AltWeeklies Wire
Report from Jena: 'No Justice, No Peace'new
Young people were the majority on Sept. 20 in Jena, La., showing their disapproval of the treatment of six black teenagers.
Jackson Free Press |
Maggie Burks |
09-27-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Not in My Black Yardnew
An upscale African-American neighborhood reacts badly when Habitat for Humanity moves in.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-27-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Indian Nations are Gambling with Traditionnew
A personal journey through New York's Indian Nations reveals an ongoing battle between traditional belief and present-day enterprise.
Long Island Press |
Jed Morey |
09-25-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Jena Shows Race Relations Still Have a Long Way to Gonew
The six Louisiana high school students, like their young ancestors the Scottsboro boys and the Little Rock Nine, have become a modern-day symbol of Jim Crow justice -- and the implications of their case, which struggled for attention, are a testament for us all.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
09-24-2007 |
Race & Class
Slouching Towards Equalitynew
Looking back at the Little Rock Public Schools' desegregation crisis, 50 years later.
Arkansas Times |
Johanna Miller Lewis |
09-21-2007 |
Race & Class
Jena and Peoria Aren't All That Differentnew
Incidents in Illinois, much like the more high-profile case in Louisiana, show the criminal justice system still isn't colorblind, a civil rights leader says.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
09-20-2007 |
Race & Class
Jena's Obvious Injusticenew
If our leaders don't act quickly and decisively, the racial problems in Jena will soon be Louisiana's problems -- and then it will be too late.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
09-18-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Black Hearts, White Huntersnew
Scambaiting turns the tables on internet con men -- but when the clever pranks turn dangerous and degrading, where does the moral compass point?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
09-13-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Doggone It!new
The Michael Vick case is simple -- until race-baiting demagogues begin howling like a pack of pit bulls.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
09-06-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Children of the Revolutionarynew
Former black revolutionary Watani Stiner turned himself in to San Quentin so his children could come to America -- was it worth it?
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleishcher |
08-24-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The NAACP: Which Direction Now?new
Now that the "N-word is dead," the NAACP needs to move on to other important issues.
Port Folio Weekly |
John Horton |
07-26-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
'Meet Pure Evil' -- Hate Mail Commentarynew
Anti-Semitism is a social cancer that is more common and widespread today than many of us like to believe.
Port Folio Weekly |
Tom Robotham |
07-23-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Roses are Rednew
Human rights groups push the City Council and Tournament of Roses to rethink a controversial Chinese Olympic-themed float.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
07-20-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Hate thy Neighbornew
A racist letter to a black neighbor in Arkansas becomes a federal case.
Arkansas Times |
John Williams |
07-19-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
There Goes the Neighborhoodnew
Race, real estate and gentrification on my block.
Willamette Week |
Nancy Rommelmann |
07-05-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
