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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.

The School Reform Showdown in the Chicago Arne Duncan Left Behind

by Julianne Hing on September 14 2012, 9:37AM

The teachers strike in Obama’s hometown is an uncomfortable referendum on his education agenda

Topics: Schools & Youth

A Chicago Teacher Explains: Why I’m Striking

by Julianne Hing on September 10 2012, 11:43AM

Chicago schoolteacher Xian Barrett says classroom conditions are unfair to teachers—and students.

Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth

Are For-Profit Colleges the Answer for Black Students?

by Julianne Hing on September 10 2012, 10:20AM

The for-profit industry is taking in students who’ve been locked out of higher education. What’s the problem with that?

Topics: Schools & Youth

Basketball Coaches and Starbucks Push For Affirmative Action

by Julianne Hing on August 22 2012, 11:00AM

Without affirmative action the only black and Latino faces on college campuses could be those of student athletes, and that’s unacceptable, college basketball coaches warn.

Topics: Schools & Youth

Jan Brewer Orders Arizona DREAMers Barred From Public Benefits

by Julianne Hing on August 16 2012, 8:48AM

The Arizona governor is at it again.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

Our Aunties’ Best Tips to Beat the Summer Heat

by Julianne Hing on August 10 2012, 10:30AM

Find yourself an empty gourd, a place to nap, or a frozen watermelon, and lay very, very still.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Summer

Wisconsin Sikh Gurdwara Shooter Talked of ‘Racial Holy War’

by Julianne Hing on August 7 2012, 11:15AM

The more authorities find out about Wade Michael Page, the worse it gets.

Topics: /NOW Blog

Gabby Douglas Too Busy Competing to Care What You Think About Her Hair

by Julianne Hing on August 6 2012, 5:31PM

“You might as well stop talking about it,” the Olympic champion said.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog, Olympics

Today’s the Voting Rights Act’s Birthday. What’s It to You?

by Julianne Hing on August 6 2012, 5:01PM

“We cannot — we must not— refuse to protect the right of Americans to vote in any election in which they may desire to participate,” President Johnson said 47 years ago.

Topics: /NOW Blog, Voter Suppression, Brentin Mock