Three Feminists Talk About The Media’s Obsession With Unwed Black Women
There’s a lucrative industry devoted to saying that something’s wrong with black women. Jamilah King and Noelle de la Paz ask three feminists what we should be talking about instead.
Zurana Horton’s Murder Gives Brooklyn a Ground Zero of Gun Terror
When a 34-year-old mom was gunned down by stray bullets, her murder gripped the city and made global headlines. Curtis Stephen reports.
Thousands of Kids Taken From Parents In U.S. Deportation System
A yearlong investigation by Colorlines.com’s publisher, the Applied Research Center, found more than 5,000 children stuck in foster care because their parents were detained by ICE. One in four deportees have U.S.-born kids and face the total loss of parental rights, Seth Wessler reports.
Also: U.S. Deports 46K Parents With Citizen Kids in Just Six Months
Forget Diversity, It’s About ‘Occupying’ Racial Inequity
The Occupy movement is clearly unifying, and centralizing racial equity will help to sustain that unity. This won’t happen accidentally or automatically. It’ll take more of the difficult work that’s already underway in several local movements.
Record College Enrollment Doesn’t Mean Upward Mobility For Most Latinos
Despite record numbers in Latino college enrollment, experts say that we’re a long way from closing the income gap.
Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reforms Go Into Effect
An estimated 12,000 people serving time for crack cocaine offenses could see their sentences reduced.
ICE Slows Routine Searches of Buses, Trains, Airports Along Northern Border
Advocates hope the change will lead to less racial profiling along the border.
Big Bank Law Firm Mocks Foreclosed Homeowners on Halloween
Employees for the New York-based law firm Steven J. Baum think it’s funny when families lose their homes.
Keenen Ivory Wayans Producing New ‘In Living Color’ Episodes
Fox will air two half-hour specials of “In Living Color” of the show next year.
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BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS 