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News and commentary from ColorLines magazine and RaceWire blog. *The Mujeres of the Young Lords*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wy9UzeqkgW5vdkQN6dL5mliQPqwYSE2q> Forty years after the Puerto Rican activist group took over an East Harlem church, a look at the women who shaped their politics. <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uRwo5QOCNY2y1ReaQZIWh1iQPqwYSE2q> [image: colorlines]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=120hrf1LIIT69QhPnOQJj1iQPqwYSE2q> *Gays Shut Out of the Parade*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Q4kEcKjELjuP7K%2Br%2FDFFsViQPqwYSE2q> This year's organizers for the India Day Parade in Manhattan barred LGBT community from joining the celebration. ------------------------------ [image: racewire]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kjitbC5%2BhlZn%2B3aZsCtKt1iQPqwYSE2q> * Shah Rukh Khan: Bollywood Border Stop<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=j9BQKUjdnY4XyArI6%2FfxLViQPqwYSE2q> * Deepa Iyer, Executive Director of South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) reports on the Shah Rukh Khan incident at Newark International Airport and has a recommendation for the Obama Administration and Congress. *Special Education: Equity and Access in Charter Schools*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JYE4XLEQFmFoXXTzzeUwL1iQPqwYSE2q> Charter schools are often marketed as incubators of educational innovation, and they form a key feature of the Obama administration's school reform agenda. But in some urban communities, they may be fueling *de facto* school segregation. * *<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=44tGErketd5mKmh0gxwf41iQPqwYSE2q> *Caption Contest: President Obama, Professor Gates and Sgt. Crowley*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o%2BUkhf8lJ%2BGooEBJIUI8NN6ouOE9l0a%2F> *RaceWire *is holding a caption contest. If you submit the epic caption and win, we'll send you a copy of Tram Nguyen's *Language Is a Place of Struggle: Great Quotes by People of Color.* * **A Just Cause vs. an Unjust Eviction: Q&A with Karen Mims [VIDEO]*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=E4MY%2BmIDH%2B%2FSvDjCGq9tEFiQPqwYSE2q> Last year, a speculator showed up to inspect Karen Mims' home. 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