ColorLines May/June 2008 Issue

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May/June 2008

Seng Chen

We're here. We're sexual. GET USED TO IT.

Abstinence programs have failed teens of color. Now young people are telling adults to get out of the way of their sex education.

By Barbara Miner

Risking it All to Find Safety Black and brown queer youth are desperately seeking space to love—and be loved. They’ll do whatever is necessary to find it. Children Behind Bars for Life A new report focuses on the youngest victims of mandatory sentencing.		The Rise of Street Literature Read the story that won the 2009 National Ethnic Media Award for best article in the arts. My High School Sex Life One teenager talks about getting it on, turning it off and charting her own course through a sexual coming-of-age.

Banished From Home A new documentary considers reparations and suggests how little has changed in more than a century. Buy This Issue		Power to the Brown People Vancouver's Desis rage against the deportation machine--and it works. Q&A-Reggie Walton The federal judge who dropped the hammer on Lewis “Scooter” Libby explains his crusade against crack sentencing laws. How Black is New Orleans? New census figures don’t tell the whole story.

May/June 2008

Weatherization in New York Creates Jobs, Opportunity dkar, November 2

Is Black Face the New Black? jrivas, November 2

Race, Feminism, Our Future: Taking on Postracialism jrivas, November 2

Richmond Gang Rape Raises Race Issue dhernandez, November 2

Stimulus Provides a Boost but Falls Short on Equity mchen, October 31

Video: Bullets in the Hood Nov/Dec 2007 Excerpt from 2004 documentary produced by ProTV and the Downtown Community Television Center

Turning to Tasers Nov/Dec 2007 Phoenix police became the first in the country to use Tasers, but will that decrease shootings?

Black, Latino Suburbs Have Most Shootings Nov/Dec 2007 In Chicago suburbs, more police shootings have occurred in communities with large black or Latino populations.

Masked Racism: Reflections on the Prison Industrial Complex Fall 1998 What is the Prison Industrial Complex? Why does it matter? Angela Y. Davis tells us. (From Special Section: Prison Industrial Complex)


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