MLK in 2011: Tim Wise, Barbara Ransby and Michelle Chen
by Kai Wright on January 17 2011, 12:30PM
Colorlines writers apply King’s ideas to today’s politics.
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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.
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by Kai Wright on January 6 2011, 11:38AM
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by Kai Wright on December 27 2010, 12:07PM
Happy holidays from Colorlines. We’ll ee you in 2011.
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by Kai Wright on December 21 2010, 1:25PM
The presidential aspirant continues rewriting history.
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ColorLines Slows Its Roll for the Holidays
by Kai Wright on December 20 2010, 11:00AM
But we’re still here with features shedding light on the year in communities of color.
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Rep. Peter King Vows Muslim Witch Hunt in New Congress
by Kai Wright on December 19 2010, 3:49PM
The race-baiting of campaign season will soon be the business of government.
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“With Love, Magic and Art, We Shall Overcome”
by Kai Wright on December 16 2010, 5:40PM
Artist Estria Miyashiro says that there’s more to graffiti than what first meets the eye.
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by Kai Wright on December 14 2010, 2:07PM
The Census Bureau starts a massive data dump. We’ll try to put the findings in context.
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Best of Bernie Sanders: The Disease of Greed
by Kai Wright on December 13 2010, 3:32PM
Got a favorite selection from Friday’s #filibernie?
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The Shrinking Black Middle Class
by Kai Wright on December 13 2010, 11:14AM
More data proving just how little mobility there is in America—and just how much it differs by race.
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Today’s Love is for Bernie Sanders and His 4,000+ Twitter Followers
by Kai Wright on December 10 2010, 6:05PM
For building a moment of national community around economic justice.
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by Kai Wright on December 9 2010, 4:47PM
Closing the income and wealth gaps isn’t an ideal, as the president suggests. It’s the whole point.
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by Kai Wright on December 9 2010, 1:49PM
Our thoughts are with Aretha, and all of the talents she’s inspired.
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by Kai Wright on December 9 2010, 11:06AM
The White House has been a vocal backer of the bill in the lame-duck session.
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