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“I am deeply troubled by the new report from your department this month finding an estimated 26,000 reported cases of sexual assault took place in the military last year–that’s more than 70 instances of sexual assault every day. But what makes those numbers even more troubling is the other news coming out about how sexual assault prevention is being handled.”
-Melissa Harris-Perry, Military sexual assault survivors need more than sound and fury
“Our service members need real, institutional changes that allow victims to report crimes without fear of retaliation or humiliation. They need a cultural shift that puts blame on the assaulters—and sets out real, immutable consequences determined outside the chain of command.”
-Melissa Harris-Perry, in her “Open Letter” to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
“Congratulations on the opening of your library. Now maybe you’ll go inside one. You have long held that history will be the ultimate judge of the decisions you made while president. But with the Decision Points Theater exhibit at your library, it looks like you are planning to give history a little nudge in a direction you find favorable.”
-Melissa Harris-Perry, President Bush, a library exhibit can’t fix your Katrina decisions
“Congratulations on the opening of your library. Now maybe you’ll go inside one… But as a resident of post-Katrina New Orleans, the one decision point that really has me fired up is how your library represents the choices you faced in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.”
-Melissa Harris-Perry to former President George W. Bush, in today’s “Open Letter.”
Hundreds of people responded, using email, Facebook and Twitter, to Harris-Perry’s call to share their experiences of raising children within communities that extend beyond their immediate families.
Parents, teachers, childcare providers, and others wrote deeply personal anecdotes about the roles they played, and continue to play, in creating communities that provide “safe places to play, quality food to eat, terrific schools to attend, and economic opportunities to support them.”
(Photo credit: Mike Brown/AP)
“While you may only see prisoners who have helped to define your career, maybe you should start seeing human beings who deserve a certain level of justice and respect.”
-Melissa Harris-Perry in her “Open Letter” to Louisiana Attorney General James “Buddy” Caldwell.
Kansas resident Aaron Jackson sent the Westboro Baptist Church a visual message in support of LGBTQ equality by creating the “Equality House,” a home across the street from the Church in Topeka, Kansas, that he purchased and painted in the colors of the rainbow pride flag.
(Photo credit: plantingpeace.org)
From MHP:
House GOP’s VAWA proposal nixes LGBT, American Indian protections
(Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Today is the fourth day of Black History Month and what would’ve been Rosa Parks’ 100th birthday. This past weekend, Melissa Harris-Perry took a look back on the life of Rosa Parks and her legacy.
“Forget what you’ve heard about a reformed Republican party that actually respects women and their ability to make their own choices for their lives. Because this week, Texas Governor Rick Perry left no question about whether Republicans are ready to call a cease fire in the war on women.”
- Melissa Harris-Perry, Dear Rick Perry: Caring for children doesn’t stop at birth
