Alabama's HB 56 was already the harshest state immigration law in the nation. But in the waning hours of the state's 2012 legislative session and above the din of protestors' interruptions the state passed a revision to HB 56 on Wednesday which...
"I've had people in my family, myself and a lot of my ancestors have been victims of discrimination. So I don't want to discriminate on nobody," rapper Ice Cube tells AdAge Magazine. His comments come a week after both President Obama and rapper...
Dozens of news organizations-including Colorlines.com-referenced a misleading story that alleged boxer Manny Pacquiao made anti-gay comments.
In a recent National Conservative Examiner Pacquiao said he was against gay marriage but the writer o...
Last Thursday the New York Times published a story about a young woman who was found dead after her apartment building was engulfed in flames but instead of focusing on the fire investigation the writers focused on the victims gender and her all...
UPDATE 5/16/2012 1:16pm EST: Conservative Examiner writer Granville Ampong has published a new story on his column stating "Pacquiao never said nor recited, nor invoked and nor did he ever refer to such context." Ampong says he included the refe...
The same week that President Obama and rapper Jay-Z came out for gay marriage, boxer Manny Pacquiao referenced scriptures that say a man who lies down with another man "must be put to death."
In a recent interview with the National Conservative...
According to a medical report obtained by ABC News, Trayvon Martin's murderer George Zimmerman was diagnosed with a "closed fracture" of his nose, a pair of black eyes, two lacerations to the back of his head and a minor back injury the day afte...
Kelley Williams-Bolar is giving a speech in the dark. The Ohio mom is rattling off the standard remarks she's delivered in public appearances since being catapulted onto the national stage last year. It's an unseasonably warm day and the lights...
The "Manhood" poster series was created by artist, and San Francisco native, Deborah Enrile Lao as a way to inspire young Asian American boys and men. The series consists of screen printed posters of five iconic Asian American men--Richard...
Potential DREAM Act beneficiaries and the government watchdog group Common Cause have joined as plaintiffs to sue the U.S. Senate for blocking DREAM Act legislation with the filibuster rule. The 52-page complaint argues that the filibuster allows senators...
Newsweek Magazine isn't going let TIME Magazine steal all the headlines with controversial covers. Last week's TIME mag cover included an image of a mother breast feeding her son, now Newsweek's cover includes an image of President Obama with a rainbow ha...
Jose Barahona says that he would have been killed had he refused to open his door when the armed guerillas occupying his town demanded he let them use his kitchen and sleep on his floor. He says that's what happened to his father. Dead. And he...
"Sorry if I'm a little out of it," says Liz Mayorga, apologizing to me as she fills in some gaps on her display table. "I was up all night doing the illustrations for this."
Mayorga must be a wonderfully organized procrastinator, because the 't...
Despite opposition from the governors of New York and Massachusetts, federal immigration authorities are moving forward to implement Secure Communities in both states.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials e-mailed police and st...
A twenty-five year old woman was found dead in a four-story Brooklyn apartment building that caught on fire early Saturday morning. Police identified the victim as Lorena Escalera.
The New York Times on the other hand identified the woman that...
More Dominicans left New York City than arrived since 2000 while the growth of Mexican immigrants nearly bumped them ahead of South Americans into third place among Latinos in NYC, according to Census data analysed by the population division of...
When Martha Wright's grandson was moved to a prison outside of her hometown of Washington, DC., she didn't expect that a short 5-minute conversation with him could cost up to $18.
"You just have to get everything out in one line," she laughs....
Last week was dominated by news about the political battle for queer rights. First, in North Carolina, the passage of Amendment 1 made same-sex marriage illegal (some more); Kenyon Farrow has a full analysis of the activism on both side of the b...
An excerpt from President Obama's Proclamation on Mother's Day signed earlier this week:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 8, 2011, as Mother's Day. I urge all Americans to e...
An unidentified man has been selling gun range targets of a black silhouette wearing a hoodie and holding a bag skittles.
A pack of 10 targets were $8 dollars and according to the seller the response has been "overwhelming" and he's sold out....
The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in federal court Thursday against Maricopa County, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) and Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio, after it found the department consistently discriminated against Latinos...
On May 4 The Washington Post published what Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo called an "alarming -- and darkly ironic" story stating voter registrations have dropped for African-Americans and Latino Americans. WaPo reporter Krissah Thompson...
A Tea Party group who gained notoriety in recent elections for harassing and intimidating Houston voters has spun off into an organization called "True the Vote." It plans to swarm polling stations nationwide on election day, with claims to be working to...
Philadelphia's public school system is on the brink of insolvency, and the city has no choice but to dismantle what's left of its public education system and hand over schools to private operators, according to school district leaders. But it tu...
Author's note: At New York's Coming out of the Shadows rally earlier this spring I had the pleasure of listening to many young activists share really beautiful words about their parents and the sacrifices they make to provide them with more oppo...
President Obama's public support of same-sex marriage helped upright the frowns of many LGBT marriage activists. The president's endorsement came the day after North Carolina voters passed a constitutional amendment to ban recognition of any for...
Ramiro Gomez painted the piece above specifically for Obama's visit. (Photo: Jorge Rivas/Colorlines.com) Click image to enlarge.
Ramiro Gomez says he's wanted to place his cardboard paintings of Latino domestic workers and gardeners in front of...
A United Nations human rights official has recommended the U.S. turn over control of lands considered to be sacred to Native Americans, including the site of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
James Anaya, a UN fact-finder on the rights of i...
President Barack Obama told ABC's Robin Roberts that his decision to come out and support gay marriage was spurred because he has close friends who are in "same-sex relationships" but aides working close to the president say Michelle, Malia and...
This article also appears in the May 28 edition of The Nation magazine.
One of the first sights to greet attendees of the True the Vote national summit was the face of Martin Luther King, printed above the quote "PEACE if possible. TRUTH at all...
A group of activists and mothers in Oakland, Calif. have started an annual Mother's Day tradition that would probably put Hallmark to shame. Fed up with the mainstream image of mothers as domestic, middle class, and white, they've made a real ef...
A few hours after Barack Obama made history by being the first sitting president in history to say he believes gay relationships are equal to straight ones, Ru Paul (not to be confused for Ron Paul) gave the president his blessing.
'Barack... Shantay, Yo...
