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A second-grade assignment symbolizes how far we’ve come — and how far we have to go.
Folio Weekly |
Denise M. Reagan |
03-06-2013 |
Race & Class
To Live and Die in L.A.
As an ex-LAPD ex-vet goes on a rampage in Los Angeles, it's worth remembering: if you're going to build your economy on the blood and crushed bones of powerless citizens, it's not the smartest idea to pair disposability of the individual with a cult of militarism that sends millions to war.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
02-12-2013 |
Race & Class
A School Dividednew
The self-segregation of a Marin County school district.
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
01-23-2013 |
Race & Class
Race-Baiting in Richmond, Calif.new
How Big Business used race to drive a wedge through Richmond's progressive community — and why you should be concerned about it.
East Bay Express |
Wendi Jonassen |
01-22-2013 |
Race & Class
Night Ridersnew
Federal prosecutors say a white Rankin County gang's spree of race-fueled violence resulted in the death of James Craig Anderson, a black man, in June 2011.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
01-11-2013 |
Race & Class
Feds sue Alamance sheriff for alleged racial profiling of Latinosnew
"Go out there and catch me some Mexicans." That's what Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson allegedly told his deputies, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed Dec. 20 by the U.S. Department of Justice.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
01-02-2013 |
Race & Class
Racist Facebook Posts Hide Fearnew
What do you call a black president?
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Charles Easley |
12-27-2012 |
Race & Class
Tags: racism on Facebook
Latino? Bypass Alamance County, N.C.new
September and October reports show Latino drivers were more than four times as likely as non-Latinos to be arrested during traffic stops by Alamance County deputies.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
12-13-2012 |
Race & Class
The Racist #VoteWhite Hashtagnew
There is a #VoteWhite hashtag on Twitter and it's just as sickening as you'd expect.
OC Weekly |
Michelle Woo |
11-06-2012 |
Race & Class
The Deal With a Racist Devilnew
We seem to be going backward, not forward, on race and other bigotry issues.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
11-01-2012 |
Race & Class
Playing Indiannew
So you want to be a “Pocahottie” for Halloween? Lindsay Rainingbird hopes you might reconsider.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lindsay Rainingbird |
10-26-2012 |
Race & Class
Tags: Racism
Flipping the 'Race Card'new
I almost spewed coffee all over my screen. I had just opened a "Haley Barbour" news alert and read that our esteemed former governor had accused Democrats of playing the "race card."
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
08-31-2012 |
Race & Class
Tags: Racism in Mississippi
Black Like Me?new
How I came to find myself somewhere between 'Love & Hip Hop'
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
07-06-2012 |
Race & Class
Swim Goodnew
Rodney King was found dead Sunday at the bottom of the swimming pool he'd built himself inlaid with tiles with two dates. The first date was March 3, 1991, when LAPD officers hailed nine skull fractures, a broken leg and a dislocated eye socket upon him.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Kathy Y. Wilson |
06-21-2012 |
Race & Class
Stolen Lives: Remembering the Tragedy of Slaverynew
A half moon disappeared as the sun rose out of the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 1, 1832. The humid coastal winds filled the sails and carried the ship through the waves as J.W. Martin captained the Schooner Wild Cat, a 40-plus ton sailboat, out of the port of Charleston, S.C.
Among the tons of cargo, the ship carried six slaves, bound for new owners in New Orleans.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller |
06-01-2012 |
Race & Class
