Julian Bond Chimes in for Global LGBT Campaign’s Launch
by Kai Wright on December 8 2010, 2:31PM
People are killed for being queer around the world. More people should know that.
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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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Obama’s Bizarre, Offensive Effort to Equate Tax Cuts and Abolition
by Kai Wright on December 8 2010, 12:38PM
Slavery was not a great example of a compromise Mr. President.
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Today’s Love Comes From the Soul (And Without Tax Cuts)
by Kai Wright on December 7 2010, 6:20PM
Marvin Gaye helps soothe the rage of today’s news.
Topics: Celebrate Love
Landrieu: Tax Cut Deal Steals from Poor, Black Families for Rich
by Kai Wright on December 7 2010, 12:58PM
Progressive economists give it a meh.
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Third Parties and Tequila Shots
by Kai Wright on December 6 2010, 12:54PM
It starts with jokes and murmurs, but Democrats shouldn’t go on expecting blind support.
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It’s Not About Tax Cuts. Obama Must Stand in Defense of Government
by Kai Wright on December 6 2010, 11:51AM
ColorLines Editor Kai Wright says the president can fight now, or we can all lose later.
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Justice and Community are Inseparable Ideas
by Kai Wright on December 1 2010, 11:06AM
A great reminder from a ColorLines reader.
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Harry Belafonte’s Love for Racial Justice—and Radical Muppets
by Kai Wright, Jorge Rivas on November 30 2010, 6:36PM
Today’s love is for a meeting between icons of the human and puppet worlds.
Topics: Celebrate Love
A Conversation with Harry Belafonte on Race and Politics Today
by Kai Wright on November 30 2010, 10:24AM
The music legend and human rights icon sits down with ColorLines publisher Rinku Sen.
Topics: Election: Now What?, Harry Belafonte
Today’s Love is for Dolly Parton—and White Folks Who Aren’t Scared
by Kai Wright on November 29 2010, 6:40PM
Today’s politics remind us of fear’s power against justice. But it doesn’t work on everybody.
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Texas Observer Helps ColorLines Tell Shahed Hossain’s Tragic Story
by Kai Wright on November 29 2010, 10:50AM
We’ll have regular print partnerships for our long-form reporting next year.
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Today’s Love is for My Peeps, the Holidays and You
by Kai Wright on November 24 2010, 5:00PM
Because my holidays are all about the relationships I live for.
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The Structural Forces Behind Black Youth Joblessness
by Kai Wright on November 24 2010, 3:57PM
Reader Gesyckah’s got a good articulation of how systemic inequity passes through individuals.
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Another Midterm Lesson: It’s the Money, Stupid
by Kai Wright on November 24 2010, 10:20AM
Billions in “independent” spending swung key races, and local “news” helped.
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More on Violence and Bias Against Transgender Women of Color
by Kai Wright on November 20 2010, 12:57PM
Research shows the murders are but the most extreme form of danger they face.
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Remembering the Transgender Women Murdered Last Year
by Kai Wright, Hatty Lee on November 19 2010, 10:53AM
At least 22 people were killed in anti-gay attacks last year. Hate crime victims are overwhelmingly transgender people of color.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Kai Wright
Yes, Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes
by Kai Wright on November 18 2010, 12:54PM
Helpful resources detailing how and why from reader salina.
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More on Health Impact of Longterm Joblessness
by Kai Wright on November 18 2010, 11:36AM
Reader Barbara Glickstein offers a view from caregivers.
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Who Wants to Turn the Camera Back on James O’Keefe?
by Kai Wright on November 17 2010, 12:58PM
Reader suggests somebody sting these rightwing smear-operatives, too.
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Today’s Love is for Howard Zinn, Change Now and Our Readers
by Kai Wright on November 16 2010, 6:36PM
Zinn: “We don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents.”
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