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Dispatch From Chicago: Stop the Violence, but How?
Writing at Colorlines, Jamilah King takes a closer look at the devastating violence in the city — in particular the impact on the lives of Chicago’s black youths — and the complexities of the work that’s being done to combat it. “There’s a needed coordination on the national level at this point,” Cathy Cohen, a…
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5 Ways the Super Bowl Will Reflect Our Changing Culture
Colorlines‘ Jamilah King explains how this year’s biggest sporting event will also act as a stage for some of the nation’s most dramatic cultural shifts. Black leadership. Ok, I’m biased here, but I’ll say this anyway: The San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick is the future. The league has long asked itself the irritating question of whether…
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Richard Aoki, the FBI and State Spying
ColorLines blogger Jamilah King evaluates a damning report from the Center for Investigative Reporting, alleging that the late former Black Panther Richard Aoki worked as an FBI informant. The charges were met with shock and skepticism from those familiar with Aoki’s work, she observes, but they also remind us of the very real challenge of…
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People of Color: Beware of Proposed Cybersecurity Laws
ColorLines‘ Jamilah King talked to an expert about why cybersecurity bills like CISPA (the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) cause anxiety among many people, and for good reason. The Internet’s been ablaze this week with news about CISPA, a new cybersecurity bill that’s set to be introduced on the House floor next week. Vocal…
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On the Success of 'Kony 2012' and White Saviors
The success of the Kony 2012 campaign against Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony of Uganda is forcing to the surface some uneasy questions about race, political organizing and the Internet, Jamilah King writes in a blog entry at ColorLines. Despite its success, the campaign is taking heat for portraying Africans as victims whose only…
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Grassroots Organizing Took Down Pat Buchanan
Grassroots protests by groups such as ColorOfChange.org ultimately led to Pat Buchanan’s dismissal from MSNBC, Jamilah King writes in a blog entry at ColorLines. Buchanan had long been a target of these groups for trying to present his racially extremist views as mainstream. When MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan announced late last week that his…
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Will Young Voters Steal the Show in 2012?
If politicians hope to attract the same number of young voters that they got in 2008, they will have to deliver on their promises, Jamilah King writes in a blog entry at ColorLines. The change promised by President Barack Obama, who inspired young voters, has instead been gradual and has led to frustration, she writes.…
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How Lowe's Walked Into a Morality War
Jamilah King, in a blog entry at ColorLines, checks in on Lowe’s decision to pull ads for TLC’s reality show All-American Muslim. She writes that the decision put the big-box home-improvement chain at the center of a morality war against sex, gays and Muslims. It also threatens to wipe out the chain’s past diversity efforts,…
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Net Neutrality Survives Senate
Jamilah King, in a blog entry at ColorLines, checks in on the federal battle over net neutrality, which is of particular importance to communities of color because minorities are pivotal in driving broadband use. She warns that while the Senate recently voted against a resolution that would have essentially dismantled openness on the Internet, the…
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