AltWeeklies Wire
North Carolina Becoming More Diversenew
Sometime in the last couple years, Greensboro, N.C. passed a critical tipping point: White people as a share of the total population dropped below 50 percent.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-11-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: 2010 Census
The Lynching of Michael Donald: 30 Years Laternew
In Mobile, 1981 brought headlines reading "Man Found Hanged on City Street.” The 30th anniversary of Michael Donald’s lynching is a story of intolerance, misdirected anger, mistrust in local law enforcement and slow but steady change.
Lagniappe |
Luke Buckley |
03-09-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Lynching, Michael Donald
Should Apple Ban Racist iPhone App Mariachi Hero?new
Just a few days ago Apple banned a set of apps based on their sexually suggestive material. Why would they choose not to, likewise, prohibit applications with racist overtones such as Mariachi Hero?
San Antonio Current |
DeAnne Cuellar |
03-04-2011 |
Race & Class
Blunt Assessment: The Need for Legal Weednew
A look into the policies and practices behind marijuana prohibition reveals a gully scheme in which weed culture is supported by the very agencies charged with eliminating it. The result? The increasing criminalization of just one demographic: inner-city blacks.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Nina Hoffmann |
03-02-2011 |
Race & Class
The New Blacknew
A young generation of leadership cools the flames of its fiery forefathers,
Cleveland Scene |
Anastasia Pantsios |
02-24-2011 |
Race & Class
Police Targeting Oakland's Black Venues?new
Businesses say the crackdowns by the Oakland Police Department and other agencies have been "heavy-handed" and have resembled "search and destroy" missions.
East Bay Express |
J. Douglas Allen-Taylor |
02-23-2011 |
Race & Class
La Vida de Vilanew
Air Force Academy's new diversity officer is living proof of the power of community.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
02-14-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Air Force Academy, Adis Vila
Separate, Unequal, and Ignorednew
Racial segregation remains Chicago's most fundamental problem. Why isn't it an issue in the mayor's race?
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
02-14-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Chicago, Segregation
Edmonton's Somalis: A Community In Transitionnew
African community struggles with deaths of young Somali men.
SEE Magazine |
Angela Brunschot |
02-04-2011 |
Race & Class
Barbour Suspends Scott Sisters’ Sentencesnew
Gov. Haley Barbour has issued orders for the release of Jamie and Gladys Scott, sisters serving life sentences for a 1993 armed robbery.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
12-30-2010 |
Race & Class
FDNY's Black Firefighter Problemnew
Meet the black candidates who aced the New York City Fire Department's supposedly racist entrance exam—and still can't become firefighters.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
12-20-2010 |
Race & Class
NAACP President Speaks Out Against Secession Galanew
The president of the Charleston branch of the NAACP believes that Jeff Antley and the organizers of a recent "Secession Gala" are offering a distorted view of American history.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
12-16-2010 |
Race & Class
Kanye West, Hurricane Katrina & George W. Bushnew
Does George Bush care about black people now?
Gambit |
Kevin Allman |
11-16-2010 |
Race & Class
Under Suspicionnew
Local civil rights champion Rev. Claude Black lived under FBI surveillance for decades.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-06-2010 |
Race & Class
Media in Blackface: Ishmael Reed on the Racist News Industrynew
Generally considered one of the more controversial figures in the field of African-American letters, Ishmael Reed and his tireless commentary on the state of race relations in the U.S. are not only choice targets for his obvious detractors on the right of the political spectrum, but also among many on the left—the “white progressives” whom he consistently chastises in any of his dozens of books.
Montreal Mirror |
Chris Barry |
04-12-2010 |
Race & Class
Tags: Ishmael Reed, Washington Post
