The debate was a chance for senator [Bernie] Sanders to have a game-changing moment to recapture the news cycle and build momentum going into 2016 and he took his best shot at having a moment.
Melissa Harris-PerrySo 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 that kids belong to whole communities.
Melissa Harris-PerryI learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write chapters, and how you have to push everything else aside and really focus.
Melissa Harris-PerryHaving a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents.
Melissa Harris-Perry