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<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BThe6H8vkKZHxgSxtqi9yySl%2Bb5Kh3z4> [image: ARC]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FXaADuLwHe96haqkvP%2BaeySl%2Bb5Kh3z4> Subscribe<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UJEyB99MTbs8oeUYkN72JSSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> Donate<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o6sJI2alvfH7CX3zoJWaOySl%2Bb5Kh3z4> Tell A Friend<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8Uj%2FrPligtBsM%2B6vtXdhciSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> ------------------------------ June 25, 2009 *ColorLines Direct*. News and commentary from ColorLines magazine and RaceWire blog. *South Africa Isn't Post-Racial Either*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9JqOoOTemtT90zdeeNOa0iSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> Bob Jensen's new essay at ColorLines.com looks at how whites in the U.S. and South Africa are having the same conversations about race. <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=r9u8JasRRTXTfNpKoW5bFCSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> [image: colorlines]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H7aCrHFO6r%2B%2FqVetLshSTSSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> *Sor Juana Meets Girl in a Coma*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CLJEsQXH%2Bmqu%2F6jjUFozaiSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago is hosting its annual Sor Juana Festival, celebrating la famosa first feminist of the Americas-the 17th-century Mexican poet and Catholic nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. [image: racewire]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=j0RqateryjSehdutFf4awSSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> *Race by Another Name?*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=epXxiya9UHPcY%2FYwYVk72CSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> Sometimes court cases that never mention race at all end up having a disproportionate impact on people of color. *New Minnesota Energy Program: A Model for Equitable Job Creation*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M%2B7aiECeblRZZDkNmHWGTCSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> A new energy programs law recently enacted in Minnesota offers a model worth noting for those interested in incorporating equity and sustainability into public policy. * New York Domestic Workers Rally for Overdue Rights<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=X7HTPb3JG7U94S3NQOClG46koo8m%2FV04> * As the New York State Senate invested their considerable stock of legislative resources and wit into accomplishing such noble tasks as stealing gavels and going to tremendous lengths to achieve absolutely nothing during an emergency legislative session this past Tuesday, domestic workers convened at Washington Square Park to demand that legislators pass a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. . *Tricky Dick in His Own Words*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rYGAvJx%2FqButbJ9lJNkIfCSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> What would Richard Nixon say if he saw the state of American politics today? Newly released audio recordings from the Nixon Presidential Library give some interesting clues into the inner workings of the 37th President's brain. *"Race and Recession: How Inequity Rigged the Economy and How to Change the Rules" *<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1k6HzKM%2BFIB%2B6M%2FnmivwzSSl%2Bb5Kh3z4> ARC recently 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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