Competition Keeps August Wilson’s Work Alive for Young Actors

by Jamilah King on May 23 2012, 9:54AM

The fourth annual competition kicked off in New York City earlier this month, and we caught up with this year’s winner.

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Can a New Film Reawaken Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee’s Life Lessons?

by Jamilah King on May 21 2012, 8:53AM

Their grandson certainly thinks so.

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Posters Celebrate Asian American Masculinity, From George Takei to Jeremy Lin

by Hatty Lee on May 16 2012, 9:20AM

Colorlines.com Art Director Hatty Lee chats with Deborah Enrile Lao about a new project that hopes to inspire young Asian American men.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality

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At San Francisco’s Latino Comics Expo, Artists Create Their Own Heroes

by Channing Kennedy on May 15 2012, 8:40AM

Confessionals about family and tattoos? A Mesoamerican answer to Game of Thrones? E.T. in a sombrero? These comic artists are doing it all, and doing it for themselves.

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Finally, Mother’s Day Cards That Actually Make Sense

by Jamilah King on May 10 2012, 9:07AM

Activists in Oakland were fed up with the same run-of-the-mill Mother’s Day celebrations. So they designed their own for “mamas on the margins.”

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Three Ways ‘Girls’ and ‘Basketball Wives’ Are Scarily Similar

by Akiba Solomon on May 9 2012, 9:48AM

These two women-centered series are full of flaws, yet I can’t turn them off.

Topics: Akiba Solomon, Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality

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A Look at Cinco de Mayo Celebrations

by Hatty Lee on May 4 2012, 10:00AM

How will you celebrate this weekend?

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The Art of a May Day Protest

by Hatty Lee on May 1 2012, 10:00AM

As people celebrate international worker’s day, we take a look at the visual art that’s become essential to the movement.

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Are You a ‘Revolutionary Patient’ like Kuttin Kandi? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on April 30 2012, 9:43AM

The Colorlines.com community talks fat-phobia, medical professional bias, and journeying toward real health.

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Understanding Hipster Racism: Lester Bangs’ 1979 “White Noise Supremacists”

by Channing Kennedy on April 27 2012, 4:30PM

The late rock critic took his scene, and himself, to task for “racist chic” back in 1979. His message and analysis is sadly relevant today.

Topics: Arts & Culture, History

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How a Staple of Americana Became the Indian American Dream

by Greg Varner on April 27 2012, 9:00AM

In a new book, sociologist and Smithsonian curator Pawan Dhingra explores the successes and challenges that emerge when immigrant entrepreneurship came to dominate an industry as “American” as apple pie.

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Did Sweden’s Racist Cake-Cutting Scandal Accomplish Anything? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on April 23 2012, 8:43AM

Or was it another case of exploitative politics packaged in shock-value art? Colorlines readers discuss.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Global Affairs

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Why We Should Thank Linsanity for Making Pro Basketball Fun Again

by Jamilah King on April 3 2012, 9:57AM

This season’s NBA phenom Jeremy Lin is out for the season with a knee injury. But it was a good ride, and not just for those of us who think it’s important to talk about race.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Jeremy Lin

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This Is What Trayvon Solidarity Looks Like

by Hatty Lee on April 3 2012, 9:18AM

The tradition of visually memorializing black men killed in disturbing violence has taken on particular resonance in Trayvon Martin’s death. Hatty Lee rounds up images of solidarity.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Trayvon Martin

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Why Do Social Justice Nerds Love The Hunger Games? We Ask ‘Em

by Channing Kennedy on March 30 2012, 8:57AM

We’ve heard a lot about the racist tweets complaining about black actors being cast in The Hunger Games. But the series also has a devoted fanbase of folks with smart race politics. We ask them what they like.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Hunger Games

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SXSW 2012 Highlights: Music, Films, and Talks To Remember

by Jorge Rivas on March 20 2012, 11:04AM

Jorge Rivas brings you a few highlights from SXSW.

Topics: Arts & Culture, SXSW

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The March Madness Statistic You Don’t Hear About: College Grad Rates

by Hatty Lee on March 19 2012, 9:32AM

The country’s best teams are competing in the NCAA tournament for a national championship. But are schools preparing its black players for life after basketball?

Topics: Arts & Culture, March Madness, Schools & Youth

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At SXSW, An Honest Look at a Latina Transgender Bar in Transition

by Jamilah King on March 9 2012, 8:49AM

Wu Tsang’s “Wildness” tells the story of one of Los Angeles’s most iconic bars and how its longtime transgender Latina patrons navigate loss, pride, and gentrification.

Topics: Arts & Culture, SXSW

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Robert Glasper Talks About Making Jazz for a New Generation

by Jamilah King on March 7 2012, 9:12AM

Following the release of his fourth studio album “Black Radio”, the pianist and producer sat down with Colorlines.com to talk how he’s successfully blended jazz with hip-hop — and why everyone seems to love it.

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End Black History Month? Q&A with Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman

by Channing Kennedy on February 29 2012, 9:39AM

In a new PBS documentary, a young black filmmaker decides Black History Month has outlasted its purpose, and tries to be proven wrong.

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