September 16, 2010 ColorLines Direct. News and commentary from Colorlines.com
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Steam Builds for Youth Immigration Bill, But Votes Not Yet CertainCongressional Hispanic Caucus signs on to Reid’s plan to move the DREAM Act in the next week. |
| Fall Reading List: From Border Kids to the Great Migration
NPR’s Michele Norris mines her past, a historian brings black migration to life, a kid finds his deported mom, plus Edwidge Danticat, Charlie Chan and more. |
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Why We Need (Real) Gangsta Rap Right Now
Hip-hop writer Eric Arnold explains why we miss Tupac more than ever right now.
Charges That a Civil Rights Hero Was an FBI Spy Shouldn’t Shock Us
Historian Barbara Ransby thinks snoops were always close confidants.
Gabourey Sidibe is a (Much Lighter) Elle Cover Girl
Gabourey Sidibe has landed her first fashion magazine cover, but look closely, and you’ll notice Sidibe’s skin is noticeably lighter than usual.
Protestor to Texas Pastor: “Dude, You Have No Quran!”
Skateboarding in the face of hate.
LAPD Cop Who Killed Immigrant is Repeat Shooter, Known as Bully
The department watchdog said the officer used improper tactics in a 2008 shooting.
Obama on Muslim Americans-Not Us Against Them, “It’s Just Us”
It took nearly a month of uproar and an international crisis threatening U.S. security globally, but President Obama finally stepped forward to take control of the deteriorating public conversation about Muslims in America.
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