On AlterNet: segregation

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "segregation"

Tale of Two Cities: NYPD's Racist Arrests Create Class War in New York

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. May 13, 2012.

For the NYPD's stats to add up, they'd have to have stopped every young, black man living in the city once--and then some.

Excerpt: Southern Stalemate: Five Years without Public Education in Prince Edward County, Virginia

Christopher Bonastia, AlterNet. April 24, 2012.

One county in Virginia froze its black citizens out of public education -- for five long years.

Why the Racist History of the Charter School Movement Is Never Discussed

Christopher Bonastia, AlterNet. March 9, 2012.

Touted as the cure for what ails public education, charter schools have historical roots that are rarely discussed.

How the GOP Is Resegregating the South

Ari Berman, The Nation. February 4, 2012.

Republicans—to protect and expand their gains from 2010— are diluting the minority vote in swing districts held by white Democrats.

How the Koch Brothers Backed the End of Desegregation in North Carolina Schools

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. August 14, 2011.

The latest installment of Brave New Foundation's documentary series "Koch Brothers Exposed" reveals the Kochs' assault on public education.

America's Cities Are Segregated -- And Likely to Stay That Way

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. April 3, 2011.

In most parts of urban America, the line dividing neighborhoods seems as deep as the Grand Canyon.

How the GOP Became the White Man's Party

Robert Perkinson, AlterNet. May 26, 2010.

In this excerpt from Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, Robert Perkinson shows how the Right embraced racial animus as a political strategy.

The New Racial Segregation at Public Schools

Tim Lockette, Teaching Tolerance. February 4, 2010.

In 1990 over 40 percent of black students in the South attended majority-white schools. Now less than 30 percent of students do — 1960s numbers.

Limbaugh Wants Jim Crow Back: "We Need Segregated Buses"

Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress. September 17, 2009.

In "Obama's America," Rush cries, "the white kids now get beat up."

Remembering Medgar Evers

Brave New Films, Democracy Now!. June 18, 2008.

Democracy Now! pays tribute to the civil rights icon.

Saudi Women: "If you are dependent on another person, you've got nothing."

Daniel Howden, Rachel Shields, Independent UK. April 21, 2008.

In Saudi Arabia, women literally belong to men. A new report describes the demoralizing reality of this gender apartheid system.

Defending Our Living Constitution

Kirsten D. Levingston, Brennan Center for Justice. March 17, 2008.

Without our "living constitution," some of the most important advances in American racial equality would not have happened.

Are We Headed Back to the Era of Segregation?

Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. January 28, 2008.

Schools, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest, are looking more and more like they did during segregation.

Southern School Holds First Prom for Blacks and Whites

Carmen K. Sisson, Christian Science Monitor. April 25, 2007.

A half century after the Supreme Court ended racial segregation, parents and students in Ashburn, Ga., were still clinging to old ways, holding whites-only and blacks-only dances. This spring, the school finally broke that color barrier.