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Julianne Hing

Reporter / Blogger
Oakland, CA

Julianne Hing is a reporter and blogger for Colorines.com covering immigration, education, criminal justice, and occasionally fashion and pop culture. In 2009 Julianne was the recipient of USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism fellowship, which funded a reporting project on the impacts of criminal deportation on immigrant families. She has covered police brutality issues from Oakland to New Orleans and in the summer of 2010 reported for Colorlines from the courtroom where Oscar Grant's killer, BART cop Johannes Mehserle, faced trial. Julianne became politically active in high school, and started organizing students in college around access and affordability issues. She earned her B.A. in social ecology at the University of California, Irvine, where she edited Jaded magazine, named 2007 Publication of the Year by Campus Progress. Julianne’s writing has appeared on AlterNet, Truthout, Hyphen Magazine's blog, The American Prospect's blog TAPPED and Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog at The Atlantic, Racialicious, The Root and New America Media.

Julianne tweets at @juliannehing.

Oscar Grant Murder Trial Kicks Off In L.A.

by Julianne Hing on June 1 2010, 1:10PM

It’s been exactly a year and a half since Oscar Grant was shot in the back while he lay face down on a train platform by former BART cop Johannes Mehserle. Today, Mehserle faces his last pre-trial hearing.

Topics: Criminal Justice, Oscar Grant Trial

Education’s Race to the Top

by Julianne Hing on June 1 2010, 12:00PM

With schools in crisis nationwide, states scramble to apply for Obama’s controversial education grants program.

Topics: Schools & Youth

Join The Day of Action Against SB1070 Tomorrow In Phoenix

by Julianne Hing on May 28 2010, 7:18PM

Tomorrow in Phoenix, tens of thousands will be meeting at Steele Indian School Park at 8AM for a pre-rally and performances before starting a six-mile march (at 10AM, for the sleepyheads) south past the Wells Fargo bank, the federal…

Topics: Immigration

Marcelo Lucero’s Teen Killer Gets 25 Years In Prison

by Julianne Hing on May 27 2010, 9:52AM

Jeffrey Conroy, the 19-year-old Long Island teen convicted of murdering Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero in 2008, received 25 years in prison yesterday, the maximum sentence for his crimes. Last month Conroy was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter and gang assault…

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BP Cleanup Workers Getting Sick After Exposure to Oil, Chemicals

by Julianne Hing on May 26 2010, 3:39PM

Workers who are cleaning up the shores and waters of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the BP oil disaster are reporting sickness and side effects after their shifts. The LA Times reported that workers have been hit with…

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U.S. Brings Drug War to Jamaica, Death Toll Up to 50

by Julianne Hing on May 26 2010, 10:58AM

Police patrol the streets outside the neighborhood of Tivoli Gardens in Kingston. REUTERS/Andrew P. Smith Efforts to extradite an alleged Jamaican drug lord to the United States have led to a violent standoff between civilians and armed forces in…

Topics: Global Affairs

Buy Chips And Beer Elsewhere: 4 Companies to Avoid

by Julianne Hing on May 25 2010, 5:35PM

Arizona boycott organizers are going to start targeting specific companies whose owners have “contributed to hate in Arizona.”

Topics: Immigration

Alicia Keys Tackles Race, Sort Of, In “Unthinkable” Video

by Julianne Hing on May 25 2010, 5:01PM

See Alicia grapple with race and love and family and community disapproval in many eras, with many friends and with several white boy admirers….

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Obama Will Send 1,200 Troops to the Border

by Julianne Hing on May 25 2010, 4:10PM

President Obama plans to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to bolster border security measures. The troops will be accompanied by an extra $500 million President Obama has promised for border protection and law enforcement work. According…

Topics: Immigration

Feds Charge Fifth New Orleans Cop in Post-Katrina Violence

by Julianne Hing on May 25 2010, 3:39PM

The Department of Justice has charged Ignatius Hills, a fifth New Orleans police officer involved in Danziger Bridge incident, with trying to cover up the actual turn of events that led to the deaths of two men days after Hurricane…

Topics: Katrina

TV Crews Can’t Tag Along for Police Raids, Detroit Mayor Says

by Julianne Hing on May 25 2010, 11:38AM

In the wake of Aiyana Stanley-Jones’ death, Detroit Mayor David Bing said yesterday that television production crews will no longer be allowed to accompany police on raids of homes. A production team with cable network A&E’s “First 48” was following…

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Did Seattle Cops, TV Station Try to Keep Tape of Abuse Quiet?

by Julianne Hing on May 25 2010, 10:15AM

The Seattle police department has opened a second internal investigation over reports that members of the Seattle Police Department tried to force a Seattle television station not to run the incriminating video of Gang Unit officers beating up and shouting…

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Arizona Gov. Uses Frog Puppet to Convince You SB 1070 Is Okay

by Julianne Hing on May 24 2010, 6:47PM

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who signed SB 1070 into law a month ago and is running for re-election, released this video last weekend….

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Aid for Haiti Moving Through Senate In Fits and Starts

by Julianne Hing on May 24 2010, 2:14PM

Four months after the earthquake in Haiti, Congress is still debating best practices for how to help the country recover. Tomorrow, the Senate foreign relations panel will consider a bill by Senators John Kerry and Bob Corker that calls $3.5…

Topics: Global Affairs, Politics

U.S. Drug War Sparks Violence in Jamaica

by Julianne Hing on May 24 2010, 1:57PM

The United States’ efforts to extradite an alleged Jamaican drug lord—said by some to be the most powerful man in the country—has set off a firestorm in the Caribbean. Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding declared a state of emergency yesterday…

Topics: Global Affairs

Photos from the Gulf Coast

by Julianne Hing, Hatty Lee on May 24 2010, 12:00PM

A month after the Deepwater oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, oil is still spewing out at a rate of 210,000 gallons or more a day.

Topics: Environment, Gulf Oil Spill

Friday Twitter Break: Talib Kweli Is Headed to Phoenix

by Julianne Hing on May 21 2010, 12:36PM

This was the week of Rand Paul—he made headlines for winning a runoff in Kentucky Tuesday and is again in the news. Paul called Obama “un-American” for trying to hold BP accountable for the Gulf Coast oil spill. At least…

Topics: Technology

Gulf Coast Fishermen Face Maze of Barriers

by Julianne Hing on May 21 2010, 9:35AM

For the people who live on the coast and make their living on the water in the fishing industry, the recovery period is only just beginning.

Topics: Environment, Gulf Oil Spill

Costa Mesa, Calif. Declares Itself The Anti-Sanctuary City

by Julianne Hing on May 20 2010, 4:15PM

The Costa Mesa city council unanimously passed a resolution at the urging of Mayor Allan Mansoor on Tuesday night declaring itself a “rule of law” city that doesn’t condone unlawful immigration. “I have a lot of concerns with cities calling…

Topics: Immigration

How to Make a Boycott Matter

by Julianne Hing on May 20 2010, 12:00PM

The outrage over Arizona has provoked a growing number of efforts to make the state pay. But will it? We consider the landscape of boycotts past and present.

Topics: Immigration

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