A Meditation on Media Consumption
by Daisy Hernandez on July 23 2007, 12:00PM
With so many ways to get the news, people are creating their own media systems.
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Daisy Hernandez
Daisy is the coeditor of Colonize This! Young Women of Today's Feminism. She's the former editor of ColorLines magazine and a former columnist with Ms. magazine. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Newsday, the National Catholic Reporter, bitch magazine, Curve, In These Times, as well as, several anthologies. For more of her work, go to daisyhernandez.com.
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They’re after familia: Immigration raids at music concerts
by Daisy Hernandez on May 14 2007, 9:28AM
ICE is arresting Latinos across the country including at a shopping mall and now they’ve apparently moved onto music concerts. That’s according to members of Mexico’s legendary music group Los Tigres del Norte. The Grammy-award winning group is finding that…
Topics: Immigration
by Daisy Hernandez on April 7 2007, 8:27AM
Dominique Sopo, President of SOS-Racisme at Facing Race 2007 Last week, violence erupted in Paris when police stopped a Black man who didn’t have a Metro ticket. Black and Arab youth came to the defense of the man and…
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Hip-Hop meets SAT, others Fail Test
by Daisy Hernandez on March 15 2007, 12:21PM
As a rap connoisseur who’s firmly fed up with all this bling-bling and slap-your-girl rap on the radio, I was quite refreshed to learn about Flocabulary—an educational tool that uses hip-hop music to teach history and language. The idea…
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Accused in Emmett Till case goes free
by Daisy Hernandez on February 28 2007, 3:40PM
A Mississippi jury has decided to not indict the white woman who basically set in motion the 1955 murder of the teenage Emmett Till, a murder that galvanized the world against the Jim Crow South. That this white woman…
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Vigilante Immigrant Hunters Go North
by Daisy Hernandez on February 21 2007, 1:20PM
Most people think of San Francisco as the hub for gay folks and liberal politics, i.e. this isn’t the place to come if you’re a homophobe or racist. But that’s begun to change in a new way. The Bay…
Topics: Immigration
by Daisy Hernandez on November 15 2006, 12:00PM
The thing with losing your teeth was that they went slowly. My mother said it was like having your heart broken.
Topics: Arts & Culture
by Daisy Hernandez on November 15 2006, 12:00PM
The acclaimed Nigerian novelist discusses his new novel on sex trafficking.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality
Spotlight: Daniel Heath Justice
by Daisy Hernandez on November 15 2006, 12:00PM
The writer creates a Cherokee-inspired trilogy loosely based on the Trail of Tears.
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by Daisy Hernandez on November 10 2006, 12:00PM
Wins… Black governor Democrat Deval Patrick became Massachusetts governor, making him the second black governor in the nation since Reconstruction. First Muslim Keith Ellison is now the first Muslim ever elected to Congress and the first Black congressman from Minnesota….
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by Daisy Hernandez on November 10 2006, 11:58AM
Lois Romano points out in the Washington Post that Black Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) is a contender for majority whip—the No. 3 position in the House. Now, he just has to win that post and that won’t be easy….
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Multi-racial push got Dems the win?
by Daisy Hernandez on November 10 2006, 11:56AM
Everyone from independents to married suburban women are taking credit for the Dem win this week. But what about the people of color vote? *More than a million Latinos voted this year compared to 2002. In New Jersey, the Senate…
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Selective stats and curious corrections in the New York Times
by Daisy Hernandez on October 26 2006, 2:17PM
Earlier this week, the New York Times reported on a new program being developed across the country. Hospital officials have figured out that it’s cheaper to provide preventive care to folks who don’t have health insurance than to wait for…
Topics: News Items
by Daisy Hernandez on September 11 2006, 12:00PM
A Muslim newspaper that began after 9/11 now thrives.
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Shutting Down Muslim Charities
by Daisy Hernandez on September 11 2006, 12:00PM
After 9/11, people turned to local organizations but found those at risk too.
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by Daisy Hernandez on August 1 2006, 12:00PM
ColorLines.com Exclusive: To mark the five years since 9/11, we offer a special section from our upcoming issue featuring two original stories and a complete catalog of our coverage.
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by Daisy Hernandez on March 21 2006, 12:00PM
Organizers don’t agree on what would be best.
Topics: Hurricane Katrina
by Daisy Hernandez on July 21 2005, 12:00PM
American Indians use native foods to fight diabetes and revive Indian culture.
Topics: Arts & Culture
by Daisy Hernandez on December 21 2004, 12:00PM
On the edge of edgy sex, racial BDSM excites some and reviles others.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
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