Join Us in Chicago and Help Break the Right’s Narrow Race Frame
by Kai Wright on August 26 2010, 5:11PM
And the winner of the Facing Race headline writing contest is…
Topics: Editor's Blog
Kai is the Editorial Director of ColorLines. He’s an Alfred Knobler Fellow of The Nation Institute; his investigative reporting and news analysis appears regularly in The Nation, The Root and The American Prospect, among other publications. Kai is also author of Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York, as well as two books of African-American history. You can follow him on Twitter @kai_wright or look for him reveling with friends and neighbors in Bed-Stuy.
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by Kai Wright on August 26 2010, 5:11PM
And the winner of the Facing Race headline writing contest is…
Topics: Editor's Blog
Glenn Beck’s MLK Dream is Perverse, But What’s Our Vision?
by Kai Wright on August 26 2010, 11:00AM
Beck and the right have been the loudest national voices on race for too long.
Topics: Editor's Blog, Politics
Bloomberg: Anti-Muslim Slashing “Counter to Everything NYers Believe”
by Kai Wright on August 25 2010, 1:20PM
Attacker allegedly asked taxi driver if he was Muslim before slashing his face.
Topics: Editor's Blog, Mosque Mania
Sherrod to Vilsack: Take This Job and Shelve It
by Kai Wright on August 24 2010, 11:32AM
Says she needs time to recover, but may work with the administration in the future.
Topics: Editor's Blog, Shirley Sherrod
Obama’s Conflicting Controversy: From Jeremiah Wright to Muslim
by Kai Wright on August 23 2010, 1:56PM
Commenter Badattituude reminds us of the last time Obama’s faith was a big deal.
Topics: Editor's Blog
Spike Lee on Katrina Anniversary and the Oil Spill
by Kai Wright on August 23 2010, 10:54AM
The filmmaker talks to the Root about his new HBO documentary.
Topics: Editor's Blog
McConnell on Obama’s Christianity: “I Take Him at His Word”
by Kai Wright on August 23 2010, 10:07AM
GOP leadership continues to show just how irresponsible it’s willing to be.
Topics: Editor's Blog, Politics
Is Antoine Dodson a Legit Hero or Not?
by Kai Wright on August 20 2010, 3:46PM
ColorLines contributor Juell Stewart chimes in with a yes vote. Yours?
Topics: Editor's Blog
Rinku Sen on Fox News: Mosque Mania’s Really About National Identity
by Kai Wright on August 20 2010, 11:53AM
ColorLines’ publisher spars with the Fox News folks on the Cordoba House.
Topics: Editor's Blog, Mosque Mania
Al Franken Shows Dems How to Stand Up for Values
by Kai Wright on August 19 2010, 5:30PM
Calls Cordoba House backlash “disgraceful” and a GOP “wedge issue.”
Topics: Editor's Blog
Less Than Half of Black Male Students Are Graduating
by Kai Wright on August 19 2010, 4:47PM
Schott Foundation breaks down data state by state and points to solutions.
Topics: Editor's Blog, Schools & Youth
For the Record: Obama is Christian
by Kai Wright on August 19 2010, 1:20PM
Since the majority of people who think he’s not learned it from media.
Topics: Editor's Blog
It’s More Than Obama: 25 Percent Say U.S. Muslims Not “Patriots”
by Kai Wright on August 19 2010, 12:07PM
The anti-Mulsim attitudes in Time’s new poll should scare us all.
Topics: Editor's Blog, Mosque Mania
Mosque Mania’s Political Lesson: It’s Our Values, Stupid
by Kai Wright on August 18 2010, 4:01PM
The GOP’s demagoguery will continue to dominate as long as Democrats avoid articulating progressive values.
Topics: Editor's Blog, Mosque Mania
Keeping the News Human With Our Dispatches Feature
by Kai Wright on August 17 2010, 2:19PM
We’re trying to reinsert people and places into the news cycle we’re engaging.
Topics: Editor's Blog
GRITtv on Atlanta’s Public Housing Crisis
by Kai Wright on August 17 2010, 12:03PM
Tens of thousands showed up for 62 openings on the housing waiting list.
Topics: Editor's Blog
Cali’s Gay Couples Must Continue Waiting to Wed
by Kai Wright on August 17 2010, 10:28AM
But panel asks why Prop 8 proponents have the right to appeal in the first place.
Topics: Editor's Blog, Prop 8
Andrew Says the FCC Should Skip the “Scramble” and Just Act
by Kai Wright on August 16 2010, 9:45AM
How the net neutrality holdup is more of a political barrier than a policy one.
Topics: Editor's Blog
Another Way Neighborhoods Are Creating Real Food Options
by Kai Wright on August 15 2010, 11:50AM
Commenter Gordo chimes in with a smart idea from Minneapolis: Mini-markets
Topics: Editor's Blog, Health
ColorLines’ Daisy Hernandez Takes the (Cyber)World by Storm
by Kai Wright on August 13 2010, 1:30PM
We bid a fond farewell to a ColorLines legend.
Topics: Editor's Blog
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