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Send Us Your Photos From Wisconsin Solidarity Rallies

by Kai Wright on February 26 2011, 10:41AM

Help us show the world there remains a progressive movement for economic justice in America.

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Georgia Anti-Abortion Billboards Turn Up in Los Angeles, Too

by Kai Wright on February 25 2011, 8:05PM

Eagle-eyed Colorlines reader Quizzical1 sends us a photo.

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Jesse Jackson to Wisconsin Protesters: “When We Fight, We Win”

by Kai Wright on February 19 2011, 1:00PM

Madison is looking more and more like the left’s moment of truth.

Topics: Economy, Kai Wright, Wisconsin

Who Are All These Evil Public Workers? Black People

by Kai Wright on February 18 2011, 11:53AM

National data suggests black folks’ jobs hang in the balance of the increasingly ugly fight over public workers unions.

Topics: Economy, Kai Wright, Wisconsin

And We’re Back! Racial Justice Is So Popular, It Crashed Our Site

by Kai Wright on February 17 2011, 4:50PM

We’ll make sure our infrastructure keeps up with our community’s growth from now on.

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Backward Mobility and America’s Broken Promises

by Kai Wright on February 10 2011, 9:28AM

The recession is wiping out the jobs, homes, and dreams of the black middle class. There’s a lesson for our whole economy in that fact.

Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis, Kai Wright, Wealth Gap

Michelle Obama’s Well-Earned Victory Lap on Nutrition

by Kai Wright on February 9 2011, 1:12PM

As the first lady celebrates the year anniversary of her anti-obesity campaign, and keeps pressure on industry.

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One Question on Black AIDS Day: Do We Care Enough To End It?

by Kai Wright on February 7 2011, 1:05PM

We’ve known how to stop HIV for a while now.

Topics: HIV/AIDS at 30, Kai Wright

Youth, Joblessness and Revolution in Egypt—and America?

by Kai Wright on February 2 2011, 12:51PM

We’ve got a generation of marginalized and increasingly frustrated youth here, too.

Topics: Economy, Egypt, Kai Wright

In Egypt, Community Building Once Again Proves Its Power

by Kai Wright on February 1 2011, 12:35PM

Greed and vicious competition are not human nature.

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Introducing Akiba Solomon’s Gender Matters

by Kai Wright on February 1 2011, 10:10AM

We’re thrilled to launch a new blog on race and gender.

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South Sudan Votes to Secede—Now What?

by Kai Wright on January 31 2011, 9:30AM

Check out Farid Farid’s Colorlines essay asking just that question, at the voting’s outset.

Topics: Global Affairs, Kai Wright

The Problem With American Exceptionalism

by Kai Wright on January 28 2011, 10:13AM

Maya Wiley on GRITtv explains why triumphalism hurts us more than it helps.

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Uganda Gay Kill: “U.S. Evangelicals Must Take Responsibility”

by Kai Wright on January 27 2011, 3:40PM

A prominent LGBT human rights advocate is beaten to death; friends and colleagues say its part of hateful climate U.S. right brought to Uganda.

Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Global Affairs, Kai Wright

Stuff the President DIDN’T Say in the State of the Union

by Kai Wright on January 26 2011, 4:09PM

There are many tough choices coming up, and consumer protection may be the biggest.

Topics: Economy, Kai Wright, State of the Union

Obama’s State of the Union Sets Up Deficit Debate, then Cheerleads

by Kai Wright on January 25 2011, 9:11PM

Recap the State of the Union with Colorlines.com editor Kai Wright’s live blog of the speech.

Topics: Budget, Kai Wright, State of the Union

The State of Our Union Is Weak, But the 2012 Campaign Begins Now

by Kai Wright on January 24 2011, 10:36AM

But do we have two years to wait for real jobs investments while elections unfold?

Topics: Economy, Kai Wright, State of the Union

MLK in 2011: Tim Wise, Barbara Ransby and Michelle Chen

by Kai Wright on January 17 2011, 12:30PM

Colorlines writers apply King’s ideas to today’s politics.

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Check Out Colorlines’ Julianne Hing at The Atlantic, Too

by Kai Wright on January 11 2011, 10:57AM

Our reporter/blogger extraordinaire is guest blogging for Ta-Nehisi Coates this week.

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The Self-Destruction of Government-vs.-the People Ideology

by Kai Wright on January 10 2011, 11:33AM

The violence in Arizona is about more than Sarah Palin’s semantics.

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