Colorlines Press

Colorlines Community Editor Riley Wilson joins the ”FreshOutlook” show to discuss how cultural and systemic racism led Dylann Roof  to fatally shoot nine black churchgoers. 

Colorlines News Editor Aura Bogado appeared on MSNBC’s Changing America, hosted by Maria Teresa Kumar, to discuss changing demographics in the United States. Aura is joined by Roque Planas, Huffington Post reporter.

Social Media Manger at Race Forward (publisher of Colorlines) soundsoff on the Baltimore protests on HuffPost Live’s Political Junkies.

Colorlines Editorial Director Akiba Solomon talks to HuffPost Live about the mainstream media coverage of Baltimore protests

Colorlines Editor-at-Large Kai Wright appeared on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry show to discuss the media’s portrayal of Michael Brown, the racial dissimilarity of the Ferguson police to the people of the town, whether transparency is the same as accountability and whether trust can be built with the state.

Colorlines publisher and executive director of Race Forward, Rinku Sen, was a guest on the Melissa Harris-Perry show to discuss the dimensions of the Michael Dunn case on Sunday. “What Michael Dunn expected from that interaction was not respect but submission,” she said quoting Tonyaa Weathersbee.

ARC’s Video and Multimedia Producer, Jay Smooth drops some “kuh-nowledge” on Totally Biased with Kamau Bell, with reflections on what constitutes real manhood, homophobia in Hip Hop and  a bit of Kanye West defending. 

After the dust settled on the “March on Washington,” Rinku Sen discusses how far the country’s come since the “I Have a Dream” speech, identifies new leaders in the fight for racial justice and suggests new ways to change the discussion on race and racism. 

Imara Jones, economic justice contributor for Colorlines, puts the government shutdown in perspective by highlighting the poor and the people of color who are most affected by the antics on Capitol Hill.