January 16, 2009 -
Thursday would have been the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 80th birthday, coming only a few days before the election of the nation's first black president. Indeed, the events of this past year are a testament to how far we've come in terms of racial relations in the United States.
January 16, 2009 -
Yesterday at midnight, Bank of America announced it had finalized a $20 billion infusion of federal cash, largely to cover expected losses from the Charlotte-based bank's takeover of floundering Merr
January 15, 2009 -
A coalition of human rights groups is calling the Bush administration's report submitted yesterday to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination grossly inadequate and full of omissions. In a press statement the coalition of groups stated:
January 14, 2009 -
A federal judge has ordered the Tennessee Valley Authority to clean up pollution from four coal-fired power plan