Rep. Waters Faces Formal Charges, Ready to Square Off
by Jamilah King on August 9 2010, 3:51PM
Another black lawmaker’s in the hot seat.
Topics: 2010 Elections
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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Tea Party Searches For Dollars—and Sense
by Jamilah King on August 9 2010, 1:57PM
Though, even when they’re broke, they keep chugging along.
Topics: 2010 Elections
45th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act
by Jamilah King, Hatty Lee on August 7 2010, 3:13PM
A look back at the historic blow for racial justice.
Topics: History
The “Bed Intruder” Video, YouTube Fame and Modern Minstrelsy
by Jamilah King on August 6 2010, 8:05PM
Antoine Dodson is an overnight Web celebrity, but that doesn’t change much about our love affair with minstrelsy.
Topics: Antoine Dodson, Arts & Culture, Technology
Verizon, Google Plot an Internet With Traffic Ghettos
by Jamilah King on August 5 2010, 5:30PM
Open Internet advocates worry Web sources who can’t pay for access will be drowned out—and ask you to tell Google as much.
Topics: Net Neutrality, Technology
by Jamilah King on August 4 2010, 5:25PM
A California judge just overturned the state’s ban of same-sex marriages. The queer blogosphere is already rejoicing.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Prop 8
Facebook Can Predict Your Ethnicity
by Jamilah King on August 4 2010, 4:28PM
They’re crunching data to figure out a “Washington” surname probably means you’re black—so they can sell you and your friends stuff based on it.
Topics: Technology
Wyclef’s Serious About Haiti Presidential Bid
by Jamilah King on August 4 2010, 3:09PM
He’s expected to announce tomorrow. Controversy to ensue shortly thereafter.
Topics: Global Affairs
Obama Signs Drug Sentencing Reform Into Law
by Jamilah King on August 3 2010, 4:18PM
Reform advocates say the compromise bill is a first step to closing massive racial disparities in incarceration.
Topics: Criminal Justice
Rangel, Waters and the Perils of Entrenched Power
by Jamilah King on August 3 2010, 3:13PM
Corruption may not be the point. Maybe they’ve just been in charge way too long.
Topics: Politics
WNBA Draws Hiring Praise—and the President
by Jamilah King on August 3 2010, 1:09PM
The league consistently gets top ratings for hiring people of color and women in leadership jobs.
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Palin: Obama Lacks Jan Brewer’s “Cojones”
by Jamilah King on August 2 2010, 6:00PM
Now both Palin and Jesse have discussed the president’s balls on cable television.
Topics: Politics
More Than Black/White Questions in “Essence” Drama
by Jamilah King on August 2 2010, 5:43PM
Is there a place for black women in fashion overall?
Topics: Arts & Culture, Media
Tea Party’s Diversity Rally? “Epic Fail”
by Jamilah King on August 2 2010, 3:10PM
Talking Points Memo went to the event and found none, unless you count David Webb.
Topics: Politics
Lady Gaga Denounces SB 1070 at Phoenix Concert
by Jamilah King on August 2 2010, 1:04PM
She won’t join the boycott, but Gaga at least spoke her mind while playing the state.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Immigration
Utah Reviews Legal Status of Immigrants on Hit List
by Jamilah King on July 30 2010, 5:30PM
Looks like the state’s letting xenophobes prevail.
Topics: Immigration, Utah Immigrant Hit List
Senate Pulls Money From Black Farmers
by Jamilah King on July 30 2010, 2:42PM
The funds would have settled lawsuits against the USDA for racial discrimination.
Topics: Economy
Arpaio Arrests Dozens in SB 1070 Protests
by Jamilah King on July 30 2010, 1:33PM
Hundreds take to the streets in Arizona, and beyond.
Topics: Immigration, Immigration
Rangel Charged, Says He’s Finally Had a “Bad Day”
by Jamilah King on July 29 2010, 6:08PM
The famously confident Harlem legend faces 13 ethics violations.
Topics: 2010 Elections
Student Activists Find Winning Strategy in Nike Dunk
by Jamilah King on July 29 2010, 2:56PM
In These Times profiles the student-led movement to support garment workers.
Topics: Schools & Youth
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