Waxman Holds Off On Google-Verizon Internet Copycat Bill
by Jamilah King on September 29 2010, 2:42PM
Advocates worry that corporate agendas are leading the way.
Topics: Net Neutrality, Technology
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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LA Teacher Suicide Sparks School Reform Pushback
by Jamilah King on September 29 2010, 11:56AM
Parents and students are outraged over popular teacher Rigoberto Ruelas, Jr’s death.
Topics: Schools & Youth
Eddie Long’s Got Relationship Advice For You
by Jamilah King on September 29 2010, 10:15AM
Jezebel digs up the accused pastor’s book, which he tackles everything from “sexual freedom” to the proper place for a woman.
Topics: Eddie Long, Gender & Sexuality
Latino Voters Not Swayed by GOP
by Jamilah King on September 28 2010, 11:45AM
Researchers confirm that money can’t always buy politics.
Topics: 2010 Elections
Antoine Dodson Not Happy About “Bed Intruder” Costume
by Jamilah King, Jorge Rivas on September 27 2010, 1:23PM
For the Internet star and his family, the joke’s not so funny anymore.
Topics: Antoine Dodson
Eddie Long Scandal Forces Taboos to Surface in Black Church
by Jamilah King on September 27 2010, 12:50PM
More charges come, CNN’s Don Lemon reveals his own history with sexual abuse, and Long vows to fight.
Topics: Eddie Long, Gender & Sexuality
Stephen Colbert Testifies On Capitol Hill
by Jamilah King on September 24 2010, 1:20PM
In this political climate, we could all use a good laugh.
Topics: Immigration
Forbes Confirms Super Rich Are Getting Richer
by Jamilah King on September 24 2010, 12:13PM
Still, some wait for wealth to trickle down.
Topics: Politics
Black Lawmakers Anxious Over Ethics Trial Dates
by Jamilah King on September 24 2010, 10:20AM
Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters can’t wait to clear their names.
Topics: Politics
ColorLines Livetweets NBC’s Humorless “Outsourced”
by Jamilah King on September 23 2010, 3:17PM
What happens when a show is too self-conscious to talk about race?
Topics: Arts & Culture
Yet Another Attack on Obama’s “Aunt Zeituni”
by Jamilah King on September 23 2010, 2:02PM
For the GOP, it’s more proof that the president is, in fact, a Kenyan socialist.
Topics: Immigration
Hits Keep Coming for Eddie Long
by Jamilah King on September 23 2010, 11:48AM
Third man comes forward with allegation of sexual coercion, while Long goes silent.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Oops! Arizona Ethnic Studies Ban Makes Courses MORE Popular
by Jamilah King on September 22 2010, 3:22PM
But a showdown looms when the law kicks in on Dec. 31 and districts face penalties for offering the courses.
Topics: Schools & Youth
“Detroit 1-8-7” Premieres as City Cops Still in Unwanted Spotlight
by Jamilah King on September 22 2010, 1:00PM
As the department courts primetime ratings, feds investigate police shooting of 7-year-old.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Anti-Gay Pastor Eddie Long Sued for Sexual Coercion of Men
by Jamilah King on September 22 2010, 11:07AM
Two men wage sexual coercion charges.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Wyclef Ends Presidential Bid, Plans Next Album
by Jamilah King on September 22 2010, 10:15AM
The singer’s troubled campaign is finally over.
Topics: Global Affairs
Campus Progress Uses Justin Bieber to Court Voters
by Jamilah King on September 22 2010, 12:19AM
Maybe Justin Bieber is good for America.
Topics: Politics
Florida Senate Race Might Not Be That Close, After All
by Jamilah King on September 21 2010, 2:38PM
Marco Rubio’s surging in the polls, while Gov. Charlie Crist fights to remain relevant.
Topics: 2010 Elections
Mr. President, I’m Exhausted of Defending You
by Jamilah King on September 20 2010, 4:27PM
One black voter tells Obama she’s tired of waiting for the change.
Topics: 2010 Elections
Rick Santelli: Tea Party Rant “Best Five Minutes of My Life”
by Jamilah King on September 20 2010, 1:29PM
The man credited with launching the Tea Party makes no apologies.
Topics: Politics
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