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Harris-Perry guest: Lead exposure in children correlated to violent crime
On Melissa Harris-Perry on Sunday, the host and her panelists discussed a recent Mother Jones article that presented evidence that lead exposure in children leads to lower I.Q.s and violent crime. “The rise of emissions from leaded gasoline between the 1940s and the 1970s may have had a significant impact…
Harris-Perry holds ‘Was that racist?’ lightning round
Melissa Harris-Perry held a “Was that racist?” lightning round on her show with a panel of comedians, in a look back at some of the more questionable moments of 2012. The panelists started with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who said in January that she “felt a little bit threatened” in…
Virginia Tech survivor: We must create climate for politicians to ‘step up and lead’ on gun control
A gun control advocate and school shooting survivor told MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry on Saturday that voters must create the environment for politicians to move forward when it comes to instituting more stringent firearms regulations. “We’ve expressed our sympathies, we’ve expressed our condolences, and our action has ended there,” said…
Harris-Perry guest: It’s ‘astonishing’ that alcohol is legal and pot isn’t
Saturday morning on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry,” host Melissa Harris Perry and a panel made up of Doug Fine, the author of “Too High to Fail,” filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, Reason magazine editor Matt Welch and Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) discussed whether or not stereotypical notions of “stoners” — i.e., marijuana users…
Harris-Perry: Tea party group aims to tie up election results
Citing a report from one of her “Nerds,” MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry said the real goal of the allegedly non-partisan voter observation group True The Vote is to tie up this year’s elections in the court system. In a first-hand account of poll watcher training posted on the show’s blog…
Bachmann’s opponent says she is part of the ‘war on women’
The Minnesota businessman running to unseat Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) named her as part of the “war on women” Sunday in an interview with MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry. “She has engaged in a war on women,” said Jim Graves, who currently trails Bachmann by six points among likely voters. “She would…
Harris-Perry: ‘Disgusting’ voter-suppression tactics still spreading
On her show Saturday, Melissa Harris-Perry addressed some of the newer, more subtle voter-suppression tactics being reported not only in several states, but now in different languages. Besides billboards in Ohio and Wisconsin threatening enormous fines and prison sentences for “voter fraud,” Harris-Perry noted the appearance of a Spanish-language billboard…
Harris-Perry: Taliban shooting created ‘a thousand Malalas’
Melissa Harris-Perry closed her show Sunday with a statement supporting Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old girl who has become a folk hero in Pakistan following her shooting at the hands of the Taliban, directing some of her statements toward the men who tried to kill her. “You may have harmed Malala…
Melissa Harris-Perry calls George Will out
Melissa Harris-Perry took conservative pundit George Will to task on her show Saturday morning for saying President Barack Obama still had good job approval numbers because he is black. “the nation, which is generally reluctant to declare a president a failure — thereby admitting that it made a mistake in…
Harris-Perry: Pennsylvania law ‘a tax’ on women voters
Pennsylvania’s married or divorced women voters will have a harder time making it to the polls, Melissa Harris-Perry said on her show Saturday. According to the state’s controversial voter identification law, women who have changed their last name must present two forms of identification — the state voter ID issued…
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