Melissa Harris-Perry's Black Girl Joy Is Back

<p>Alicia Garza welcomes award winning author, professor, and political commentator, Melissa Harris-Perry. Harris-Perry is the co-creator and co-host, along with Dorian Warren, of the podcast <a href="https://www.thenation.com/content/system-check/"><i>System Check</i></a>. Garza asks Harris-Perry about her experience in the public eye, and what should we be paying attention to politically in 2021. Plus, Garza’s weekly round-up of everything good and awful. </p><p>Melissa Harris-Perry on <a href="https://twitter.com/MHarrisPerry">Twitter</a>.</p><p>The podcast <a href="https://www.thenation.com/content/system-check/"><i>System Check</i></a><i> </i>from <a href="https://www.thenation.com/">The Nation</a>.</p><p>Lady Don't Take No on <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPodcast">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPod">Instagram</a> & <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/fb.me/ladydonttakeno">Facebook</a>.</p><p>Alicia Garza on <a href="https://twitter.com/aliciagarza">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chasinggarza/?hl=en">Instagram</a> & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChasingGarza">Facebook</a>.</p><p>This pod is supported by the <a href="https://blackfutureslab.org/">Black Futures Lab</a></p><p>Production by Phil Surkis</p><p>Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by <a href="https://twitter.com/Latyrx">Latyrx</a></p><p>Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the <a href="https://www.domesticworkers.org/">National Domestic Workers Alliance</a>. She is the co-founder of <a href="https://supermajority.com/">Su