http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:17:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/23/obama-administration-offers-settlement-for-black-farmers/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/23/obama-administration-offers-settlement-for-black-farmers/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:31:15 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12467 The Editors For more than a decade, the class-action lawsuit involving tens of thousands of the nation’s black farmers on the one side and the federal Department of Agriculture on the other stood as a dramatic symbol of the institutional racism undermining even black Americans involved in one of America’s mythic occupations.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/23/obama-administration-offers-settlement-for-black-farmers/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/02/dying-quietly-the-employee-free-choice-act/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/02/dying-quietly-the-employee-free-choice-act/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:29:14 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12188 Doug Miller Legislation in Congress that would make it easier for workers to form unions is doomed because the Obama administration , with so many other hard contentious issues on its agenda, won’t risk political capital in its defense, according to some experts on trade unionism.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/02/dying-quietly-the-employee-free-choice-act/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/unequal-opportunity-and-whitewashed-resumes/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/unequal-opportunity-and-whitewashed-resumes/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:06:38 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11969 Khalil Gibran Muhammad "Education is the key to success. Knowledge is power." Wise words repeated countless times to young people at home and in school every single day. But what should we say to them if one day their hard work meets empty promises, if their dreams are deferred, or their first paycheck of material reward is marked insufficient funds.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/unequal-opportunity-and-whitewashed-resumes/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/haiti-90999yele-501501-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-fretting-and-appreciate-social-networks/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/haiti-90999yele-501501-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-fretting-and-appreciate-social-networks/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:25:38 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11980 Jill Nelson The Haitian earthquake crisis will be remembered as the moment in which the technology and platforms that enable social networking were used and transformed by ordinary citizens—the period when Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other social networking sites became agents of change, and technology transcended commercialism, politics, personality, and trivia.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/haiti-90999yele-501501-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-fretting-and-appreciate-social-networks/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/08/27/fresh-food-for-all-emergency-food-organizations-and-the-food-justice-movement-in-nyc/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/08/27/fresh-food-for-all-emergency-food-organizations-and-the-food-justice-movement-in-nyc/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:57:36 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=10117 Chinyere Osuala Just Food, a non-profit organization that advocates a just and sustainable food system in New York City, hosted a site visit on Tuesday to the Farm at Miller’s Crossing in Hudson, N.Y. to bring staff, volunteers, and clients of inner-city emergency food organizations in touch with the farms that provide them with fresh fruits and vegetables, weekly, through Just Food’s Fresh Food For All Program.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/08/27/fresh-food-for-all-emergency-food-organizations-and-the-food-justice-movement-in-nyc/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/08/04/the-long-bitter-history-of-predatory-lending-against-african-americans/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/08/04/the-long-bitter-history-of-predatory-lending-against-african-americans/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:00:24 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=9623 Beryl Satter In the 1950s, speculators combed white neighborhoods, purchasing property from whites and then reselling them to blacks—at double to quadruple market value. Even worse, they sold these overpriced properties “on contract,” that is, on the installment plan. Black buyers made a down payment and were responsible for taxes, insurance, maintenance, and interest, but could lose the property if they missed even one payment. They were forced to accept such brutal terms, since in Chicago as nationally, most banks refused to loan to them; if they wanted to buy at all, they had to buy from speculators.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/08/04/the-long-bitter-history-of-predatory-lending-against-african-americans/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/07/17/john-payton-debates-patrick-buchanan-on-sotomayor-and-ricci/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/07/17/john-payton-debates-patrick-buchanan-on-sotomayor-and-ricci/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:23:57 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=9183 The Editors John Payton vigorously defended Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s fitness to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in a charged debate with conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan on the MSNBC program “Hardball with Chris Matthews.”]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/07/17/john-payton-debates-patrick-buchanan-on-sotomayor-and-ricci/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/07/16/obama-picks-ldf-deputy-to-head-equal-employment-opportunity-commission/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/07/16/obama-picks-ldf-deputy-to-head-equal-employment-opportunity-commission/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:11:22 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=9168 The Editors President Obama will nominate Jacqueline A. Berrien, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), to be the new Chair of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/07/16/obama-picks-ldf-deputy-to-head-equal-employment-opportunity-commission/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/29/supreme-court-decision-permits-more-aggressive-efforts-to-combat-predatory-lending/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/29/supreme-court-decision-permits-more-aggressive-efforts-to-combat-predatory-lending/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:50:17 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=8750 The Editors The U.S. Supreme Court today declared that the nation’s laws banning discrimination in lending can and should be enforced by all levels of government, not just federal agencies.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/06/29/supreme-court-decision-permits-more-aggressive-efforts-to-combat-predatory-lending/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/03/23/divided-we-stand-the-tale-of-ella-and-may-as-seen-from-the-32nd-floor/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/03/23/divided-we-stand-the-tale-of-ella-and-may-as-seen-from-the-32nd-floor/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:14:34 +0000 The Editors http://thedefendersonline.com/?p=4920 John Shearer Ella and May grew up worlds apart. Ella, 60 and single, spent her early years in Greenwich Connecticut and was a runner up in the Miss Black America beauty pageant. May, 40, started life on Chicago's South Side. Ella went to Smith College. May was a gang-banger who somehow managed to get by.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/03/23/divided-we-stand-the-tale-of-ella-and-may-as-seen-from-the-32nd-floor/feed/ 18