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VideoUnderstanding Black Liberation Theology: A 40-Year Retrospective
by Jonathan Adams on May 12 2008, 10:03AM
With the Rev. Wright media dust-up settling, the foremost Black liberation theologians are gathering in Harlem to discuss the significant of liberation theology to the Black church tradition. Understanding Black Liberation Theology: A 40-Year Retrospective Monday, May 12, 2008…
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US Government Takes Immigrants’ Taxes, But Immigrants Won’t Receive Rebates
by Jonathan Adams on May 12 2008, 8:28AM
Immigrant families contribute millions to the economy and have been some of the worst affected by this economic recession. Even though the US government makes sure to collect taxes from immigrants, whole families are ineligible to receive the tax rebates….
Topics: Immigration
by Jonathan Adams on May 9 2008, 6:00AM
Roberto Lovato goes down South to learn more about life as a Latino in Georgia. Lovato follows a seventeen year old girl, Justeen Mancha and describes her experiences with Juan Crow. Originally published in The Nation By Roberto Lovato The…
Topics: Immigration
Clinton: Only White People are “Hard Working Americans”
by Jonathan Adams on May 8 2008, 10:07AM
Despite the many hard working people of color who have supported Hillary Clinton since the beginning of her campaign, she appears to forget them (or at least call them worthless in her run for the presidency) in a recent USA…
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Police Treat Dogs Better Than Black Men
by Jonathan Adams on May 8 2008, 9:37AM
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit against the NYPD in federal court on behalf of a New York Post crime reporter who was the victim of racial profiling. Despite the fact that the Post ran…
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Darrin Bell Gives Historical Context
by Jonathan Adams on May 8 2008, 9:07AM
H/T Too Sense In a series called “America-Hating Black Preacher,” Darrin Bell compares the media’s reaction to Martin Luther King in 1968 to the response to Rev. Wright in 2008. Go to the Candorville archives for the entire series. The…
Topics: Media
40 Years Later, Should Athletes Boycott the Olympics?
by Jonathan Adams on May 7 2008, 8:49AM
In the Los Angeles Times, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar points of the parallels between the 1968 Olympics and the upcoming summer games in Beijing. Here we are 40 years later and we are once again about to send our young athletes…
Topics: Global Affairs
Take the ColorLines Survey, Win an iPod
by Jonathan Adams on May 6 2008, 12:56PM
Have you seen the new May/June issue of Colorlines? On CL.com, we are also conducting a survey of ColorLines and Racewire readers. This is your opportunity to talk back to us. Let us know what you like, what you don’t,…
Topics: ColorLines Features
MVL: Reports Back from DC May Day Rally
by Jonathan Adams on May 6 2008, 11:48AM
From Movement Vision Lab, Check out these short audio interviews from May Day in Washington DC. Featured interviews include immigrants, activists, filmmakers, and hip hop artists. Check out some of these interviews here: * Nicola Wells, organizer with FIRM -…
Topics: Immigration
Making Justice in New York City Just
by Jonathan Adams on May 6 2008, 10:34AM
Originally published on DMIblog By Jennifer Carnig The NYPD is arresting more than 35,000 New Yorkers a year on marijuana charges, a remarkably aggressive arrest policy that began during the Giuliani years and has carried on full throttle through the…
Topics: Criminal Justice
New York Neighborhoods Need Fresh Food
by Jonathan Adams on May 5 2008, 1:27PM
Courtesy of New York Times The NYT reports that “Big Apple” residents can’t find supermarkets in walking distance from their homes, and they are, consequently, spending their food budgets in drug stores where no fresh foods are available. A…
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NPR: Chela Delgado Reconsiders Standardized Tests
by Jonathan Adams on May 5 2008, 12:42PM
Chela Delgado, ColorLines contributor, reports on her experience as a teacher in a Philadelphia charter school. She once hated standardized tests and didn’t want to make her students take them, but then she started listening to some of the children’s…
Topics: Schools & Youth
by Jonathan Adams on May 5 2008, 10:40AM
H/T ImmigrationProf Blog Check out ICE Raid Report. Where they are “keeping tabs on Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity across the country.” The New York Sun reports that Irish groups have been trying to work out a deal with lawmakers…
Topics: Immigration
Mildred Loving Leaves “Freedom to Marry” Legacy
by Jonathan Adams on May 5 2008, 9:05AM
Mildred Loving, 68, the Black woman who, with her husband, challenged Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court in 1967 striking down such laws nationwide, has died, Loving Day, a celebration of interracial couples, was…
Topics: News Items
by Jonathan Adams on May 2 2008, 9:58AM
From NPR, News and Notes Farai Chideya talks with Iowa Governor Chet Culver about a new law, which requires lawmakers to consider the impact proposed sentencing laws have on racial and ethnic groups in Iowa. It applies to crime, parole…
Topics: Politics
by Jonathan Adams on May 2 2008, 9:29AM
From the Public News Service Today marks one week since a New York state judge returned not-guilty verdicts for the three police officers charged in the shooting death of Sean Bell. That outcome has some people asking big questions…
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Immigrants Plan for Nationwide Rallies
by Jonathan Adams on April 30 2008, 9:08AM
It’s almost May Day. Known as International Worker’s Day, May 1 is cememorated in different ways all over the world. Advocates for immigrant rights have been marching on this day for years, and this year will be no different….
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by Jonathan Adams on April 30 2008, 8:31AM
H/T Facing South It seems that Black families in North Carolina have been receiving automated calls from “Lamont Williams” that incorrectly inform them that they must fill out an application and mail it in if before they are eligible…
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In Case You Missed Jindal on Jay Leno
by Jonathan Adams on April 29 2008, 11:22AM
H/T to Sepia Mutiny Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was on the Tonight Show last night. Click through to the video of his response to Leno’s question about being John McCain’s running mate. Leno: So, tell us Bobby. If John McCain…
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by Jonathan Adams on April 29 2008, 8:09AM
While the media reports that there has been less outrage around the Sean Bell verdict, others are working to make sure that they arm other Black young people with tools to protect themselves. 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who…
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