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ColorLines Direct, the latest news and commentary from ColorLines magazine -
powered by RaceWire your daily blog on race in politics:
This week Colorlines.com honors the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
with a special multimedia issue that reviews the continued struggles of life on
the Gulf Coast after the devastating storm.
Featured this week:
The Right to Return to New Orleans: a video on the right of return and public
housing struggle for Black residents of New Orleans.
Locked Up in New Orleans: From the Nation Magazine, it exposes the increasing
imprisonment of young men of color without reprieve.
ColorLines Gulf Coast Discussion Guide: a guided tour of our past articles on
race and rebuilding.
Images: New Immigrants in the Gulf Coast: a slideshow presenting the changing
faces of color two years after Hurricane Katrina.
Read now.
If you would like more information on how to be involved:
<http://katrinaaction.org/>
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And on Racewire<http://www.racewire.org>:
No Sanctuary: Elivira Arellano Deported Without Son
Tram Nguyen writes about meeting the powerful immigration activist, her
compelling story, and her recent deportation back to Mexico where she continues
to fight for immigration reform.
<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/immigrant_mother_elivira_arell.html#more>
Free Labor At All Costs
Jonathan Adams connects America's agricultural industry, immigration reform,
and the prison industrial complex and finds out people of color are still
pulling the plow.
<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/migrant_workers_uprooted_farme.html#comments>
Bush and the "Boat People"
Tram Nguyen blogs about Bush's latest blunder as he rewrites history and
declares withdrawal from Vietnam a mistake that he won't make again with the
War in Iraq.
<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/bush_and_the_boat_people.html#comments>
Restaurant Workers Win With Councilman's Campaign
ARC's Megan Izen reports on Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York, a
cooperative restaurant started by immigrant workers fed up with unfair work
conditions, and the City Councilmember who supported their efforts.
<http://www.racewire.org/archives/2007/08/out_of_the_box_public_service.html#comments>
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