People of Color

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Bombing Capitalism

Esther Iverem | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Foreclosures, Capitalism Movie, Michael Moore, People of Color, Citigroup, Roger and Me, Countrywide, General Motors, Citigroup Memo, Marcy Kaptur, Plutocracy, Capitalism: A Love Story, Hurricane Katrina, Republic Windows and Doors, Entertainment News

On a throwback vibe, you could say that Capitalism: A Love Story is the bomb. By exploring the economic system of capitalism as an evil, Moore fires a salvo into the heart of America's social machine.

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30% Unemployment, Pre-Recession: Immigrant Communities Need Real Recovery

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Chinatown, ARRA 2009, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Income Inequality, People of Color, Structural Racism, Community Organizer, Racism, Economic Recovery, Immigrants, Racial Disparities, Inequity, Safety Net, Recession, Politics News

For communities of color, 'recovery' can be a vapid term. People of color consistently face rates of unemployment higher than what whites experience in the worst recessions.

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Whether Gates or Health Care, Race Matters

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Gates, President Obama, Obama, The Nation, Race, Institutionalized Racism, Obama Town Hall Meetings, Officer Crowley, Town Hall, White Privilege, Racism, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Henry Louis Gates Arrested, African-Americans, Privilege, Health Care, African Americans, Whites, Leonard Zeskind, Pat Buchanan, Barack Obama, Driving While Black, White Nationalism, Lynching, People of Color, Sarah Palin, Sonia Sotomayor, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Erik Ward, Henry Louis Gates, Racial Inequality, Town Hall Meetings, Eric Alterman, Healthcare, Class, Politics News

Discussions of race are not merely a distraction from more important matters; they are essential to understanding political mobilization around many of the significant policy issues facing us today.

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The White Supremacist in Us

Rinku Sen | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, White Supremacists, Economy, George Tiller Murder, Immigration, Recession, Barack Obama, George Tiller, Von Brunn, Unemployment, Implicit Bias, Bias, People of Color, Racism, Economic Recovery, Healthcare, Politics News

Collectively, we bemoan the backwardness of "some" people before we move on, thinking of racism as isolated extremism.

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GM Bankruptcy Hurts People of Color Hardest. Workers Desperately Need EFCA.

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

In the economy we've inherited from the last three decades of deregulation and declining union density, people of color are increasingly relegated to low-wage, precarious work that pays too little to support a family.

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Hell Never Looked So Good: Sotomayor A Solid Choice for High Court

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Supreme Court, Harriet Miers, Latino Voters, Women's Issues, People of Color, Sonia Sotomayor, Hillary Clinton, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Barack Obama, Politics News

Shortly after Obama's win, I heard someone lament that this country is going to hell in a hand basket. Well if this is hell, give me a tall glass of ice water.

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Stop the Next American Nightmare

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Reinvestment Act, Predatory Lending, People of Color, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Economy, Detroit, New York Times, Foreclosure, Economic Recovery, Financial Services Modernization Act, Race, New York City, Recession, Housing Crisis, Politics News

We propose including racial impact assessment, a systematic review of potential racial impacts prior to the passage of new laws can help prevent the replication of long-standing and new forms of racial inequality.

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Who Needs the Right When the Left Has Itself?

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Left, Bill Scher, Baltimore, Cronyism, Bush, Ann Coulter, Fart, Opinion, Obama, Journalism, First Black President, Caroline Kennedy, Liberal Oasis, App, Rod Blagojevich, Cabinet, Blacks, People of Color, Rick Warren, Sarah Palin, New Media, Harry Reid, Right, Mayor Sheila Dixon, African-Americans, Big Tent Party, Senate Majority Leader, Advocacy, Minorities, Politics News

This is the nub of it for me with the Lefties: they do not truly understand who they are, nor what they are motivated by. The slightest bump in the road leads to anarchy or dissent.

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