As part of the city-wide “It’s My Park! Day" event on April 14, we are joining the Greenbelt Guardians to work on two of the Barton Creek trail...
read more
Location:
Austin, Texas
Don Cheadle's new film, Talk to Me, about Petey Greene forgets Greene's most important accomplishment: He was a community activist who railed against poverty and racism.
read more
Last week in Detroit, the NAACP held a mock funeral for the N-word. But a chilling case in Louisiana shows us how far we have to go to bury racism.
read more
Enjoy this story? Get our breaking politics news feed.President George W. Bush will be remembered fondly on his deathbed. Vice President Dick Cheney appeared to deliver that message on CNN's Larry King Live Tuesday night. When asked if he should take
read more
Already stung by a two-year rise in gasoline prices, American consumers now face sharply higher prices for foods they can't do without. At the same time, half of the nation's eligible poor aren't getting the food stamps to which they're entitled
read more
Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King loudly voiced the connection between the Vietnam War and poverty at home. Is John Edwards the next to take up their work?
read more
CNN reported on Friday that presidential non-candidate Fred Thompson "is making it very clear that he is in fact running" and that his appearance at the Iowa State Fair sends a "critical signal." Thompson told CNN correspondent John King, "We're goi
read more
With the rise of "reality" TV shows like "Meerkat Manor" and the explosion of animal documentaries such as "Arctic Circle," wildlife is finding new popularity in Hollywood -- but so is the dangerous idea that nature exists to entertain us.
read more