Harris-Perry: ‘Political science is not punditry’

  Melissa Harris-Perry talks about her job as a tenured professor at Tulane University, funding political science research, and the relationship of political science scholarship and television news.

Mobilizing women key to Virginia, election

  Melissa Harris-Perry, host of “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC and professor at Tulane University, talks with Rachel Maddow about Virginia as a microcosm of the United States and how state Republicans' attacks on women's health rights may ultimately cost Mitt Romney that state's electoral votes.

Melissa Harris-Perry on race as social construct

  Melissa Harris-Perry, host of “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, professor at Tulane University, talks with Rachel Maddow about the meaning of race in America and its role in the Massachusetts Senate campaign.