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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
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
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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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
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
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
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
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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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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