Human rights activist Van Jones on compassion and concern, and his efforts to reform the California Youth Authority.
4th of July 110 items | updated Nov 9 2009
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Ancestry.com reveals that Al Sharpton's great-grandfather was owned by the family of Strom Thurmond.
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English colonists didnt invent racism in the Americasgold-obsessed Spaniards had a head start of nearly a centurybut their early antipathy to Virginias Indian...
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Gold teeth, fronts, grills, or whatever you call them have been in style among black culture for decades. In Grill Business, Youth Radio's King Anyi contemplates...
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VC² producer Brock Williams explores a Muslim mosque in Missouri and finds out what it's like being a Muslim in the Midwest and what stereotypes have to be...
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In this installment of the Joe Gets Series, Joe immerses himself in the Civil War Reenactment scene and gets drafted by the union army.
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Sgt. Saunders tells us about the lightning-rod album that he cut while serving in Iraq.
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A former US Marine contributes his time and body to a male centerfold-style calendar to benefit injured service members and their families.
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Teenagers return to New Orleans with cameras in the aftermath of Katrina to see their homes.
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April 15, 2007 marked the 60th Anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson took the field for first time as a Brooklyn Dodger, effectively breaking Major League Baseballs...
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Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabekwe [Ojibwe], enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg) Winona LaDuke is a rural development economist who has spent many years...
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Anthea grew up in the city, but she is curious about her Navajo roots and seeing where she comes from. She takes a trip with her family back to her birthplace, the...
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Oren Lyons (Onondaga) Oren Lyons was born in 1930 and raised in the traditional lifeways of the Haudenosaunee on the Seneca and Onondaga reservations in northern New...
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A young man, half African, half white, examines his own conceptualization of race as he makes his way to view the remains of Rosa Parks in Detroit.
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When Carla Hitz' son went to war she founded OPERATION: We Love Our Soldiers, an organization that contributes support to soldiers and their families. This is...
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When Carla Hitz' son went to war she founded OPERATION: We Love Our Soldiers, an organization that contributes support to soldiers and their families. This is...
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Being English in America is a rather strange experience come July 4th. After all the whole union is busy inviting each other to barbecues, waving flags, setting off...
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Some eco-friendly fireworks may soon appear at a Fourth of July display or rock concert near you.
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Those seeking the oohs and aahs of traditional Fourth of July fireworks could be sadly disappointed this year: Public displays and sales of boxed firecrackers are...
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Current’s Pod Bless America Countdown profiles pods that best represent “Americana”…with a slice-of-life look at everything great across the...
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