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Fans of Oldest Black Bookstore Fight Amazon With Google Tool

Fans of Oldest Black Bookstore Fight Amazon With Google Tool

by Jamilah King on December 19 2011, 12:00PM

Worried about last minute holiday shopping? Supporters of Marcus Books have developed a new tool to help folks get off their computers and shop in person.

Topics: Economy, Media, Now

Nation’s Oldest Black-Owned Bookstore Takes on Amazon’s Price Check App

by Jorge Rivas on December 15 2011, 10:25AM

The grandaughter of the partners that opened the nation’s oldest independent African-American owned bookstore says a recent Amazon.com promotion took competition a little too far.

Topics: Economy, Now

'The Artist Is Not There as a Massage Therapist,' Says Sapphire of Her Work

‘The Artist Is Not There as a Massage Therapist,’ Says Sapphire of Her Work

by Katti Gray on September 19 2011, 9:38AM

Cololrines.com speaks with the author and poet about her second novel, which portrays the son of her famous—and controversial—character Precious.

Topics: Arts & Culture

The Ultimate 21st Century People of Color Sci-Fi List

The Ultimate 21st Century People of Color Sci-Fi List

by Adriel Luis on June 9 2011, 9:57AM

Octavia Butler’s a little too obvious. Here are 10 other artists of this millennium who are crafting our world’s post racial apocalypse.

Topics: Arts & Culture

Amy Chua's Tiger Cub Has a Blog, and It's Funny

Amy Chua’s Tiger Cub Has a Blog, and It’s Funny

by Julianne Hing on April 22 2011, 11:18AM

Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld is speaking for herself these days.

Topics: Media

The Complexities of Sex Trafficking, and Some Simple Solutions

The Complexities of Sex Trafficking, and Some Simple Solutions

by Rinku Sen on April 20 2011, 4:06PM

Rachel Lloyd’s new book “Girls Like Us” offers a gripping window into an often overwhelming topic, and guides the way to structural reforms.

Topics: Rinku Sen

A Note on Whitewashing, and Honest Storytelling

A Note on Whitewashing, and Honest Storytelling

by Rinku Sen on April 12 2011, 10:23AM

A 2004 essay by science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin is required reading for this discussion.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Rinku Sen

An (Immortal) Women's History Month Reading List

An (Immortal) Women’s History Month Reading List

by Rinku Sen on March 18 2011, 10:36AM

I love books, and here are three of my favorites for March reading.

Topics: History, Rinku Sen

Oprah's Book Club Hasn't Included Female Authors Since 2004

Oprah’s Book Club Hasn’t Included Female Authors Since 2004

by Jorge Rivas on January 11 2011, 11:42AM

Oprah’s Book Club hasn’t read a woman novelist since 2004 and only three authors of color in the last decade.

Topics: Media

Isabel Wilkerson Talks About Generations of Black Immigrants

Isabel Wilkerson Talks About Generations of Black Immigrants

by Greg Varner on October 1 2010, 10:00AM

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses her definitive new study of the Great Migration with ColorLines.

Topics: Arts & Culture, History

Fall Reading List: From Border Kids to the Great Migration

Fall Reading List: From Border Kids to the Great Migration

by Greg Varner on September 14 2010, 9:47AM

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.

Topics: Arts & Culture

Rich Benjamin’s ‘Searching For Whitopia’ NYC Book Launch This Thursday

by Channing Kennedy on October 6 2009, 6:08AM

Demos, the Applied Research Center, and The Nation Institute are proud to host the New York City book launch of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey Into the Heart of White America, featuring author Rich Benjamin and Nation columnist Eric…

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Caption Contest Post Has Moved!

by Channing Kennedy on August 25 2009, 1:57PM

Hey all: Thanks for participating! Head on over to the new caption contest post, and bring your A game! Last week’s winner below the jump. ——————————————————————— AND SPEAKING OF: Last week’s winner is (drumroll please) RaceWire commenter tonymacias, with: “Y’all…

Topics: Environment, Media, Video & Multimedia

Review: Dreaming of Baghdad

by Guest Columnist on July 27 2009, 8:32AM

Originally Published on Speak Fierce! Written by: Alese Torres In her memoir, Dreaming of Baghdad, Haifa Zangana revisits her memories of Iraq in the 1950’s, and in doing so weaves a complex and poignant image of her beloved country….

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Check out Vijay Prashad’s review of The Breakthrough

by Julianne Hing on March 2 2009, 4:09PM

The Breakthrough began its public life as a putative scandal during the 2008 presidential campaign. John McCain’s cadaverous team tried to suggest that PBS journalist Gwen Ifill could not be neutral in the debate between Republican Sarah Palin and…

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Lose Your Mother

by Seth Freed Wessler on September 29 2008, 12:33PM

Last week I I went to the Brecht Forum in New York to listen to Saidiya Hartman read from her book “Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route.” The book is an account of the voyage…

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Jason Riley Makes the Case for Open Borders

by Jonathan Adams on August 29 2008, 8:39AM

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Five Questions for Rinku Sen, Author of “The Accidental American”

by Jonathan Adams on August 25 2008, 10:48AM

Originally published on the SAJA Forum SAJAforum: When and why did you decide to write this book, and why did you decide to call it “The Accidental American”? Rinku Sen: I started thinking about a book within minutes of…

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If Gandhi Was a Racist…

by Guest Columnist on April 28 2008, 8:59AM

By Rend Smith Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, leader of the first and only nonviolent social justice movement to ever liberate a country—is suspected of not having liked black people. Evidently, people intimately familiar with the spiritual leader’s life already knew…

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Bill Cosby’s Back Blaming Blacks in New Book

by Terry Keleher on October 16 2007, 6:59AM

Bill’s back and still on the attack. Better brace yourselves. Cosby’s new book, titled Come on, People! On the Path from Victims to Victors, co-written with Alvin Poussaint, is being released this week by Christian publisher Thomas Nelson Inc….

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