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The Long Rap Sheet of New Orleans Cops

by Jordan Flaherty on May 13 2010, 12:00PM

As the Justice Department considers overhauling the city’s law enforcement, it will have to round up more than a few post-Katrina rogues. Even the coroner’s got a past.

Topics: Criminal Justice

Immigration Law and Disorder

by Michelle Chen on May 3 2010, 12:00PM

Cops around the country warn that they can’t control crime if they’ve got to hunt civil visa violations, too.

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The Rightward Drift of Immigration Reform

by Seth Freed Wessler on April 30 2010, 12:00PM

Harry Reid’s bill makes a bad framework worse. And it still won’t move.

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Changing the Climate for Justice

by Joseph Huff-Hannon on April 19 2010, 12:00PM

The Copenhagen climate talks went nowhere last year. Now, tens of thousands have gathered in Bolivia to envision a revolution instead. 

Topics: Environment

Trained to Fail

by Yvonne Yen Liu on April 13 2010, 12:00PM

Workers nationwide are getting the skills to join a new green economy. Problem is, it doesn’t exist. How Reagan’s job-training ghost haunts our response to unemployment.

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Progressives and ‘Bitter’ White America

by Kai Wright on March 29 2010, 12:00PM

Yes, the Tea Party is madness. But what we need, with increasing urgency, is leadership that explicitly aligns working-class white folks and people of color.

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What Progressives Must Learn from the ACORN Debacle

by Rinku Sen on March 25 2010, 12:00PM

The right’s successful attack on ACORN should teach us a plain, bracing lesson: By challenging entrenched power, we make ourselves targets. Be ready to fight. 

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The Criminal Flaw in Obama’s
Immigration Vision

by Seth Freed Wessler on March 18 2010, 12:00PM

The White House says reform is coming soon. But real change demands Washington think much differently about how and why we’re deporting a record-high number of immigrants.

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Fighting for Their Lives

by Leticia Miranda on March 15 2010, 12:00PM

The Supreme Court considers whether it’s cruel and unusual punishment to lock up teenagers for life without parole.

Topics: Criminal Justice

Women in Trouble

by Erasmo Guerra on March 9 2010, 12:00PM

Lorraine M. Lopez’s new book of short stories features adult characters terrorized by children—young and grown—and cats with bulimia.

Topics: Arts & Culture

Don’t Stop Thinking about Tomorrow

by Erasmo Guerra on February 26 2010, 12:00PM

In his debut novel, Michael Jaime-Becerra paints a vivid picture of small town Latino life in America.

Topics: Arts & Culture

Tex-Mex Express

by Erasmo Guerra on February 19 2010, 12:00PM

Despite Mexico’s bad press, one writer finds that the border spirit lives on.

Topics: Arts & Culture

David Mamet’s Race Problem

by Adebe DeRango-Adem on February 12 2010, 12:00PM

The new Broadway play is made for an audience that wouldn’t know the breakdown of white power even if it were covered in big red sequins.

Topics: Arts & Culture

Davis and Douglass in Tandem

by Brittany Shoot on February 12 2010, 12:00PM

A new collection of Angela Davis’s lectures and Frederick Douglass’s writings puts history in perspective.

Topics: Arts & Culture

Embracing My Undocumented
Immigrant Identity

by Alberto Ledesma on February 5 2010, 12:00PM

One Latino reflects on how he overcame his fears to find that the best use of his citizenship today is to speak against anti-immigrant attacks.

Topics: Arts & Culture

Watch the ColorLines TV Show: Race and Economic Recovery

by ColorLines Investigative Team on February 3 2010, 12:00PM

We’ve joined with LinkTV to produce a half hour show on race and the economic recovery.

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James Perry’s Run for Mayor
of New Orleans

by Jordan Flaherty on January 28 2010, 12:00PM

Can a social justice candidate win an election in the new New Orleans?

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The State of OUR Union

by Tammy Johnson on January 27 2010, 12:00PM

Last night, Obama spoke. Now it’s our turn.

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Beauty Is In The Perspective

by Daisy Hernandez on January 22 2010, 12:00PM

South Korean artist Jang Suk Joon tells powerful visual stories of how neighborhoods are shaped by politics, history and yes, even sex.

Topics: Arts & Culture

Dominicans Come to
Haiti’s Aid

by Erika Martinez on January 21 2010, 12:00PM

After centuries of tensions between the two countries, Dominicans are now in solidarity with their neighbor. How long will it last?

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