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The Applied Research Center (ARC) is a racial justice think tank using media, research, and activism to promote solutions. ARC's mission is to popularize racial justice and prepare people to fight for it, with a goal to change the way society talks about and understands racial inequity. ARC is the publisher of Colorlines.com, a daily news site offering award-winning reporting, analysis, and solutions to today’s racial justice issues. Colorlines.com is produced by a multiracial team of writers whose daily reporting and analysis serves as a leading voice on a broad range of issues including politics, immigration reform, the economy and jobs. Colorlines.com offers readers the opportunity to take action on these issues through its Action channel. 

 

ARC is led by President and Executive Director Rinku Sen. A leading figure in the racial justice movement for the last twenty years, Rinku has positioned ARC as the national home for media, research and activism. She has extensive practical experience on the ground, with expertise in race, feminism, immigration, economic justice, philanthropy and community organizing. Over the course of her career, Rinku has woven together journalism and organizing to further social change. 

 

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Changing the Race: Prominent Authors Contest ‘Post-Racial Presidency’
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ARC Releases Edited Volume Analyzing Racial Politics and Election of Barack Obama
Linda Burnham, Editor

 

Media Contact: Debayani Kar 510.338.4917 or dkar@arc.org

 

October 1, 2009: The Applied Research Center (ARC) has released an edited volume featuring 20 prominent thinkers and activists on race and the 2008 election, Changing the Race: Racial Politics and the Election of Barack Obama. This election reader comes just as the nation debates whether the aggressive criticism of President Obama over the past few months is rooted in racism.

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For ACORN, Controversy Now a Matter of Survival
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acorn.jpgUSA Today published an article about the recent controversy around ACORN. They spoke with ARC's executive director Rinku Sen and former director Gary Delgado to get their thoughts on the issue.

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Seth Wessler on WBAI
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seth_w.jpgARC research associate Seth Wessler appeared on WBAI’s Talk Back! with Hugh Hamilton last week. They discussed racial disparities in the economy, as detailed in ARC’s Race and Recession report.
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Carter's Comments: Right, But Distracting
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dom1.jpgARC's research director Dominique Apollon has an editorial on NPR.org. He responds to Jimmy Carter's comments suggesting that Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-SC) outburst was racially motivated.
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Post-9/11 immigration debate needs shift in focus
Op-Eds
Rinku SenRinku Sen discusses the post-September 11 immigration debate at The Grio.
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Rising Costs Break Students Along Color Lines
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cindy_web.jpgColorLines summer intern and Cal State Northridge student, Cindy Von Quednow, has on op-ed on the L.A. Daily News about how the Cal State tuition hikes are affecting students of color.
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Seth Wessler on CommonDreams.org
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seth_w.jpgARC's research associate Seth Wessler has an editorial on how the country's history of racial discrimination set the foundation for the economic crisis that is affecting communities of color the hardest.
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Seth Wessler in In These Times
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seth_w.jpgARC's research associate Seth Wessler on how the foreclosure crisis is hitting people of color the hardest. 
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Gates Case Should Expand Discussion Of Race
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dom1.jpgOn NPR, ARC's research director, Dominique Apollon, writes on the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. He pushes for an expanded discussion that focuses on racial outcomes rather than on intentions.
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Daisy Hernández in Christian Science Monitor
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daisy_h.jpgThe Christian Science Monitor asked Daisy Hernández, Executive Editor of ColorLines magazine, if she’d share an experience from her own life that challenged her to assess her views on race.
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100 Years Old, NAACP Debates Its Current Role
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ph2009071102553.jpgThe Washington Post reflecting on the role of the NAACP, as the civil rights organization observes its 100th anniversary this week. NAACP President Benjamin Jealous remarks on the organization’s move towards more deeply representing all communities of color. Applied Research Center President and Executive Director Rinku Sen is featured in the story, commending the NAACP for furthering broadening its mandate.
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RINKU SEN

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Publisher, Colorlines.com

"Racial justice is key to a compassionate, inclusive, dynamic society."

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