Why is Feb. 1 designated as National Freedom Day?
The story of this unknown holiday begins with a bit of presidential trivia but soon turns into a fascinating tale about a most extraordinary slave-turned-citizen.
Street People
What does Martin Luther King's memory mean to you? "His memory means freedom of expression and equal rights, and although we don't have much Afro-American ethnicity in our valley, it makes you realize what one man can make possible.
Sonya Clark weaves history and culture
Sonya Clark weaves history and culture San Antonio Express-News Copyright 2012 San Antonio Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 01:08Â p.m., Friday, January 20, 2012 Growing up in Washington, D.C., Sonya Clark lived across the street from the home of the ambassador of Dahomey, a small sliver of a West African ...
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes On New Newt Clip: ‘So Racist It Makes Me Want To Curse On-Air’
GOP presidential Lazarus Newt Gingrich has been riding high on the strength of his Birth of Newt Nation moment at Monday's Fox News debate. On Saturday morning's Up with Chris Hayes , host Chris Hayes revealed yet another clip of Gingrich exploiting his knack with racially resentful conservatives , a clip that Hayes said "is so racist, it makes me want to curse on air."
5 places in the West that evoke Brazil
With the soccer World Cup and the Summer Olympics on Brazil's horizon - and Carnaval right around the corner - the global profile of South America's largest country is on the rise. Sadly, most of our pop culture...
Africa: New AU Headquarters - a Tribute to China-Africa Relations
[Fahamu] Which other friend of Africa would be willing to fund, design, build and maintain a new $200 million AU headquarters in the middle of a global financial crisis?
Flint's first female pro basketball player Linnell Jones-McKenney now blazes a trail in the community
Jones-McKenney is Flint’s first female basketball player to ever compete professionally, but her purpose now is to inspire the people in her community to “dream big.â€
Man Stabbed While Defending Family
Family members are helping raise money for a Flagstaff man stabbed nearly a dozen times by an intruder in his home, while trying to protect his wife and baby girl.
George Stephanopoulos Jokes That Mitt Romney’s ‘Contraceptions Are Working Just Fine’ Line Was The Result Of A Bet ...
On last night's Colbert Report , Stephen Colbert got George Stephanopoulos to open up about how he got Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney to say that states have the constitutional right to outlaw contraceptives during Saturday night's debate.