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How Rick Santorum Stokes Race and Class Anxieties to Win Unlikely Primary Victories

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

Santorum's success in the Midwest has come through a combination of race and class-based grievances as well as his appeal to social conservatives.

One of Congress's Most Damaging (and Racist) Budget Cuts That Flew Under the Radar

Peter Montague, Maria B. Pellerano, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

The fund for lead-poisoning prevention was almost entirely eliminated. And here's why this is such a big deal.

How Soul Train's Don Cornelius Helped Make Black America Visible

Felipe Delerme, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

Looking at the legacy of the beloved show host and newsman, who passed last week at age 75.

African American Leader Offers Profoundly Emotional Account of Her Personal Journey to Make the End of the Drug War on Minorities Her Priority

Alice Huffman, AlterNet. February 4, 2012.

As we reflect on the great milestones the black community has reached, we cannot forget the drug war that continues to hold many back.

Why is Hollywood So Afraid of Black Women?

Channing Kennedy, ColorLines. January 30, 2012.

"The Help" is building Oscar buzz despite historical mistruths -- while white/male Oscar contenders derail serious conversation about structural racism in Hollywood.

The Real Goal of Arizona’s Book-Banning Thought Police: Harass Latinos

Rinku Sen, ColorLines. January 22, 2012.

The ban on Mexican American Studies in Tucson high schools has led to "offensive" books--including Shakespeare's The Tempest--being removed and locked in a warehouse.

Republican Racism is an Air Raid Siren, Not a Dog Whistle

Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet. January 19, 2012.

Republican candidates are overtly signaling that whiteness and American identity are intertwined.

On Baby Blue Ivy Carter and the Alleged Ugliness of Blackness

Akiba Solomon, ColorLines. January 17, 2012.

Protecting ourselves from society's racist beauty "standards."

On MLK Day: How a Racist Criminal Justice System Rolled Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Era

Amy Goodman, Michelle Alexander, Randall Robinson, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. January 15, 2012.

For Martin Luther King, Jr. day, Democracy Now! hosts a discussion of mass incarceration among African-Americans and how it has created a new Jim Crow era.

8 Awful Pop Culture Offerings to Dread in the New Year

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. January 11, 2012.

Racism, sexism and more Ayn Rand...we're gripping ourselves for some of the worst in 2012.

‘Yo, Is This Racist?’ Andrew Ti’s Tumblr Has Your (Hilarious) Answer

Channing Kennedy, ColorLines. January 2, 2012.

Finding the humor in the horrific.

Major Ron Paul Supporter Favors Death Penalty for Gays

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. December 29, 2011.

Paul's endorsement from a pastor who wants the death penalty for gays exposes his links to radical Christian Reconstructionists.

Study: False Perceptions Fuel Anti-Migrant Sentiments

Thalif Deen, IPS News. December 10, 2011.

The rising tide of anti-migrant sentiment worldwide is caused primarily by the biased, polarised and negative debate on migration, according to a new study released here.

What It's Like to be a Young, Black, and Transgender Woman in Washington, D.C.

Akiba Solomon, Danielle King, ColorLines. December 5, 2011.

D.C.’s transgender women of color are carrying the heaviest of loads, but violence and terror and discrimination isn’t the sum total of people’s lives.

Cornel West, Others Arrested as 'Stop Stop-and-Frisk' Movement Against Police Abuse Kicks Off with Occupy Wall Street Support

Anna Lekas Miller, AlterNet. October 23, 2011.

Civil rights leaders brought energy and activists from Liberty Plaza to Harlem in an attempt to fight NYPD's racial profiling and brutality.

NYPD Cop Taped Making Racial Slur About Black Man After Stop-and-Frisk

Jorge Rivas, ColorLines. October 18, 2011.

Allegations of racism in NYPD's stop-and-frisk program are nothing new -- 93 out of every 100 residents were stopped by police in one community.

Racist Arizona Immigration Law Earns It First Lawsuit -- And It's From a Pastor

Valeria Fernandez, New America Media. October 17, 2011.

Detectives questioned the validity of Manuel Hernández's papers and accused him of lying about being a pastor. He wasn't.

Occupy Wall Street Fights for Diversity

Anna Lekas Miller, AlterNet. October 11, 2011.

A new working group is fighting to make the movement more diverse, and to reach out to those hit hardest by the Great Recession.

"It's Free to Swipe Yo' EBT": How an R&B Singer's Viral Video Spreads Black Conservatism in an Age of Austerity

Nick Powers, AlterNet. September 27, 2011.

A new, mocking video asks, who's the butt of the joke?

White Liberals Have Cooled on Obama -- Does Race Have Anything to Do With It?

Melissa Harris-Perry, David Sirota, The Nation and Salon. September 27, 2011.

Melissa Harris-Perry argues that we're seeing a "more subtle form of racism." But David Sirota counters that it's not racism but Obama's right-wing policies that are to blame.

By Cutting Taxes on the Rich, We've Incentivized Greed--How Do We Return to Fairness?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. September 26, 2011.

The Right wants to return to the "happier days" of the 1950s--but forgets that one of the main reasons for that era's prosperity was very high taxes on the wealthy.

10 Revolting TV Shows That Need to Die

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. September 7, 2011.

Television influences our culture and mental health. Here are shows that we need to kill like a virus.

The 9/11 Story I Choose to Tell: We All Belong to Each Other

Rinku Sen, ColorLines. September 7, 2011.

This is the lesson of 9/11 for me. I can’t call myself a person who values inclusion and compassion and then pick and choose those whom I accept.

10 Books About Prison That Will Make You Rethink the United States Penal System

Anna Clark, AlterNet. August 31, 2011.

We take for granted that more than 2 million US citizens are incarcerated. These books suggest it's time to rethink the whole operation.

5 Reasons Progressives Should Treat Ron Paul with Extreme Caution -- 'Cuddly' Libertarian Has Some Very Dark Politics

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. August 26, 2011.

He's anti-woman, anti-gay, anti-black, anti-senior-citizen, anti-equality and anti-education, and that's just the start.

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