Wont spend too much time on this story because Illinois Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh has an ongoing list of racist remarks against everyone who isnt white. Just last month Walsh said President Obama only...
On Thursday, the Justice Department announced SunTrust Banks Inc.s mortgage-lending division would pay $21 million to settle charges that borrowers were charged higher fees based on their race or nat...
On Thursday, a Boston federal appeals court ruled the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it denies equal benefits to gay and lesbian couples. Legal experts believe the gay marri...
Today, a federal judge blocked key parts of Floridas restrictive HB 1355 voting law, which after it was passed last year placed onerous demands on organizations wishing to register voters and stage v...
The Pew Hispanic Center recently published a report that found most immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries dont embrace the term "Hispanic." And even fewer prefer the term "Latino....
Walmart Stores Inc., announced late Wednesday its suspending its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the right-wing policy group that has worked to suppress the black vo...
Last week the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released a report that outlines the current state of U.S. government collection of biometric information and...
UPDATE 2:53pm EST: PRENDA (H.B. 3541) failed in a 246-168 vote. Under House suspension rules, the bill would have required a 2/3 majority to pass. Twenty Democrats were among those in favor, The Hill...
I have to thank my friends Terrell and Dalimu--two sexy beasts of Harlem style and shade--for giving me a perfect way to describe the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) up for a House ...
More than half of black male students in the Oakland Unified School District are at risk of dropping out, according to new analysis from the community advocacy organization Urban Strategies Council. ...
When producer Jerry Bruckheimer released a photo of Johnny Depp in costume as Tonto for this summers upcoming blockbuster The Lone Ranger they both received a lot of criticism for what many called an...
On Tuesday, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) passed a resolution that recommends locals now bargain for trans-inclusive heath care in contracts. SEIU has more than 2.1 million members...
First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by "The Daily Show" Tuesday night, not only to promote her new book on gardening and eating right, but to chat candidly with Jon Stewart about how her approv...
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom--the Nations highest civilian honor--to 13 individuals who have made meritorious contributions to the security or national...
At the Applied Research Center (ARC) and Colorlines.com were big on working smart and taking the time to have fun. Doing racial justice work requires us to take care of our physical, mental, emotiona...
Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi convicted of using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man just days before the roommate committed suicide publicly apologized on Tuesda...
A New Orleans health center with a focus on community health education and outreach for women and transgender people was destroyed in a suspicious fire early Friday morning. The Women With A Vision o...
On Tuesday, anti-abortion activist Lila Roses group Live Action released a highly edited "undercover sting" video that claims Planned Parenthood is facilitating gender selective abortions. Li...
The second season premiere of the highly acclaimed series"Awkward Black Girl" premieres on June 14th, 2012. There arent too many details about the partnership but the series that has historic...
Located about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, Oxnard boasts some of the richest agricultural land in the state and a result, a large number of immigrant farmworkers. Last week the Oxnard School Di...
Last Wednesday a Texas judge arrested a 17-year-old teen for missing school. But Houstons KHOU covered the story, shared some more context and it turns the young woman is actually an extraordinary st...
"The secret of Republican political success since the rise of the right is not, as many liberals believe, that they play no-rules hardball. Instead, its their skill at projection--at accusing Dem...
Editors note: This is the first part of a 2-day series on people of color and mental health.Earlier this month, news surfaced of a Louisiana school psychologist who posted racially charged messages o...
Last week, two pieces by Jorge Rivas at Colorlines.com/Now showed what happens when folks dont know or dont care about the racialized histories of their actions. First, in Colorado, a white second-gr...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was on the train on his way back from a press conference when he realized he was sitting next to a woman who was on a telephone interview. He surprised her with an on the s...
Share of unemployed who have been unemployed 27 weeks or more, by race and ethnicity, 2010-2011 (EPI) For the past two years, Asian Americans have had the highest share of unemployed workers who were...
You might actually want to go see "Men in Black 3" after you read Will Smith describing why he lets his daughter do anything she wants with her hair. Parade Magazine asks Smith about Willow h...
Two weeks ago Amber Riley who plays Mercedes Jones on "Glee" caused a ruckus online when she bid farewell to the whole Glee family. Now shes changing her story and saying thats actually not w...
On Thursday, online retailer Amazon announced at its shareholder meeting that it will cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the right-wing policy group that has worked to su...
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