Over Labor Day weekend, Akiba Solomon took a 21-hour bus ride to Michael Brown's town with a group of black activists traveling under the name Black Life Matters. Here's some of what happened during ...

He was headed for the discipline track, Ford-Morthel says, and even as a fourth grader, he would easily have been suspended for his behavior in many other schools. "But we sat with him and we had to ...

In July, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) celebrated its 30th anniversary since becoming law on July 26, 1990. The ADA made it illegal to discriminate against anyone who is disabled, and much ...

Mollena Williams is gregarious, the kind of woman who makes a point of saying, “How are you today?” to the Walgreens cashier. She has a short afro and laughs easily. She works as an administrative ...

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In the record-breaking musical "Hamilton," Anthony Ramos plays not one but two American colonial figures who happen to be White. Below, the Puerto Rican 24-year-old from Brooklyn explains how he came ...

The New York Times looks at how Grays Ferry joined the environmental racism movement in order to save its residents lives. Share ...

There have been many opportunities to put into practice the messages, drawn from the natural world, of brown's latest book. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and ...

There is no American History without women. Movements do not appear overnight; they are built in classrooms, churches, union halls, and the neighborhoods just trying to survive. Women have been at the ...

In 1970, 23 Native activists scaled the presidential monument and renamed it "Crazy Horse Mountain" in protest of the U.S. government's control of land it previously granted to the Sioux. Share ...

Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, power and democracy. We offer analysis, collective meaning-making, and opportunities to engage in power-building moments and movements.

Ever wish you could help White people recognize the privilege they enjoy and how it impacts people of color? A new video campaign from the Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS) aims to do just that.