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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.

Oprah and Her Natural Hair Cover O Magazine

by Julianne Hing on August 2 2012, 12:05PM

It’s a first for the talk show host in her magazine’s 12-year history.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Media, /NOW Blog

DREAMers Send Themselves to Detention, And Find So Many More DREAMers Behind Bars

by Julianne Hing on August 1 2012, 6:05PM

The Obama administration refuses to follow its own deportation policies, and activists are calling the president out on it.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

Tea Party’s Ted Cruz Defeats GOP Favorite, Could Become Texas’ First Latino Senator

by Julianne Hing on August 1 2012, 4:10PM

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way.

Topics: /NOW Blog

Are You Eligible for No Co-Pay Birth Control? A Handy Guide to Find Out

by Julianne Hing on August 1 2012, 2:40PM

It’s a big day for contraception. But the ins and outs of the policy implementation mean many women won’t get covered.

Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health Reform, /NOW Blog

California Kicks For-Profit Colleges Out of State Student Grant Program

by Julianne Hing on August 1 2012, 1:59PM

The Golden State is cracking down on for-profit schools, but the move will impact thousands of students.

Topics: /NOW Blog

30 Days in Jail for Soldier Charged With Driving Danny Chen to Suicide

by Julianne Hing on July 31 2012, 4:46PM

The family of Danny Chen, the 19-year-old American soldier who committed suicide after being assaulted and subjected to racial taunts, is looking for justice. They may not find it in the courtroom.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

The Oscar Grant Movie Filming in a Bay Area Neighborhood Near You?

by Julianne Hing on July 31 2012, 3:45PM

And both BART and Grant’s family have given their okays for the film.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

Anaheim Police Shooting Survivor: Cops ‘Shot Again and Again’

by Julianne Hing on July 31 2012, 12:26PM

As the Anaheim police come under fire for two back to back deadly shootings, activists are demanding an investigation from California’s attorney general.

Topics: /NOW Blog

Can a Black Girl Be the Next Steve Jobs?

by Julianne Hing on July 31 2012, 9:48AM

A new Oakland-based non-profit thinks so. And it’s breaking down the “brogrammer” stereotype, one website at a time.

Topics: Schools & Youth

Undocumented Arizonans Head Across America on ‘No Papers No Fear’ Tour

by Julianne Hing on July 27 2012, 2:29PM

They’re making their way to the Democratic National Convention, and calling for an end to anti-immigrant attacks along the way.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

Judge OKs Nation’s First Parent Trigger Takeover in Adelanto, Calif. School

by Julianne Hing on July 25 2012, 4:02PM

Parents in a small southern California town will now be allowed to go ahead with any number of reforms, including firing the principal, converting the school to a charter school or shutting down the school.

Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth

Few New Mexico Police Agencies Keeping Up With Anti-Bias Policing Law

by Julianne Hing on July 20 2012, 10:50AM

The review conducted by two groups found that when it came to meeting basic requirements for the law, just two agencies out of the state’s 97 could say they were in compliance

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

Does Joe Arpaio Racially Profile? A Federal Court Will Decide

by Julianne Hing on July 19 2012, 10:42AM

Immigrant rights groups say they’ve long known the answer.

Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration, Joe Arpaio

Civil Rights Groups File Suit to Block Arizona’s ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Provision

by Julianne Hing on July 18 2012, 4:26PM

Without action, the key provision from SB 1070 could go into effect in a matter of days.

Topics: Arizona's SB 1070, /NOW Blog

Here’s How Students of Color Fit Into Higher Ed’s Shifting Ecosystem

by Julianne Hing on July 17 2012, 10:31AM

The U.S. higher education system is a vast and growing network, but whether it be for-profit schools or private universities, who goes where changes largely according to race.

Topics: Schools & Youth

Tucson Freedom Summer, Or 5 Ways to Fight Back Against An Unjust Law

by Julianne Hing on July 11 2012, 10:17AM

Arizona’s ban on ethnic studies hasn’t stopped organizers and educators in Tucson from fighting back against the law. Here’s how they’re doing it.

Topics: Immigration, Schools & Youth

Loan Interest Freeze Provides Boost, and New Barriers, for Students of Color

by Julianne Hing on July 5 2012, 10:53AM

Last week’s agreement brought welcome news, but difficult cuts, for student borrowers.

Topics: Schools & Youth

Parent Fundraising Deepens Inequality in the New Public School Economy

by Julianne Hing on June 27 2012, 9:19AM

As states slash school budgets schools increasingly look to parents to fund those extras, but parents at poorer schools say they need help with even the basics.

Topics: Schools & Youth

Asian Americans Respond to Pew: We’re Not Your Model Minority

by Julianne Hing on June 21 2012, 10:15AM

The Asian-American community hits back at the sweeping report, warning that it’s full of misleading ideas and old stereotypes about Asians in the U.S.

Topics: Media

The Civil Rights Lessons of Vincent Chin’s Murder

by Julianne Hing on June 20 2012, 10:11AM

On the 30th anniversary of his murder, activists reflect on the brutal hate crime, and lessons they’ve learned over and over since his death.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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