A Prosthetic Nose for Time Mag’s Aisha Won’t Beautify Our Wars
by Kai Wright on October 13 2010, 1:41PM
The Afghan teen is a symbol for many things, but war-making isn’t one of them.
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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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Your (Mostly) Daily Dose of Love
by Kai Wright on October 12 2010, 6:00PM
Today’s submission comes from reader greenelent.
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Another LGBT Youth Suicide—and the Love That Can Stop This
by Kai Wright on October 12 2010, 1:30PM
Standing up for love is a good place to start.
Topics: Bullying, Kai Wright, LGBT Youth
Help ColorLines Celebrate Love
by Kai Wright on October 11 2010, 5:47PM
Send in your suggestions, and we’ll give you ours.
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More on Oprah and the Truth About “Down Low” Black Men
by Kai Wright on October 11 2010, 11:38AM
An HIV doc says enough already with shows on this myth, Oprah.
Topics: Health, Kai Wright, Oprah
by Kai Wright on October 11 2010, 9:32AM
After weeks of awful gay-news headlines, it’s time to celebrate our personal victories, too.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Kai Wright, LGBT Youth
Adding Up the Jobs Data: Washington Is Making Things Worse!
by Kai Wright on October 8 2010, 1:03PM
The latest indignity: Tens of thousands of government jobs cut as inequality continues to grow.
Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis, Kai Wright
The “Incoherent Bigotry” of Would-Be Senator Sharron Angle
by Kai Wright on October 8 2010, 9:31AM
Now she says Muslim Americans have passed “Sharia law” in Michigan.
Topics: 2010 Elections, Kai Wright, Politics
Sharron Angle: Reid Likes Thuggish “Aliens” Better Than “You”
by Kai Wright on October 7 2010, 4:36PM
Campaigning doesn’t get much uglier than this.
Topics: 2010 Elections, Kai Wright, Politics
Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the Media’s Post-Race Euphoria
by Kai Wright on October 6 2010, 1:28PM
Watch the acclaimed scholar’s keynote address.
Topics: Facing Race 2010
A “Deeply Satisfying” Reaction to Our Facing Race Conference
by Kai Wright on October 1 2010, 3:15PM
A reader gives our publisher’s conference props for great dialogue and training.
Topics: Facing Race 2010, Kai Wright
The Real Charge Against Eddie Long: He Defiles Love
by Kai Wright on September 29 2010, 12:04PM
Jamal Parris’ interview reveals the crime at the core of the case—and of Long’s ministry.
Topics: Eddie Long, Kai Wright
Bishop Eddie Long and the Lessons of Self-Hate
by Kai Wright on September 24 2010, 10:47AM
The megachurch pastor’s sex scandal tells us a great deal about the relationship between internal and external hate.
Topics: Eddie Long, Gender & Sexuality, Kai Wright
GOP’s Loony “Pledge” Remains the Same: To Be Destructive
by Kai Wright on September 23 2010, 12:35PM
After two years of naked obstruction, the GOP says it’s now got ideas. Not really.
Topics: 2010 Elections, Kai Wright, Politics
Introducing Michelle Chen’s New Global Justice Column
by Kai Wright on September 22 2010, 9:58AM
Building an international perspective into the ColorLines mix.
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Follow the Facing Race 2010 Discussion Online This Week
by Kai Wright on September 21 2010, 12:42PM
The ColorLines team is headed to Chicago—join us, online or off.
Topics: Facing Race 2010, Kai Wright
The Poverty Nation Washington Built
by Kai Wright on September 17 2010, 2:20PM
Record-setting 2009 poverty numbers are the fruits of decades worth of anti-government, pro-corporate politics.
Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis, Kai Wright
An Invite from Rinku Sen to Join Us in Chicago Next Week
by Kai Wright on September 16 2010, 4:37PM
And get updates from Facing Race 2010 on ColorLines.
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Fostering Paranoia Among Neighbors
by Kai Wright on September 16 2010, 9:15AM
A ColorLines reader offers a telling anecdote about our times.
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How to Build, and Support, Movement Leadership
by Kai Wright on September 15 2010, 3:12PM
ARC’s Terry Keleher on how nonprofits can create racial justice trailblazers.
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