Fruitvale Station, a new film that reconstructs the last 24 hours of the life of Oscar Grant III — an unarmed black man who was gunned down by a white police officer on a subway platform in 2009 in Oakland, Calif. — is a trenchant examination of police brutality against people of color in the…

In an interview with Colorlines‘ Julianne Hing, artist Janine Macbeth discusses sharing gender roles. The artist talks about how mothers are actually detached from the parenting process because of how demanding their role is. She explains that to protect herself and her family, she and her husband have had to share the responsibilities of mother and…

Arizona’s ethnic-studies ban may have shut down Tucson’s classes in Mexican-American studies, but but activists are fighting back in what is being called Tucson Freedom Summer. ColorLines‘ Julianne Hing extracts a set of tips on how to respond to unjust legislation. Asking the Community What It Needs First Organizers of the Tucson Freedom Summer acknowledged…