---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rinku Sen, ColorLines.com <[email protected]> Date: May 21, 2009 4:53 PM Subject: ColorLines Direct | People of color struggle to get online for school work, jobs and more. To: [email protected]
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News and commentary from ColorLines magazine and RaceWire blog. *The Digital Divide*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bOPmDOcGQaiK1vtLCN9uS13gMNTKN2jj> These days, if you're not online, you're not just out of luck-you're also without access to education, jobs and much-needed tasks like online banking. ------------------------------ [image: racewire]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VI%2BTH%2F1BWuS7zW5mwJncLl3gMNTKN2jj> *Get 'The Accidental American' for Free*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wcd751Zpabpz%2BgRmLbDYwF3gMNTKN2jj> ColorLines Magazine and RaceWire recently partnered with the Progressive Book Club to offer Rinku Sen and Fekkak Mandouh's "The Accidental American" at an unbeatable price: FREE, when you join the PBC. *Time to Wake Up to the Racism in Our Housing Midst*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=awWPe18PI3Ccq03r8mbA7l3gMNTKN2jj> Seth Wessler's op-ed published on the Huffington Post about the housing crisis, its historical roots and the people he met around the country while researching for "Race and Recession." *California Ballot Debrief: If I Had $30 Billion… *<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vVN%2Fy3r4I%2By7vYcxowzgRl3gMNTKN2jj> The election is over, and the five revenue-generating ballot propositions in California failed. Libby Sholes, Director of Public Policy at the California Council of Churches/California Church IMPACT points out that will all the budget talks, no one mentioned the $30 billion that President Obama directed to California. *"Race and Recession: How Inequity Rigged the Economy and How to Change the Rules" *<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cBHxR05RD0bolCEH37u3jV3gMNTKN2jj> Earlier this week ARC released "Race and Recession," a report that tells the stories of people of color who have, across the board, been disproportionately affected by the recession. 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