September 28, 2009 -
On Sept. 20, 2009, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) -- a leader of the civilrights movement who helped found the Institute for Southern Studies,
September 25, 2009 -
By Mandy Van Deven, (reprinted from Wiretapmag.org
September 25, 2009 -
ACORN, a community-based advocacy group for low- and moderate-income families, has been in the news in recent weeks thanks to an undercover video in which two employees in the organization's Baltimore office appear to offer unethical advice on home loans, tax evasion and disguising identities of underaged sex workers to two conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.
September 25, 2009 -
By Marcelo Ballvé, New America Media
September 24, 2009 -
A new study uses post-Katrina data to examine the wide and stark disparities in the life expectancy, educational attainment, and incomes of African Americans and whites in Louisiana.