Guess what? Most immigrants aren’t coming from Latin America anymore. Read the related story at The Washington Post.
Gabriel Arana
Journalist, Editor
What does the undocumented population look like?
Black Soap: Maybe Some of These Tea Party Groups Deserved Extra Scrutiny
True the Vote, which Colorlines reported extensively on last year, was engaged in plenty of work around elections and campaigns, and virtually all of the groups included in their network happen to be “tea party,” “patriot” and “9/12” groups — all conservative organizations that work both…
It’s a much more complex world than it seems. And it always was. People are like: ‘Well, you know what black people are like.’ You don’t know what black people are like. Or what white people are like. You have to take people one at a time. And Easy [Rawlins], because he’s a detective, literally has to do that because otherwise he’s never going to understand what’s going on. He can’t prejudge because he is trying to find out what happened. Whenever you write about a detective, that’s how it is.
It’s only worth being the first woman anything if at the point you stop being executive editor there are other women, hopefully lots of them, who are plausible candidates to be the second.
Black Versus: What Kind of Animal Shoots Up a Mother's Day Parade?
I looked at “Big Red” Deb laid out in the hospital, tubes running out of her, blood running out of her, but saw a strong soul running within her. She was sedate, resting, not in peace, but in the unsettled and medicated calm that comes after violence. Her close friends gathered around her bed,…
— Brentin Mock
Some Job News
Dear friends and colleagues,
Starting on Monday, May 12, I will be transferring positions at The American Prospect. My illustrious colleague Clare Malone will be taking over as web editor, and I will assume the position of senior editor, a post that involves more writing.
Albeit with less frequency, I’ll still be editing for the web, so feel free to continue to pitch me. But Clare’s the big cheese now, so ultimately all assignments will go through her. Here’s her e-mail: cmalone@prospect.org.
The past three years have been challenging and incredibly rewarding. When I first joined the web team as an editor, I remember going to my colleague, then-Deputy Editor Ann Friedman and asking her: “How do you learn how to edit?” She told me that I’d learn by doing and by being edited. It wasn’t exactly the answer I was looking for—I was hoping she’d refer me to some book or accelerated crash course—but she couldn’t have been more right: Each writer I’ve worked with and each piece we’ve collaborated on has taught me something about myself as an editor, and this continues to be the case.
No less important has been the experience of being on the other side of the divide; not only have Ann Friedman, Dana Goldstein, Alexandra Gutierrez, Kit Rachlis, Bob Moser, Monica Potts, Christen Aragoni, and Jaime Fuller managed to stop me from embarrassing myself—at least too badly—by example they’ve helped teach me what a good editor is.
I look forward to continue working with and learning from you all in my new role.
Gabe
Probably dumb to take photos while biking, but I liked the view.
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