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He was headed for the discipline track, Ford-Morthel says, and even as a fourth grader, he would easily have been suspended for his behavior in many other schools. "But we sat with him and we had to ...

Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and democracy. We offer analysis, collective meaning-making, and opportunities to engage in power-building moments and movements.

It’s in vogue to call the new movement to end police violence against black civilians leaderless. Historian and veteran activist Barbara Ransby argues that it has many leaders in the Ella Baker ...

Mollena Williams is gregarious, the kind of woman who makes a point of saying, “How are you today?” to the Walgreens cashier. She has a short afro and laughs easily. She works as an administrative ...

Research support was provided by The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Additional research by Juell Stewart. Since she was 16, Eva Hernández has worked a string of low-wage jobs. She's ...

There have been many opportunities to put into practice the messages, drawn from the natural world, of brown's latest book. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and ...

In her provocative new book, “Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good" the Detroit-based author, activist and doula demonstrates how we can tap into our emotional and erotic desires to ...

In a myriad of ways, it was women who built the farmworker movement around Chávez, sustained it, and continue to lead its modern incarnation. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on ...

Women of color in the pornography industry are paid half to three quarters of what white actresses tend to make. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and democracy. We ...

Three months after the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled that North Carolina’s voter identification law did not place unconstitutional barriers between ...

Louis Mitch ell expected a lot of change when he began taking injections of hormones eight years ago to transition from a female body to a male one. He anticipated that he’d grow a beard, which he ...