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Drug Law's Addiction to Racial Disparity
March 23, 2009
colorlines' Tammy Johnson applauds the Obama administration's move to reform drug policy to a health-based approach, and lays down some figures on our current laws' unjust impact on communities of color. As posted to Racewire: www.racewire.org
Views: 147
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Time: 01:29 More in News & Politics

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Loans and housing policy race divide fed the bubble trouble
March 18, 2009
Colorlines Magazine's Tammy Johnson, with the aid of a whiteboard, puts the foreclosure crisis in a historical context. Tammy shows the connection between the government's past restrictive covenants and the banks' present-day lending policies toward communities of color, and shows how those techniques of exploitation are now being applied to poor and middle-class whites. As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org Sources cited in this video www.centerforsocialinclusion.org http
Views: 111
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Time: 03:42 More in News & Politics

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Nunu Kidane on Race, Refugees, and Obama
March 13, 2009
Priority Africa Network's Nunu Kidane discusses America's destructively racialized refugee policy, and calls out the disparity between intentions and actions towards countries in need. As posted to Racewire: www.racewire.org
Views: 219
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Time: 01:50 More in News & Politics

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Race, Immigration and Danny Glover
March 12, 2009
Watch video of The Accidental American authors Rinku Sen and Fekkak Mamdouh with actor Danny Glover discussing immigrant rights in New Orleans.
Views: 209
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Time: 01:19 More in People & Blogs

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Tavis Smiley and Obama's Accountability
March 05, 2009
Tammy Johnson gives kudos to journalist and author Tavis Smiley, who is not another spin doctor delivering talking points from a press release. Smiley, through his books and his annual State of the Black Union Summit, is clearly on a mission to refocus the public debate on race to one that holds government accountable for its policies, and that gives agency to communities of color. As posted to Racewire: www.racewire.org
Views: 257
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Time: 01:44 More in News & Politics

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Saying No to Medical Racial Profiling
March 02, 2009
Generations Ahead's Sujatha Jesudason pushes back against the bad science that ties bogus racial genetics to health issues, and breaks down how this framework overlooks real environmental and health care access inequities. As posted to Racewire: www.racewire.org
Views: 155
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Time: 02:00 More in News & Politics

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Addressing Obama's Racial Coding
February 25, 2009
Applied Research Center's Tammy Johnson discusses her dismay with President Obama's use of racially coded language in his speech to the Congress, and how coded language's presence only serves to illustrate the need for policies that proactively lift up our vulnerable communties. As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org
Views: 261
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Time: 01:31 More in News & Politics

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The Green-Collar Stimulus: Alliances to Strengthen our Economy, our Communities, and our Environment
February 17, 2009
Ian Kim of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights calls for advocacy groups to join forces to ensure that the stimulus money gets put into green-collar jobs initiatives at all levels of government, to strengthen our most vulnerable communities, and to create sustainable industries for our new century. www.ellabakercenter.org As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org
Views: 255
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Time: 00:59 More in News & Politics

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Due to Background: Hidden Life Sentences in Communities of Color
February 11, 2009
arc's Seth Wessler sits down with Vincent, a Detroit native who finds himself unemployable because of a prison sentence he served 25 years ago. Vincent is one of millions of qualified, dedicated workers made unfairly jobless and vulnerable to exploitation by an incarceration system with no statute of limitations. The need for incarceration reform is one of many factors that hurts our economy and keeps our communities of color at a perpetual disadvantage. Photos courtesy of www.flickr.com ...
Views: 712
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Time: 02:55 More in News & Politics

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Richard Trumka, Obama economic advisor, on racial justice's need for the Employee Free Choice Act
February 09, 2009
arc's Tammy Johnson and AFL-cio's Richard Trumka discuss what the Employee Free Choice Act means for the racial justice movement, and the AFL-cio's endorsement of arc's Compact for Racial Justice. As posted to Racewire www.racewire.org Read and sign the Compact at http
Views: 254
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Time: 03:22 More in News & Politics

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Racial Impact Statements
February 02, 2009
Ashley Nellis, research analyst from The Sentencing Project in Washington, DC tell us about the importance of racial impact statements.
Views: 165
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Time: 02:27 More in Nonprofits & Activism

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  • childcare.jpg Released April 2009. Report on low-income children at risk. Double standards in childcare endanger…
  • California School Vouchers Will Increase Racial Inequality. by Tammy Johnson, Libero Della Piana and Phyllida Burlingamea. October, 2000. Executive Summary.

  • Expanding the Constituency for Comprehensive Sexuality Education
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  • Despite a surge in discrimination, the crisis for immigrant and refugee communities remains relatively invisible to the general public.
  • Dramatic demographic changes in the U.S. population, evidenced by the 2000 census, have generated a lot of excitement about the…

  • In the ongoing battle over immigration, conservative rhetoric continues to escalate. It's racist, and it gets results.  Here, then, are…
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  • Assessing our Options in the Aftermath of the September 11th Tragedy. A Curriculum from the Applied Research Center available as…

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