How Big Telecom Used Smartphones to Create a New Digital Divide
Consumers of color are closing the digital divide with smartphones. But they’ve surfed into a space where telecom has the right to do as it pleases with both users and content. Jamilah King explores.
Infographic: What the New Digital Divide Looks Like
American Heritage Editor on ‘Anchor Baby’ Definition: ‘We Were Wrong’
Colorlines.com’s Monica Novoa sits down with the American Heritage Dictionary’s executive editor to discuss why and how they chose to define one of today’s most hot-button slurs.
Newt Gingrich’s Decades-Old Policy Attack on Communities of Color
From welfare reform to the expansion of the nation’s prisons, the GOP’s latest frontrunner has a long, scary history for anyone concerned about racial justice. Shani Hilton reports.
Pass the Mic: Transgender Women in Chocolate City Tell Their Stories Transgender women in the nation’s capitol are catching hell. But violence and bais aren’t the sum of people’s lives, so Akiba Solomon asked trans women of color in D.C. to tell their own stories.
What Arpaio Didn’t Do This Time: Over 400 Sex Crimes Ignored
While “America’s Toughest Sheriff” chased down immigrants, his office also refused to investigate child abuse claims involving the children of undocumented residents.
Mumia Abu-Jamal Will No Longer Face Death Penalty
But supporters are still fighting for the former Black Panther to be freed from prison.
NYPD Officers Post Blatantly Racist Hate Speech on Facebook
The officers were reportedly upset at having to patrol Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade.
A Sister Who Fought for Her Brother’s Life, While Clinging to Her Own
Troy Davis’s sister, Martina Davis-Correia, lost her battle with cancer last week. Jen Marlowe remembers Martina’s courage and love.”
Occupy Birmingham: Immigrant Rights Are Crucial for the 99 Percent
Protestors marched on a detention center in Birmingham, Ala., this weekend to decry the state’s new immigration enforcement law. Detainees came to the window with signs expressing solidarity.
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