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Red, Bike & Green Rides for a Healthy Love

by Asraa Mustufa on May 11 2011, 5:47PM

Founded by Oakland resident Jenna Burton, this initiative uses bi-monthly bike rides to promote wholesome black communities.

Topics: Celebrate Love

Report: Big Banks Leaving Abandoned, Foreclosed Homes in Ohio

by Asraa Mustufa on May 10 2011, 12:03PM

Filings in at least three of the state’s cities were nearly three times more concentrated in communities of color than in majority white ones.

Topics: Economy

Gov. Brewer on SB 1070: ‘Let’s Just Go to the Supreme Court’

by Asraa Mustufa on May 10 2011, 11:24AM

Arizona’s immigration hawks may finally get their day before the Supreme Court.

Topics: Immigration

American Muslims Still Live in a Climate of Hate

by Asraa Mustufa on May 6 2011, 12:17PM

Less than a week after Osama bin Laden’s death, individual acts of Islamophobic hate still make news.

Topics: National Security

Rep. Sally Kern Reprimanded for Racist Comments

by Asraa Mustufa on May 6 2011, 10:00AM

Oklahoma’s Black Legislative Caucus and the NAACP weren’t letting the lawmaker off so easily.

Topics: Politics

9/11 Hate Victim’s Name to Stay on Arizona Memorial

by Asraa Mustufa on May 3 2011, 2:06PM

Gov. Brewer vetoed a bill that would have removed hate crime victim Balbir Singh Sodhi’s name from a 9/11 memorial.

Topics: Politics

Prison Reformers Push to Stop Troy Davis’s Execution

by Asraa Mustufa on April 28 2011, 10:21AM

The NAACP, Amnesty International, and Color of Change are circulating action items urging the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole to grant Davis clemency.

Topics: Criminal Justice

Arizona Rep Backpedals on Effort to Remove Sikh Man from 9/11 Memorial

by Asraa Mustufa on April 27 2011, 2:57PM

Remember John Kavanagh, of birthright citizenship fame? He’s back. And this time, he’s sorry.

Topics: Politics

The Love Story That Made Marriage a Fundamental Right

by Asraa Mustufa on April 27 2011, 10:16AM

A new documentary brings to life Richard and Mildred Loving’s quiet activism against race-mixing laws at this week’s Tribeca Film Festival.

Topics: Arts & Culture, History

Allen West Warns Deficit Will Grow if Liberal Women Get in the Way

by Asraa Mustufa on April 26 2011, 11:07AM

The conservative black lawmaker uses Hollywood to help make his case that we need stronger men.

Topics: Politics

Transgender Inmate Sues State for Sex Reassignment

by Asraa Mustufa on April 21 2011, 1:36PM

California inmate Lyralisa Stevens says that the surgery could save her from being harassed and sexually assaulted in a male prison.

Topics: Criminal Justice, Gender & Sexuality

Tea Party’s Marilyn Davenport Apologizes for Obama Chimp Email

by Asraa Mustufa on April 21 2011, 9:55AM

But she’s still blaming the liberal left for picking up the story in the first place.

Topics: Politics

Pastor Terry Jones Takes Anti-Muslim Campaign to Michigan

by Asraa Mustufa on April 21 2011, 9:55AM

This time the serial provocateur has popped up in Michigan.

Topics: Politics

Glenn Beck Claims Obama and Van Jones Support ‘Killing the Parents’

by Asraa Mustufa on April 19 2011, 2:13PM

The talk show host goes after young climate change activists who had gathered this week in D.C. for the national Power Shift conference.

Topics: Glenn Beck, Media

Jose Gutierrez Guzman Granted Temporary Stay in U.S., Still in Coma

by Asraa Mustufa on April 19 2011, 12:53PM

The married father of two was tased into a coma by border patrol agents in Arizona.

Topics: Immigration

Join the Tax Day Shuffle: A Love Story

by Asraa Mustufa on April 18 2011, 5:45PM

In seven cities across the country, people are turning the fight for a more equitable tax structure into a dance party.

Topics: Celebrate Love

Professor Recounts: My Student, the “Terrorist”

by Asraa Mustufa on April 18 2011, 2:26PM

Jeanne Theoharis details the extent to which our government is policing dissent under the guise of the War on Terror.

Topics: National Security

Yes, Again: Tea Party GOP Member Sends Racist Email

by Asraa Mustufa on April 18 2011, 1:50PM

For them, it just doesn’t get old.

Topics: Politics

Undocumented Man in Coma After Taser Incident With Border Patrol

by Asraa Mustufa on April 14 2011, 12:17PM

Jose Gutierrez was a film engineer and married to U.S. citizen Shena Wilson, with whom he has two children.

Topics: Immigration

The Future of School Lunches

by Asraa Mustufa on April 13 2011, 6:36PM

The first significant upgrade in nutritional standards in 15 years moves forward.

Topics: Health, Schools & Youth

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