Rinku Sen

Making It Count: Next Steps for the Minority Majority

Minorities around the country stood strong in the face of efforts to suppress their votes. Now that the election is over, what will happen to that energy and force?

By: Rinku Sen ,; Yes!Magazine

November 9, 2012

Op-Ed

Immigrants Are Losing the Policy Fight, but That’s Beside the Point

"The immigrant rights movement, for all its vibrancy and depth, has been losing the policy fight," says Colorlines reporter Rinku Sen.

By: Rinku Sen ,; Colorlines

September 20, 2012

News Analysis

What Fires Young Progressives’ Activism? A New Study Asks Them

While they have many critiques of themselves and others, our participants exhibited an optimism and steadfastness that made me feel the same.

By: Rinku Sen ,; Colorlines

May 25, 2012

Op-Ed

The Arc Is Bending Toward Justice. But That Doesn’t Make Our Work Easier

As 2011 ends, the arc of the moral universe appears to be bending in the direction of justice. Developments in immigration, criminal justice and labor policy point to shifts …

By: Rinku Sen ,; Colorlines.com

January 3, 2012

Op-Ed

Making Room for Racial Justice in the People Power Exploding Around Us

Over the last few weeks I see a certain poetry in two movements that have emerged: one to save Troy Davis, and end the death penalty. And another to …

By: Rinku Sen ,; ColorLines

October 7, 2011

News Analysis

Wal-Mart Gets a Free Pass for Bias From the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court issued its decision in the Dukes v. Wal-Mart sex discrimination case yesterday, a frustrating ruling that doesn’t challenge the existence of bias, but that exempts the …

By: Rinku Sen ,; ColorLines

June 23, 2011

The Most Racist Campaign in Decades, and What It Demands of Us

If the election of 2008 was a referendum on race, the midterms are feeling like a recount. The dominant political discourse of 2008 centered on an improbable question: Could …

By: Rinku Sen ,; ColorLines|Op-Ed

October 29, 2010

How Breitbart Won and Why We Must Rethink “Racism“

We've trod a familiar path in the past week. It started with credulous acceptance of Andrew Breitbart's latest round of lies, moved to the subsequent debate about who's a …

By: Rinku Sen ,; ColorLines

July 25, 2010

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