NPR’s Vivian Schiller Resigns After James O’Keefe’s Tea Party Prank
by Jamilah King on March 9 2011, 10:26AM
The conservative activist’s latest “sting” nets another progressive victim.
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Jamilah King
News Editor
New York, NY
Jamilah King is the news editor at Colorlines.com, coordinating story assignments as news breaks, as well as covering urban politics and youth culture. Before joining Colorlines she was associate editor at WireTap Magazine, an online political publication that was a project of The Nation Institute. Jamilah serves on peer review board of the Youth Media Reporter, previously worked as contributing editor with YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, and has covered the youth vote for Colorlines.com. Jamilah is a former McNair scholar and Kopkind Fellow. She graduated with degrees in English and Black Studies from Pitzer College and also studied gender and development at the University of the West Indies along with labor history at City University of New York. Born and raised in San Francisco, Jamilah grew up in a single parent, working class household. She has written about her family's personal experience with violence, and is dedicated to using art to articulate new visions for the future. Jamilah participated in the Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP) where she organized passenger service workers in Oakland with the Center for Third World Organizing. She studied labor history at City University of New York and worked as an organizer with SEIU and low income workers in the Bronx. She has also volunteered in the HIV community, doing outreach with Bay Area Young Positives and the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, Gays, and All-Sexuals in Kingston. Jamilah frequently appears on community radio and media conferences around the country, including National Conference on Media Reform and Allied Media Conference. Jamilah's writing has also appeared on New America Media, TheNation.com, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Alternet, and Racialicious. She's an avid basketball fan and a recovering music junkie.
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Women Fight Back Against Street Harassment
by Jamilah King on March 8 2011, 2:45PM
In this video sent to us by a reader, women reclaim their rights to walk safely and undisturbed by strange men.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Cairo’s Million Woman March Crashed by Anti-Feminist Activists
by Jamilah King on March 8 2011, 1:35PM
On International Women’s Day, women surge forward globally, despite conservative obstacles.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Loretta Ross’s Love for Women of Color Histories
by Jamilah King on March 4 2011, 6:33PM
The longtime activist gives a brief rundown on the origins of the term “women of color.”
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Our Fantasy Picks for the NAACP Image Awards
by Jamilah King on March 4 2011, 6:28PM
We’ve rounded up our favorites. Now we wanna hear about yours.
Topics: Arts & Culture
Who’s Behind the GOP’s Anti-Sharia Law Crusade? A White Supremacist
by Jamilah King on March 3 2011, 1:32PM
David Yerushalmi doesn’t just hate Muslims. He hates everyone who’s not white.
Topics: Politics
For Girls Who Love Themselves Enough to Talk Back to Lil Wayne
by Jamilah King on March 2 2011, 6:21PM
Two little girls call Weezy out for his misogynistic music.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee ‘Misspoke’ About Obama and Kenya
by Jamilah King on March 2 2011, 1:39PM
But the drive to paint the president as a dangerous ‘other’ won’t stop any time soon.
Topics: Politics
Texas Group Offers Scholarships Exclusively for White Males
by Jamilah King on March 2 2011, 12:11PM
Let the pity party begin.
Topics: Politics
Black Workers Central to National Union Battle
by Jamilah King on March 1 2011, 4:35PM
Public service workers are still standing up to union push backs.
Today’s Love: Adorable and Talented B-boy Edition
by Jamilah King on February 28 2011, 6:00PM
They’re probably the best dancers you’ve seen recently. And they’re still in elementary school.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Scenes from National Wisconsin Solidarity Rallies
by Jamilah King on February 28 2011, 12:40PM
From Sacramento to Raleigh, Salem to Atlanta, ordinary workers stand up for their rights.
Topics: Wisconsin
Health Concerns Could Send Jamie and Gladys Scott Back to Prison
by Jamilah King on February 25 2011, 2:24PM
The sisters must lose a combined 160 pounds in order to test for the kidney transplant that was a condition of their parole.
Topics: Criminal Justice
NYC Anti-Abortion Ad Is Coming Down—but the Real Battle’s Just Begun
by Jamilah King on February 24 2011, 5:00PM
The ad targeted black women and caused national outrage.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health
Standing Alongside Wisconsin, With Love
by Jamilah King on February 23 2011, 6:16PM
A new video shows the state’s striking workers in all their beauty.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Van Jones Calls for Massive Day of Action to Restore Worker’s Rights
by Jamilah King on February 23 2011, 12:30PM
On Saturday, February 26, the ‘spirit of Madison’ may go national.
Topics: Wisconsin
Tavis Smiley Calls Out Bill Maher’s Troubled Stance on Muslim Men
by Jamilah King on February 22 2011, 2:20PM
What? You didn’t hear that Bill Maher is now an expert on women’s rights?
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Today’s Love Goes to Black Future Month
by Jamilah King on February 21 2011, 5:36PM
Writer Chinaka Hodge celebrates black pasts, presents, and futures.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Malcolm X’s Fearless Commitment to Freedom 46 Years Later
by Jamilah King on February 21 2011, 1:42PM
It’s been 46 years since he was shot and killed.
Topics: Politics
To And From Audre Lorde, With Love
by Jamilah King on February 18 2011, 5:17PM
The revered lesbian poet, theorist, and activist would have turned 77.
Topics: Celebrate Love
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