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.

Louis Mitch ell expected a lot of change when he began taking injections of hormones eight years ago to transition from a female body to a male one. He anticipated that he’d grow a beard, which he ...

When we learned that the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day would be “Choose to Challenge”, we thought of the many women we know—brazen and brave and bold—who choose to challenge the ...

When Celeste Ng published the novel, there wasn't a Black Mia. “I didn’t feel like I was the right person to try to bring a Black woman’s experience to the page,” Ng said. Colorlines is the leading ...

We've seen interracial couples on television for decades but corporate companies have largely stayed away from including them in advertising.

Christamy Demory’s oldest daughter was born in a Maryland prison. Two days later, Demory gave her newborn to her mother while she completed her prison sentence. Photo by Joi Stokes Christamy Demory ...

The Michigan state prison system has banned Frantz Fanon’s seminal race theory book “Black Skin, White Masks” from its libraries. Here’s how legal experts and his daughter, Mireille Fanon-Mendès, are ...

Crucial health care services, such as sexual and reproductive health care, must remain accessible to all populations, especially in a pandemic. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on ...

Ava DuVernay's latest film "Selma" has earned plenty of praise for its portrayal of a seminal moment in the Civil Rights Movement, but it's also earned its share of criticism. That criticism has ...

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.

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.

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.