“Direct action was the main tactic utilized and in a matter of days thousands of people were sitting-in, picketing and demonstrating at dozens of Woolworth’s and other stores with similar policies.” by Andy Piascik Fifty-two years ago this month, on February 1, 1960, four African-American students from North Carolina A and T University walked into the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro, sat... 

“It is that time is neutral. It can be used wither constructively or destructively.” from the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute  I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here this morning, to have the opportunity of standing in this very great and significant pulpit. And I do want to express my deep personal appreciation to Dean Sayre and all of the cathedral... 

Patrica Parachinni is a 18 year old student at Port Jervis High School. She enjoys many of the things that most high schoolers enjoy, with one exception. She’s a fan of the Cuban Revolution. This interesting political stance brought her into direct conflict with her art teacher and principal. Both said that displaying other students’ paintings was fine, but Patricia’s “went over the line.”... 

by Billy Wharton After an evening of pitched street battles between protesters and police, things are relatively calm in Pittsburgh on day two of the G20. A mass “People’s March” touched off without a hitch and thousands are now in the streets in opposition to the G20. A section of the Free Tibet movement, monks clad in their now familiar orange robes, lead the march. A stop downtown...