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Colorlines.com is a daily news site where race matters.

At Colorlines.com, we believe that instead of being defined and divided by racism, we can become uplifted and united by racial justice. To do so, we have to confront explicitly the racism that is so often at the core of our society's challenges. This is the perspective that informs Colorlines.com's award-winning investigative reporting and news analysis--and that drives our focus on finding solutions as well as naming problems.

Colorlines.com is produced by a multiracial team of writers who cover stories from the perspective of community, rather than through the lens of power brokers. We see racism as a structural problem, rather than one defined by individual prejudice. We are published by the Applied Research Center (ARC), a racial justice think tank using media, research, and activism to promote solutions.

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