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Kai Wright

Kai Wright

Editorial Director
New York, NY

Kai Wright is editorial director of Colorlines.com and a reporting fellow of the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute. His investigative reporting and news analysis appears regularly in The Nation, The Root and The American Prospect, among other publications, and he is a regular commentator on National Public Radio and in other broadcast media. His work explores the politics of sex, race and health. He has closely covered the foreclosure crisis and the ensuing economic collapse.

Kai is author, most recently, of Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York. He is also the author of two books of African-American history: The African American Experience: Black History and Culture Through Speeches, Letters, Editorials, Poems, Songs, and Stories, and Soldiers of Freedom: An Illustrated History of African Americans in the Armed Forces, which explores America's struggle with race as it has been dramatized by the need to staff a viable military.

You can follow Kai on Twitter at @kai_wright, or look for him in his Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn neighborhood. Check out Kai's media appearances here. For more information, check out KaiWright.com.

Andrew Says the FCC Should Skip the

Andrew Says the FCC Should Skip the “Scramble” and Just Act

by Kai Wright on August 16 2010, 9:45AM

How the net neutrality holdup is more of a political barrier than a policy one.

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Another Way Neighborhoods Are Creating Real Food Options

Another Way Neighborhoods Are Creating Real Food Options

by Kai Wright on August 15 2010, 11:50AM

Commenter Gordo chimes in with a smart idea from Minneapolis: Mini-markets

Topics: Health, Kai Wright

ColorLines' Daisy Hernandez Takes the (Cyber)World by Storm

ColorLines’ Daisy Hernandez Takes the (Cyber)World by Storm

by Kai Wright on August 13 2010, 1:30PM

We bid a fond farewell to a ColorLines legend.

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Calif. Gay Couples Must Wait Six More Days

Calif. Gay Couples Must Wait Six More Days

by Kai Wright on August 12 2010, 5:10PM

Judge lifts the stay on his ruling, but gives Prop 8ers time to petition Ninth Circuit.

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Is GOP Nodding to Birthers With Birthright Citizenship?

Is GOP Nodding to Birthers With Birthright Citizenship?

by Kai Wright on August 12 2010, 1:20PM

ColorLines commenters add politics, economics to Victor Goode’s constitutional analysis.

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The White House's Leftwing Punching Bag

The White House’s Leftwing Punching Bag

by Kai Wright on August 10 2010, 5:00PM

Gibbs’ attack was cynical, arrogant or both.

Topics: 2010 Elections, Politics

In Defense of Identity Politics

In Defense of Identity Politics

by Kai Wright on August 10 2010, 2:04PM

Ann Friedman’s full throated rejoinder to the common-good meme.

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14th Amendment Chatter's Too Much for Even Bush-Era GOP

14th Amendment Chatter’s Too Much for Even Bush-Era GOP

by Kai Wright on August 10 2010, 9:46AM

What’s that tell us about today’s “conservative” leaders?

Topics: 14th Amendment, Kai Wright, Politics

It's Unanimous! GOP Leaders Agree on 14th Amendment Rethink

It’s Unanimous! GOP Leaders Agree on 14th Amendment Rethink

by Kai Wright on August 9 2010, 11:08AM

John Boehner’s worried that Citizenship Clause “does in fact draw more people to our country.”

Topics: 14th Amendment, Immigration, Kai Wright

The “Missing” Workers of July’s Jobs Report

by Kai Wright on August 9 2010, 10:06AM

More than 300,000 people in their prime working years dropped out of the labor market.

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Judge Walker's Ruling is About Much More Than the Law

Judge Walker’s Ruling is About Much More Than the Law

by Kai Wright on August 6 2010, 9:11AM

And much more than same-sex marriage, too.

Topics: Kai Wright, Prop 8

A Simple, Historic Statement

A Simple, Historic Statement

by Kai Wright on August 4 2010, 5:08PM

My love is not inferior.

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Mayor Mike Gets It Right on Ground Zero Muslim Center

Mayor Mike Gets It Right on Ground Zero Muslim Center

by Kai Wright on August 3 2010, 7:07PM

Says NYC was built and is sustained by immigrants. Here, here.

Topics: Kai Wright, Mosque Mania

Pat Robertson's Zimbabwe Incursion

Pat Robertson’s Zimbabwe Incursion

by Kai Wright on August 3 2010, 1:36PM

The U.S. religious right’s movement to export hate continues growing.

Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Kai Wright

GOP to Party Like It's 1868! Says Let's Debate 14th Amendment

GOP to Party Like It’s 1868! Says Let’s Debate 14th Amendment

by Kai Wright on August 2 2010, 10:20PM

As usual, Republicans are ready and willing to debate core values.

Topics: 14th Amendment, Kai Wright, Politics

Reader “Migzilla” Gets Back to Basics on Racial Profiling

by Kai Wright on August 2 2010, 4:36PM

It’s too easy to skip past core values and into ideological and legalistic debates.

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Michelle Obama: Let's Make Schools Feed Kids Real Food

Michelle Obama: Let’s Make Schools Feed Kids Real Food

by Kai Wright on August 2 2010, 12:43AM

The First Lady plugs the policy-meat on the bones of her childhood obesity campaign.

Topics: Health, Kai Wright

Help Us Make Racial Justice News Easy

Help Us Make Racial Justice News Easy

by Kai Wright on July 29 2010, 10:33AM

Seed the Web with Hatty Lee’s amazing news graphics.

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Arizona--and Arpaio--Already Lead Country in 287(g) Round Ups

Arizona—and Arpaio—Already Lead Country in 287(g) Round Ups

by Kai Wright on July 28 2010, 12:41PM

The notorious sheriff accounts for a quarter of folks local cops have sent to feds.

Topics: Immigration, Kai Wright

An Interactive History of Arizona's March to SB 1070

An Interactive History of Arizona’s March to SB 1070

by Kai Wright on July 27 2010, 12:19PM

The law was neither a sudden development nor an organic one.

Topics: Immigration, Kai Wright