Editors' Blog
New podcast on urban racial segregation available
Racial Segregation in American Cities On this episode we play the second part of our interview with historian and author Luther Adams on his new book, Way Up North in Louisville: African American Migration in the Urban South, 1930-1970.
Intersection of race and class
The following comes from the Economic Policy Insittute and demonstrates how racism in American intersects with class to intensify inequality:
Wilson Sporting Goods helping white supremacists make a comeback in Mississippi schools
See this post from Change.org and sign the petition:
Irony and Hate Mail From Your Local Tea Party
In response to a recent blog post here (The Role of Hate in the 2010 Elections), here at PA we've gotten an interesting batch of what can only be described as hate mail – from both left and right.
The role of hate in the 2010 elections
Republicans put hate at the center of their campaign.
Persistence of racial segregation in American cities
See this Flickr slideshow of how some of America's biggest cities still reflect the history fo racial segregation and apartheid in this country:
Podcast #118 - Imprisonment of African Americans a New Era of Jim Crow?, Part 2
Subscribe to this podcast in iTunesPodcast #118 - Imprisonment of African Americans a New Era of Jim Crow?, Part 2On today's episode, we play the second part of our interview with author, lawyer, and ciivl rights activist Michelle Alexander whose new book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness just came out from The New Press.
Bay Area event: check it out
*** THE UNITED STATES, 2010: A NATION OF PRISON HOUSES! ***Friday, June 4, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.Movie: “American Violet” - Based upon a true story of a woman in Texas who fought against systematic criminal frame-ups of several black citizens, on drug charges, and won.Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.Discussion: The Prison Industrial Complex.
