ICE Director John Morton Gets Very Own Satirical Twitter Account
by Jorge Rivas on May 3 2012, 3:28PM
Immigration reform activist launches a fake Twitter account for Director of ICE John Morton.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
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VideoICE Director John Morton Gets Very Own Satirical Twitter Account
by Jorge Rivas on May 3 2012, 3:28PM
Immigration reform activist launches a fake Twitter account for Director of ICE John Morton.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
20 Years Later: Live-Tweeting the L.A. Riots as They Happened
by Jorge Rivas on April 25 2012, 1:35PM
Tweets from @RealTimeLARiots correspond to date and time from 1992.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Trayvon Martin’s Mom Gets Close to 70k Twitter Followers in Just 2-Weeks
by Jorge Rivas on April 2 2012, 11:32AM
Call it a sign of the times but Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mother, has joined Twitter to call attention to her fight to get justice for her son.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog, Trayvon Martin
Blacks and Latinos Still Adopting Smartphones Faster Than Everyone Else
by Jorge Rivas on March 2 2012, 11:10AM
Smartphone users now outnumber users of more basic mobile phones within the national adult population, according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Everyone Stopped Tweeting During Jennifer Hudson’s Whitney Houston Tribute
by Jorge Rivas on February 16 2012, 4:59PM
At the height of the live Grammys broadcast there were 10,901 tweets per second… except during Jennifer Hudson’s performance.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Chris Brown Fans Tweet ‘He Can Beat Me’ During Grammys
by Jorge Rivas on February 13 2012, 11:28AM
Chris Brown fans say they want to get beat by him on Twitter and show the sad reality of the cycle of violence.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Margaret Cho: You Criticize a Woman’s Body, You Murder Us All Inside
by Jorge Rivas on January 13 2012, 12:36PM
On Wednesday, Korean-American comedian Margaret Cho went to her blog to explain why she “blew a fucking gasket” on Twitter.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
@MexicanMitt 200 Tweets Away From Out-Tweeting the Real Mitt Romney
by Jorge Rivas on January 12 2012, 6:24PM
“@MexicanMitt” Twitter account mocks Romney’s courtship of Latino voters.
Topics: Arts & Culture, GOP Primary, /NOW Blog
What Colorist Tweet Memes Miss: It’s #TeamStructuralRacism
by Akiba Solomon on July 7 2011, 9:28AM
Tweet memes like #TeamLightSkin are the latest example of our insistence that skin-tone obsession is just personal preference. It’s not. Research shows just how much it shapes our lives.
Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Technology
Blacks, Latinos Use Twitter Two Times More Than Whites
by Jorge Rivas on December 10 2010, 2:38PM
Despite a digital divide, blacks and Latinos are more than twice as likely to use Twitter than whites.
Topics: Media
LeBron James: Racist “Hater” Tweets Won’t Stop My Dreams
by Jorge Rivas on October 21 2010, 1:52PM
Miami Heat star declares “hater day” and shows fans the nasty tweets.
Topics: Technology
5 Other Dumb Things 50 Cent Tweeted
by Jamilah King on October 4 2010, 5:16PM
When it comes to outrageous tweets, 50 Cent is the gift that keeps on giving.
Topics: Media
ColorLines Livetweets NBC’s Humorless “Outsourced”
by Jamilah King on September 23 2010, 3:17PM
What happens when a show is too self-conscious to talk about race?
Topics: Arts & Culture
Friday Twitter Break: DREAMers Storm The Senate
by Julianne Hing on September 17 2010, 5:50PM
The campaign to win the DREAM Act will always be remembered as a youth-driven movement.
Topics: Technology
Friday Twitter Break: Fireproof Your Quran
by Julianne Hing on September 10 2010, 7:06PM
President Obama finally steps in, and Terry Jones thankfully quiets down.
Topics: Technology
Friday Twitter Break: War, Hip-Hop, and Lots of Bite
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on September 3 2010, 5:58PM
Oh, and don’t forget to register for Facing Race!
Topics: Media
Friday Twitter Break: Presidents, Mosques and People We Wish Would Go Away
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 20 2010, 5:16PM
Dr. Laura just won’t quit, and neither will Wyclef.
Topics: Technology
Black Men Cuddle on Subway, Web Hits Panic Button
by Jamilah King on August 19 2010, 2:19PM
Happy, healthy queer people just seem like too much to handle.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality
Palin Defends Dr. Laura: “Don’t Retreat…Reload”
by Jamilah King on August 19 2010, 1:52PM
They’re both still confused.
Topics: Media
Friday Twitter Break: Meet the Brown Twitter Bird
by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 13 2010, 5:48PM
Because not all black folks Tweet the same.
Topics: Technology
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