy of Mental Health Patients

Monday, March 20, 2023

Last year, state lawmakers in Oklahoma passed SB 1369, legislation that requires all healthcare providers to enter patient records into an online database.

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Deep Dive: Political Cruelty

Friday, March 17, 2023

Revisiting the first ever Deep Dive, our cohosts explore Dr. Christina Beltrán's phenomenon of 'political cruelty.'

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Two Years Later, Georgia's AAPI Community is Still Healing

Thursday, March 16, 2023

It’s been two years since eight people were killed when a man opened fire in three different Atlanta-area massage businesses.

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Previewing the 2023 Oscars

Sunday, March 12, 2023

The Takeaway's resident movie critics, Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman join us to talk all about the 2023 Oscar Awards. 

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Cop City: Week of Action

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Following the police killings of Breonna Taylor in Louisville and protestor Tortuguita in Atlanta, the debate around policing is central in communities across the U.S. 

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Migrant Child Labor is on the Rise

Tuesday, March 07, 2023

The US is seeing an unprecedented wave of migrant children at the very same time that there is a labor shortage. 

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The Fight For The Survival of Black Farmers

Monday, March 06, 2023

President of the National Black Farmers Association, Mr. John Boyd Jr., joins The Takeaway to bring updates on the fight for racial equity in farming.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph Talks Education, the Arts, and Abbott Elementary

Friday, March 03, 2023

Sheryl Lee Ralph brings her talent and activism to the role of Barbara Howard on ABC's mockumentary about public school education in "Abbott Elementary."

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Last 32 States Let SNAP Aid Expire

Thursday, March 02, 2023

On Wednesday,  32 million people saw a noticeable reduction in their food assistant dollars, as the Federal SNAP Emergency Allotments expired.

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Etiquette for the Modern Day

Wednesday, March 01, 2023

We’re revisiting the concept of etiquette with Choire Sicha, one of the editors at large behind New York Magazine's Modern-Day Etiquette guide.

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13-Year-Old Yeva Skalietska, A Child Impacted By War

Friday, February 24, 2023

During the early days of the war on Ukraine, Yeva picked up an empty notebook and began to write everything she was experiencing.

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Move Over 'Bro-grammers,' Black Girls CODE

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Black Girls CODE aims to deepen its impact by showing the world that Black girls can code, lead, innovate, and engineer their own futures. 

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Nikki Haley Launches GOP Presidential Bid

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Haley is the first major Republican challenge to Former President Donald Trump… only two years after she said she wouldn’t.

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New Book: "Gray Love"

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Stories About Dating and New Relationships After 60

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Child Poverty Was Cut In Half-- Why Stop Now?

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Extra SNAP allotments and the Child Tax Credit were driving down the poverty rate for children but they've expired. 

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Goldie Taylor's "The Love You Save"

Monday, January 30, 2023

The unflinching memoir recounts the abuse that Taylor survived in childhood. And throughout her writing, she discovers that the scars that she had neatly tucked away weren’t truly gone.

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Understanding President Biden's Appointments to the Federal Judiciary

Monday, January 30, 2023

Candice Norwood, breaking news reporter for The 19th News, joins The Takeaway to unpack the historic nature of President Biden's appointments to the federal judiciary.

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Seven Years Later, are #OscarsSoWhite?

Friday, January 27, 2023

 For Black women in the industry, little has changed. 

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