Five Workplace Reforms to Fight for This Labor Day
by Rinku Sen on September 3 2010, 1:39PM
More workers than you think don’t enjoy the protection of labor laws. A look at their jobs, and the burgeoning movements to get them rights.
Topics: Economy
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VideoFive Workplace Reforms to Fight for This Labor Day
by Rinku Sen on September 3 2010, 1:39PM
More workers than you think don’t enjoy the protection of labor laws. A look at their jobs, and the burgeoning movements to get them rights.
Topics: Economy
King’s Movement Was More Interested in Justice Than Harmony
by Hatty Lee, Kai Wright on August 28 2010, 1:10PM
A look at real message in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Topics: Editor's Blog
The 90th Anniversary of a Women’s Right to Vote
by Jamilah King, Hatty Lee on August 21 2010, 11:45AM
The movements for women’s rights and racial justice have a long, intertwined history.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
U.S. Considers Lifting Cuban Travel Embargo
by Julianne Hing, Hatty Lee on August 18 2010, 5:48PM
Here’s a peek at modern life in the country.
Topics: Global Affairs, Politics
Remembering the 1965 Watts Riots
by Hatty Lee on August 14 2010, 12:04PM
This week marks the 45th anniversary of a violent eruption that revealed the frustration—and fury—injustice creates inside walled-off urban ghettos.
Topics: Criminal Justice
5 Ways Neighborhoods Are Taking Control of Their Food Systems
by Juell Stewart on August 13 2010, 3:30PM
We’re glad Michelle Obama’s got our back, but here’s what some folks are doing on their own—and what you can do too.
Topics: Health
How Time’s Aisha Cover Obscures the Horror of War
by Daisy Hernandez on August 8 2010, 10:34AM
Featuring a woman’s mutilation outside of the context in which the horror has happened both obscures the reality of the situation and conceals those who are responsible.
Topics: Arts & Culture, Media
45th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act
by Jamilah King, Hatty Lee on August 7 2010, 3:13PM
A look back at the historic blow for racial justice.
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Scenes from SB 1070 Demonstrations Across the Nation
by Jorge Rivas on July 29 2010, 3:54PM
ColorLines hits the streets—and surfs the Web—to illustrate a day of activism.
Topics: Arizona's SB 1070
Hollywood Whitewashing, from John Wayne to Last Airbender
by Hatty Lee on July 17 2010, 12:55PM
Hollywood’s still trying to make blockbuster films by wedging white leads into characters conceived as people of color.
Topics: Arts & Culture
Oscar Grant Verdict: Oakland Takes to the Streets, Peacefully
by Hatty Lee on July 9 2010, 11:47AM
Images from Oakland’s early-evening rally in support of Oscar Grant’s family.
Topics: Oscar Grant Trial
The Young People Building Tomorrow’s Queer World
by Ramon Johnson on June 30 2010, 10:40AM
A glimpse into queer America’s multiracial and incredibly dynamic future.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Tony Award Winners Make History
by Hatty Lee on June 14 2010, 6:52PM
Musical “Fela!” received three Tony Awards last night. Photo: Monique Carboni. Last night, the 64th Annual Tony Awards rocked Radio City Music Hall in New York City. With some amazing productions and actors of color in the running, it did…
Topics: Arts & Culture
Images From Behind the Gaza Blockade
by Hatty Lee on June 4 2010, 12:00PM
Almost 1.5 million people struggle for basic necessities.
Topics: Global Affairs
by Julianne Hing, Hatty Lee on May 24 2010, 12:00PM
A month after the Deepwater oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, oil is still spewing out at a rate of 210,000 gallons or more a day.
Topics: Environment, Gulf Oil Spill
by Jamilah King, Hatty Lee on May 6 2010, 12:00PM
Nine legal rabble-rousers who’d never make President Obama’s shortlist. But we can dream.
Topics: Elena Kagan
Young People At The Front Lines of Pro-Migrant Movement, SB1070 Protests
by Julianne Hing on April 23 2010, 5:45PM
Above Photo: NAKASEC Arizona news outlets estimated that the number of protesters who stood up against SB 1070 in Phoenix today reached into the thousands. Multiple outlets are reporting that the vast majority of protesters were high school students from…
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Earth Day at the Climate Justice Frontier
by Joseph Huff-Hannon, Alexandra Corazza, Roberto Lavato on April 21 2010, 12:00PM
A global movement is building strength. Meet some of its most dynamic leaders in a ColorLines slideshow from the World People’s Conference on Climate Change.
Topics: Environment
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