Black History Month: Happy birthday Nina Simone
Legendary artist and civil rights activist Nina Simone was born 79 years ago today, Feb. 21, in Tryon, North Carolina.
Today is 75th anniversary of Rep. Barbara Jordan's birth (with video)
The daughter of a minister and domestic worker, Barbara Jordan was the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate and the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the deep South.
Over 300 pack White House Hispanic Summit in Ohio
The all-day event brought 18 representatives from nine federal departments for round-table discussions on many questions including immigration, jobs, education and entrepreneurship.
Parents, community occupy Chicago school, demand to be heard
The occupiers were dramatizing their frustration with plans by the Chicago Public Schools to close the school and reopen it as a charter.
Arizona, again and again!
The Arizona House approved Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's plan to take away civil service protections from state workers.
Fired warehouse workers hold Walmart accountable
On Feb. 17, with the support of community and business leaders, they gathered in front of a Walmart Express store and fought back.
Republican “Mad Men” infuriate women yet again
Foster Friess, the billionaire backer of Rick Santorum's campaign, stunned MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell yesterday.
According to this minister, Jesus was a commie
Sound provocative? According to the Rev. Tim Yeager it's not: "I've been saying that for years."
600 percent increase in racial stop-and-frisk policing in NY
Over 684.000 people were subjected to the New York Police Department's aggressive tactics in 2011, a 14 percent increase over the previous year.
Private prison proposal defeated in Florida
Breaking ranks with their GOP leadership, 10 Republican state senators voted with Democrats to defeat prison privatizing SB 2038.
