Verizon Takes FCC to Court Over New Web Rules
by Jamilah King on January 21 2011, 1:25PM
Get ready. It’s gonna be a long year in the battle to keep the Internet free from corporate takeovers.
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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.
Check out Jamilah's media appearances here.
Jamilah tweets at @jamilahking.
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Open Web Activists Applaud Rep. Eshoo’s Victory on Capitol Hill
by Jamilah King on January 21 2011, 10:07AM
The pro-regulatory lawmaker beat out Rep. Bobby Rush for key tech position.
Topics: Media
The GOP’s Biggest Health Care Victory? No Race in the Debate
by Jamilah King on January 20 2011, 2:28PM
Even after last night’s vote to repeal health care reform, both sides are ignoring health care’s most salient issue.
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Comcast Merger Worries Indie Artists, Web Advocates
by Jamilah King on January 19 2011, 2:39PM
Welcome to the latest part in the saga over equal media access.
Topics: Media
Cherokee Nation Court Rules in Favor of Descendents of Slaves
by Jamilah King on January 18 2011, 12:47PM
Court says that descendants of freedman are members, too.
Topics: Politics
Black AIDS Activist: ‘Our House is On Fire’
by Jamilah King on January 18 2011, 11:54AM
Three decades into the AIDS epidemic, CNN’s Anderson Cooper spotlights its crippling effects to the black community.
Topics: Health
Today’s Love is for John Lewis’ Approach to Non-Violence
by Jamilah King on January 14 2011, 6:30PM
The civil rights hero talks about non-violence as a way of life.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Poet Susana Chavez’s Death Sparks Outrage in Juarez
by Jamilah King on January 14 2011, 2:56PM
Her death has reignited suspicions about why the deaths of over 500 women in the region have gone unsolved.
Topics: Global Affairs
Ex-Firefighter Sues to Block Park51 Construction
by Jamilah King on January 14 2011, 12:29PM
Lawyers accuse New York City officials of an all-out conspiracy.
Topics: Politics
More Love for the Modest Heros of Tucson
by Jamilah King on January 13 2011, 6:23PM
After days of modest brilliance, Daniel Hernandez is stunned into silence at memorial service.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Rep. Giffords’ Shooting Prompts GOP Resignations in Arizona
by Jamilah King on January 13 2011, 3:50PM
Heated rhetoric is proving toxic for Republicans even without Democrats to blame.
Topics: Politics
Singer Marsha Ambrosius Opens Up About Homophobia
by Jamilah King on January 13 2011, 2:33PM
With a new album on the way, songstress says she just wanted to be a good friend.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Today’s Love is for Stud Magazine Rewriting Gender Norms
by Jamilah King on January 12 2011, 6:30PM
Showing love for the world’s gender non-conforming females.
Topics: Celebrate Love
New State Officials Come Out Swinging on Immigration Policy
by Jamilah King on January 11 2011, 4:20PM
Felipe Matos is just one activist dealing with the immigration debate’s shift toward states.
Topics: Immigration
How SB 1070 Could Have Gotten Rep. Giffords’ Hero in Trouble
by Jamilah King on January 11 2011, 2:05PM
Under the original provisions of SB 1070, Daniel Hernandez could have had to prove his immigration status.
Topics: Immigration
Arizona’s History of Hate: A Timeline
by Jamilah King on January 11 2011, 11:37AM
Activists at Alto Arizona map out over two decades of political violence in the state.
Topics: History, Immigration, Joe Arpaio
Today’s Love is for Daniel Hernandez’s Quick Thinking
by Jamilah King on January 10 2011, 6:17PM
The heroic young activist helped save Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ life.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Is Jared Lee Loughner Tied to Hate Groups?
by Jamilah King on January 10 2011, 11:38AM
The short answer is: maybe. But that’s just one part of the story.
Topics: National Security
GOP Attack on Health Care Reform Is a Fight Against Racial Justice
by Jamilah King on January 7 2011, 4:35PM
Republicans are attacking a bill that could take us one step closer to health equity.
Singer Marsha Ambrosius’ New Video Celebrates Queer Love
by Jamilah King on January 6 2011, 6:26PM
The British songstress takes a bold stand against homophobia in the black community.
Topics: Celebrate Love
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