Desiree Evans

June 30, 2009 - In September 2007 more than 40,000 demonstrators descended on the small town of Jena, La.

June 26, 2009 - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour won't let calls from housing advocates and lawmakers deter his plans to divert $570 million of federal hurricane recovery funds from a housing program to the expansion of the Port of Gulfport.

June 26, 2009 - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers this week that it was time to close the gap in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine crimes, a disparity in sentencing that has had a large impact on the African-American community.

June 25, 2009 - Thousands of people rallied Thursday in Washington, D.C.

June 25, 2009 - In the daunting heat of Jackson, Miss. this past weekend, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference relaunched a national campaign to help the poor: a modern-day "Poor People's Campaign," an initiative first envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

June 24, 2009 - Conservatives and other opponents of the "public option" for health care say that it would hurt competition. But in fact, most health insurance markets fall under what the Department of Justice considers a "highly-concentrated market," or near-monopoly.

June 24, 2009 - A recent analysis by the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center found that in 2007 housing costs (for both renters and homeowners) in New Orleans was less affordable than the nation, with post-Katrina incomes not keeping pace with housing