No Justification for Racial Profiling
On the morning of Jan. 31, Aquil Abdullah, a member of the U.S. national rowing team and the single sculls winner in the 2002 U.S. national rowing championship, found out what it takes to be a target in Attorney General John Ashcroft's war on terrorism: a Muslim name....Full Story
My Black Male Feminist Heroes
As a young graduate student I was mentored by poet and Audre Lorde biographer Masani Alexis DeVeaux. She taught me the importance of being a black man who closed ranks with those black women who resisted and challenged the sexism, misogyny and patriarchal norms found among some black communities and institutions....Full Story
Taco's Tomato Pickers on Slave Wages
The American fast food giant Taco Bell has been buying tomatoes produced by slave and sweatshop labour, according to a group of Florida tomato pickers who held a 10-day hunger strike outside the company's headquarters. ...Full Story
Guidelines Strive for 'Environmental Justice'
For the first time, New York state has clear guidelines designed to bring what advocates call "environmental justice" to low-income and minority neighborhoods that have historically seen a disproportionate amount of development-related pollution and health risks. ...Full Story
