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Shame On Oprah: Scolding Black Church Ladies About Diabetes [VIDEO]
by Julianne Hing   February 12, 2010
Last week Oprah and her phalanx of health advisers--Dr. Mehmet Oz, who they never let appear in anything but his surgical scrubs; Bob Greene, Oprah's long-time trainer, and a new guy, Dr. Ian Smith, a Black physician--did a "Diabetes...

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Montel Williams is the New Face of Predatory Lending
by Jorge Rivas   February 11, 2010
Since his partnership with that crazy psychic Sylvia Browne didn't work out, Montell Williams now has a new venture with “payday loans” provider Money Mutual. According to Money Mutual: "When it comes to financial assistance Montel Williams understands that people...

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Friday: “ColorLines: Race and Economic Recovery”
by Jorge Rivas   February 11, 2010
ColorLines: Race and Economic Recovery follows communities making ends meet in The Great Recession. The program narrates the moving story of Tisha, mother of three in Connecticut, facing a social safety net shredded further by the crisis. Then the...

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Gentrification: An (Austin) East Side Story
by Jamilah King   February 11, 2010
For outsiders, there are probably two popular characterizations of Austin, TX: the eccentric, liberal college town in the heart of a red state, or more recently, the home of SXSW, the wildly popular music conference held each year in...

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Welcome to ColorLines: Kai Wright
by Rinku Sen   February 11, 2010
I am delighted to announce that Kai Wright, writer, editor, and author of Drifting Toward Love will be joining the Applied Research Center and ColorLines as our Editorial Director. Kai has written extensively for ColorLines, and his pieces include The...

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Queer New Orleans Hip-Hop Gets Big Apple Shine
by Jamilah King   February 11, 2010
It's been a busy couple weeks for New Orleans. A new white mayor, a Super Bowl victory, Mardi Gras. And now, thousands of miles away in an art gallery in New York City, the city's much slept on queer...

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California Lawmakers Fail the Grade
by Debayani Kar   February 10, 2010
Applied Research Center publishes its fifth edition of the “California Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity” today, as people of color look to legislative solutions to pull their communities out of the recession. Unfortunately, California lawmakers are failing the grade....

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Moving On Up and Hitting a Wall: Social Mobility in the U.S. and Europe
by Michelle Chen   February 10, 2010
America: land of opportunity... if you're lucky enough to be born into one. The crumbling of the American Dream is in plain view across the country, especially in the urban centers and desolate ghost towns that have long been...

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All the Scholar Ladies (Get an A on It) [VIDEO]
by Jorge Rivas   February 10, 2010
The video above is from Milwaukee's HOPE Christian School. Their most recent graduating class had 92 percent of its students go on to college or post-secondary education....

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Sex Ed Wars Continue in Communities of Color
by Michelle Chen   February 10, 2010
For the past several days, reproductive health advocates have been wrestling with something of a sexual counterrevolution. A new study appears to support abstinence-based sexuality education, which, on the surface, may undercut the case for comprehensive sex-ed, which focuses on...

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