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Videoby Michelle Chen on January 6 2009, 12:00PM
Rising from the flat South Dakota landscape, the Lulyahan Oti shelter is a testament to a core value of the Oglala Lakota: fortitude. The modest building houses the only program of its kind for survivors of domestic violence and sexual…
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by Michelle Chen on July 1 2008, 12:00PM
A third of female veterans are women of color. Here are three of their stories. Also, listen to clips from their interviews.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
by Kari Lydersen on March 20 2008, 12:00PM
An energy source that could fuel the future of reservations.
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by Almah LaVon Rice on October 3 2007, 12:00PM
An American Indian artist takes to the canvas with colorful critiques.
Topics: Arts & Culture
by Juba Kalamka on May 17 2007, 12:00PM
Reviews of new releases from Public Enemy, Shock G and Teena Marie.
Topics: Arts & Culture
by Celina De Le�n on March 1 2007, 12:00PM
With more people of color blogging than ever before, race still gets pushed to the back.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Gender & Sexuality
by Andre Banks on January 15 2007, 12:00PM
The first American Indian filmmaker to receive a national release, he’s lined his shelves with accolades.
Topics: Arts & Culture
Mee Moua and the Minnesota Legislators of Color - INNOVATORS
by Andre Banks on January 15 2007, 12:00PM
Working at the Statehouse to bridge the racial divide.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
by Megan Izen on November 15 2006, 12:00PM
The potential of the young adult market has not gone unnoticed by famous writers. But it’s a mixed bag for teens of color.
Topics: Schools & Youth
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.
Topics: Arts & Culture
by Juba Kalamka on November 15 2006, 12:00PM
Queer Gothic Soul on Misogyny, Sexism and the Middle East.
Topics: Arts & Culture
by Anmol Chaddha on March 21 2006, 12:00PM
RANT: Chain Gang Construction At Wal-Mart. In Wisconsin, Wal-Mart is using a new strategy to keep wages down—prison labor. Inmates at the Fox Lake State Prison are building a Wal-Mart distribution center in Beaver Dam. Their average wage is about…
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by Rinku Sen on March 21 2006, 12:00PM
Exploring fantasy and reality, starting with TV hospital dramas.
Topics: Arts & Culture
by Anmol Chaddha on December 21 2005, 12:00PM
RANT: Gujaratis Behind Rural Meth Craze? Federal prosecutors have charged 49 convenience store workers in rural Georgia for allegedly selling materials used to supply makeshift meth labs. “Operation Meth Merchant” netted dozens of unrelated Patels who are being accused of…
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by Leah Samuel on September 21 2005, 12:00PM
Is the government recruiting community college students for the war on terror?
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by Anmol Chaddha on September 20 2005, 12:00PM
RANT: Does Bush Even Know That Blacks Can Vote? During a meeting between the Congressional Black Caucus and President Bush, Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. asked if they could count on his support to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965—a…
Topics: Criminal Justice, Schools & Youth
by Juba Kalamka on September 20 2005, 12:00PM
Zap Mama Ancestry in Progress (V2/BMG)The highly anticipated follow-up to 2000’s A Ma Zone finds frontwoman Marie Daulne using a pastiche of sound effects as metaphor for personal and familial histories. Ancestry’s spread of Daulne’s trademark chirping, raspy vocal gymnastics…
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by Lynne Stewart on September 20 2005, 12:00PM
In April 2002, I was walking down the stairs of my house. I heard my husband, Ralph, saying, “I don’t see any badges, and I don’t see any warrant either.” Ralph has had troubles with the law as a political…
Topics: Criminal Justice
by Anmol Chaddha on July 21 2005, 12:00PM
RANT: You Thought the Rodney King Jury was Crazy? A jury awarded $1.6 million to Jeremy Morse, the former cop from Inglewood, California, who was videotaped slamming Black teenager Donovan Jackson onto a car and punching him in July 2002….
Topics: Criminal Justice, Gender & Sexuality
by Hua Hsu on July 21 2005, 12:00PM
Okada Taxi Wise Retrogression (Dusty Groove)The solo project of composer and producer Takashi Okada, this imaginative disc is the latest in a string of brilliant discs from Japan fixated on the jazzy possibilities of broken-beat and electronic jazz. With help…
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