President Obama hasn't abandoned immigration reform, mostly because immigration rights advocates won't let him forget about the promises he made. We've been hearing whispers and murmurs about talks that President Obama has had with lead immigration bill authors Senators Chuck...
Click to enlarge. It always helps to have research to confirm what you already know about racial inequity in America. But occasionally, even when the news is not new, the findings turn out to be appallingly dire, shocking even...
Wilhelmina Slater Vanessa Williams was on Barbara Walter's "The View" yesterday and she came so close to having a teachable moment with Barbara! Williams talked about "The Blind Side" and Hollywood's obsession with white characters saving people of color...
Gabourey Sidibe lost the best actress Oscar to Sandra Bullock, but that doesn't mean she didn't enjoy her time at the Oscars. On a more serious Oscar note, check out Andrés Tapia's commentary over at New America Media that...
Last Thursday, after several days of protest, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) announced they signed an agreement with the Black Student Union (BSU) to address "diversity issues" and improve the campus climate after the recent "ghetto-themed Compton...
After the mistakes he made as a kid nearly got him kicked out of the country, Qing Hong Wu has gotten a precious second chance. Embattled New York Governor David Paterson took a brief respite from a maelstrom of political...
Housing is a human right. That's not a phrase you hear often in our political discourse, even though the foreclosure crisis and recession have made shelter an increasingly precarious resource for millions across the country. On the most basic level,...
The fallout from yesterday's massive student protests in California continues. After a day of mostly peaceful rallies and demonstrations, the scene took a violent turn in Oakland when a group of about over a hundred protestors marched onto the...
Another white guy took out his fundamentalist rage in a government building last night. Thirty six year old John Patrick Bedell reportedly walked into the pentagon dressed in a suit and carrying semiautomatic weapons, opened fire, and wounded two...
Actions are taking place everywhere today, on college campuses, school playgrounds and public squares all across the state and country. Here are some photos from actions this morning and protests happening right now in California as students, parents and educators...
California School Vouchers Will Increase Racial Inequality. by Tammy Johnson, Libero Della Piana and Phyllida Burlingamea. October, 2000. Executive Summary.
Innovative Research Details Race-Based Health Inequality. Today, the Applied Research Center and Northwest Federation of Community Organizations released a new…
THE RACIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE (RJLI) strengthens the capacity ofcommunity-based organizations,training intermedi- aries,and individual activists to engage in education and…