WITNESS Launches 'The Hub' For Human Rights Media
In exciting new media news, human rights organization WITNESS has just launched The Hub, a global platform for human rights media and action or "a YouTube for human rights." According to the website:...
View ArticleThe Whole Story on Race
A few days late, but TomPaine.com has posted Alan Jenkins' newest piece, The Whole Story on Race. Alan begins: Opportunity in America is a two-way street. Each of us has a responsibility to do our...
View ArticleRace and Human Rights in Pop Culture
There have been a series of posts about costume options as Halloween approaches -- according to the Angry Asian Man, you can even be your favorite Asian stereotype, from a 'sexy giesha' to 'oriental...
View ArticleEquality in Immigration, Schools, and the Workplace
One piece of not-so-good news and then we're on to a happier day: The 'Just News' Blog and the LA Times report that a lawsuit has been filed by the ACLU to "stop immigration authorities from forcibly...
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On Being a Kid: Health Care, Photo-Ops, and Video Games
Latina Lista just wrote a piece entitled "It's Been a Bad Week to Be an Immigrant Child in the U.S.A.," citing the recent upsets of the SCHIP veto plus the shelving of the DREAM Act and the Immigrant...
View ArticleBush Vetoes, Spitzer Sues over Children's Health
This just in: President Bush has indeed vetoed the SCHIP legislation that recently passed through Congress seeking to expand funding for children's health care. While the Senate had passed the bill...
View ArticleSouthsourcing: Immigration Issues Solved
The ever-brilliant (and accidental framing expert) Stephen Colbert solves the immigration issues in one fell swoop in last night's edition of "The Word:"
View ArticleFear of a Black Princess
Alan Jenkin's new piece at Tom Paine is now live. In this latest essay, Alan expresses hope and dread over Disney's decision to finally feature an African American princess in one of their...
View ArticleRadio Kill the Immigration Bill
Via Think Progress, a new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism finds that Talk Radio played a significant part in killing Immigration Reform. In the second quarter, Immigration was the #1...
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Opportunity in Images: Take Two
Earlier this year, we teamed up with students in the Masters in Media Studies program at the New School University here in New York. As part of a media production class, we became the "client" and the...
View ArticleFinding Redemption in Popular Culture
In his bi-weekly column over at Tom Paine, Alan Jenkins finds the value of redemption, and lessons we can all learn about forgiveness and justice, in his analysis of Spider Man 3.
View ArticleGod Grew Tired of Us
Next time you head to the movies you must check the powerful and inspiring film, God Grew Tired Of Us. It will be released in NYC and around the country this week. It explores American opportunity...
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No Child Left Behind Failing Students (and The Wire Blogging)
I am a huge fan of HBO's The Wire. I think it's quite possibly one of the best shows on television, and it is certainly the best show in recent memory to tackle the interrelated problems that plague...
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Seeds of Tolerance
Short video is an amazing tool. It touches people in a completely different way than news articles, reports, or lectures, and it allows social justice groups to reach outside their base of members to...
View ArticleEyes on the Prize Re-release
As many of you probably know, PBS recently re-releasedEyes on the Prize - probably the most important documentary about the civil rights movement. Eyes on the Prize had been unavailable for almost...
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