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The Stimulus and Disadvantaged Communities: Trickling Down or Slipping Away?
by Michelle Chen   February 24, 2010
One year on, how far does the stimulus money stretch? New data on the impact of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending in communities of color show that by and large, the money has trickled into well-worn grooves of privilege...

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How Do We Talk About Police Brutality When The Cops Aren't White?
by Julianne Hing   February 23, 2010
Yesterday, the verdict in the trial involving three New York police officers accused of abusing a young man of color was announced. Without even knowing the particulars of the case--say, for instance, that one of the police officers in question...

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Why Would You Sell Your Food Stamps? [VIDEO]
by Debayani Kar   February 23, 2010
ARC researcher and ColorLines journalist Seth Wessler joined Carmen Cordero of Vecinos Unidos, Irasema Garza of Legal Momentum, and Wanda Fossett of Community Voices Heard on GRITtv to discuss food stamps, poverty and why this might be the best...

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On The 45th Anniversary of Malcolm X's Assassination, Feeling El-Hajj
by Adrienne Maree Brown   February 22, 2010
This post originally appeared on Adrienne Maree Brown's blog. Detroit Red is someone we all know. Bright, beautiful, hustling, trying everything, wanting more, with the unhealed recent familial and current experiences of racism all around like four walls, eyes bigger...

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Immigrants' Invisible Presence in Health Care Debate
by Michelle Chen   February 19, 2010
You might be sick of hearing about health care by now, The politics of medicine grow messier by the day, dripping with empty jargon and industry lobbyists determined to eviscerate any substantive effort toward reform. Now imagine if you've...

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Blacks and Latinos Were Targeted with Subprime Mortgages, Keep Getting Shut Out of Recovery
by Julianne Hing   February 19, 2010
Today, President Obama announced a new plan to help five states fight through the ongoing impacts of the foreclosure crisis. I'm going to hold off on judging this new initiative, but the help has never been more urgent. Obama's announcement...

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Friday Twitter Break: Trying (And Failing) To Not Talk About Tiger Woods
by Julianne Hing   February 19, 2010
It's Friday, time to catch up with our friends on Twitter and check in with the chatter around the web. Everyone's trying--but apparently not hard enough!--to not give Tiger Woods and his public apology this morning any more airtime than...

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Welfare Recipients Forced to Sell Food Stamps to Buy Basic Necessities
by Debayani Kar   February 19, 2010
ARC researcher and ColorLines journalist Seth Wessler joined Luz Santana of Vecinos Unidos on Democracy Now! this morning to discuss how people, especially women and mothers, are making ends meet through the recession. Seth profiled the work and experience...

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New Reality Show Features Trans Women
by Jamilah King   February 18, 2010
Word on the street is that there's a new reality show coming to town. The show, Boss Ladies, will feature a cast of five trans women of color based in Atlanta, competing to open their own fashion boutique in...

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College "Ghetto-Themed" Parties: The Awful, Racist Idea That Just Won't Die
by Julianne Hing   February 18, 2010
You stay in this world long enough and you'll reach the point where news can be shocking, but it fails to surprise you anymore. And so it is with the latest from the University of California, San Diego, and...

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