Vol. 10 Nbr. 1, January 2007
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Index
- What it takes.
- Katrina coverage in Canada.
- Uplifting news.
- In focus: standing their ground.
- Lose in court? Take it to the ballot box. Michigan opponents of affirmative action were defeated in the judicial system but called on Ward Connerly to help them win voters.
- The smaller footprint: in New Orleans, higher rents destroyed public housing.
- Air vigilantes.
- Build your own private prison.
- Security clearance before jogging.
- Trashing Black communities.
- You see racist prison gangs; They see a customer base.
- Doing the math on healthcare.
- Once racial targets, nannies now sue.
- Policymakers go to the border.
- Sanctuary city.
- Kevin Powell: the writer talks about his new book on Katrina, spirituality and politics--and why he'll run for office in 2008.
- The new civilian terrorists: anti-Arab racism shapes the U.S. discussion of the Middle East.
- The Innovators: people moving big ideas in 2007.
- A new window on the world: they prepared dinners. They washed dishes. On Sept. 11, they lost their friends and their jobs. Now, this group of immigrant workers have organized and started a worker-owned restaurant.
- Fighting words: for millions of U.S. residents still learning English, language access is sometimes a matter of life and death--and increasingly, a fight for civil rights.
- Rebel survivors: the Vietnamese of New Orleans East won a grassroots victory nobody expected.
- Loud and clear: students of color fight to save Chicago's deaf education program.
- Racial reconciliation: across the South, communities are creating truth and reconciliation commissions to address a past of deadly violence.
- A singer of many talentos.
- Classical music: Black and Latino musicians hope to change the image of the art form.
- All the women are white, all the Blacks are men, and many of us have been raped: one filmmaker confronts sexual violence against Black women.
- The full force of Black pain: a review of five books about Katrina.
- Latin America After Neoliberalism: Turning the Tide in the 21st Century?
- Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans.
- The Line Between Us: Teaching about the Border and Mexican Immigration.
- Toshi Reagon.
- When the child welfare system works.