COLORLINES: DRUG TEST POOR PEOPLE, SAY TEA PARTIERS

Why Tea Party Lawmakers Are Trying to Conflate Poverty and Drug Addiction

Since 2010, a new meme has spread to dozens of states: Drug testing people who apply for safety net benefits. Seth Freed Wessler says the goal is to change economic debates into a culture war over who does and does not deserve help.

Voter Suppression Groups Plot a Million-Person Army to Swarm Polls

The plan: Make voters feel “like driving and seeing the police following you.” Brentin Mock’s second report from inside the right’s voting conference.

Finally, Mother’s Day Cards That Actually Make Sense

Activists in Oakland were fed up with the same run-of-the-mill Mother’s Day celebrations. So they designed their own for “mamas on the margins.” Jamilah King reports.

Three Ways ‘Girls’ and ‘Basketball Wives’ Are Scarily Similar These two women-centered series are full of flaws, yet I can’t turn them off, Akiba Solomon writes.

The Trouble With the NBA’s Metta World Peace A new book traces how one of the NBA’s most reviled players is actually a litmus test for its failings on race.

Who’s Working to Build a Better Future in Los Angeles? Start Here From buses to community re-entry programs, the people of Los Angeles have spent the past two decades working tirelessly to transform the city’s racial and economic landscape. Here are three groups whose work stands out.

Latino Street Artist Sparks Conversation About Labor in Beverly Hills [Video] A 25-year-old artist who makes a living as a nanny by day has been placing hand-painted cardboard cut outs of workers in and around Beverly Hills.

Luchadora DREAMer Fights for Her Life On and Off the Ring [Video] Alicia Torres Don is a luchadora who fights in the ring but is also literally fighting for her mother’s life, her family, friends–and justice for all of them.

Thinking About Attending Facing Race? Allow These Notables to Persuade You [Video] Check out the (star-studded) video of Facing Race conference highlights presented by ARC Executive Director Rinku Sen, including testimonials from Melissa Harris Perry, Ai-jen Poo, and Van Jones.