Alex Jung, AlterNet: PEEK. October 10, 2007. Alex Jung: The noose, a chilling representation of an overt form of white supremacy, has returned as a specter of something that never actually went away.
Howie Klein, AlterNet: Video. October 8, 2007. Howie Klein: If Mayor McMillin thinks Mellencamp's pro-Jens Six song is "inflammatory", why is he creating a safe haven for the KKK?
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. October 4, 2007. Pam Spaulding: This is all the evidence one needs to confirm that an honest discussion about the third rail topic of race is sorely needed.
Brklyngrl, AlterNet: PEEK. October 1, 2007. Brklyngrl: In a disturbing trend since the incident that sparked the Jena Six case, noose incidents are popping up all over the country.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. September 24, 2007. You can't claim the moral high ground in the struggle for racial justice with a beat-up white kid at the bottom of the pile.
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2007. Pam Spaulding: White supremacist William A. White is trying to stir up violence by posting lynching threats alongside their contact info.
Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn. September 21, 2007. On the ground at the Jena protest on Sept. 20, one got the sense that Jena could be the beginning of a larger movement for racial justice.
Melissa McEwan, AlterNet: PEEK. September 21, 2007. Melissa McEwan: Conyers says, "We've reached a point in history where this kind of situation is no longer tolerable."
Sally Kohn, AlterNet. September 20, 2007. Why is it that mainstream white media and white folks in general are so obsessed (once again) with OJ's guilt but paying little or no attention to the innocence of the Jena Six?
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. September 20, 2007. Pam Spaulding: Elizabeth Edwards, David Bowie, Chris Dodd and thousands of other supporters have rallied to their cause.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. September 18, 2007. It is time we examine why a black teen is six times more likely to be tried and sentenced to prison than a young white, even when the crimes are similar.
Garlin II, AlterNet: PEEK. September 15, 2007. Garlin II: Now, his case will be handled exclusively in juvenile court, which is where it should have been all along.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, AlterNet: Video. September 5, 2007. Samhita Mukhopadhyay: Mychal Bell, a 16 year old, rots in jail and gets sentenced to 22 years with little to no coverage in the mainstream media.
James Rucker, Color of Change. August 8, 2007. You can help six youth in Louisiana who have been targeted by racial discrimination that could put them behind bars for decades.