Disney uses black Princess Tiana character to sell watermelon candy
And not only was Princess Tiana used to sell the Valentine treat. Alongside her a white Sleeping Beauty is used to sell vanilla candy.
Big East, other conferences negatively affected by realignment
The landscape of collegiate athletics is changing, and nearly every school that participates in one of the six major conferences is being affected.
Portuguese government to unemployed: “There’s the door!”
Portugal's prime minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, of the right-wing Social Democratic Party, shocked many on Dec. 18.
"Cut from Plain Cloth, The 2011 Wisconsin Workers Protests"
As you turn the pages of this outstanding work, it is clear that it was complied with the same love, spirit, and determination that fueled the protests themselves.
Republicans and the corporate attack on science
Fedoroff and other scientists are positively amazed at the hostility towards scientific proposals put forth to solve many of the problems facing the world today.
“The New Jim Crow” is must-read for social justice movement
Much like James Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time" or Michael Harrington's "The Other America," Alexander's book is a wakeup call to this nation.
Van Halen's new pro-union 'Tattoo'
Classic rockers Van Halen are back with their first new studio album ("A Different Kind of Truth") in 14 years. And the album's lead single, "Tattoo," is a pretty important pro-union shout-out.
Santorum's pro-ignorance populism could doom America
Does Republican Rick Santorum want the American people to be as ill-informed and buffoonish as he acts? To make sure we are, he's willing to sacrifice our education and future job prospects
Bring the troops home from Afghanistan
The American people know that to stop the killing in Afghanistan there is only one option: get all the U.S. troops out of there.
Happy birthday, Marian Anderson! (with video)
Mariann Anderson, the great contralto, perhaps the most renowned of the 20th century, would have been 115 years old today.
