The nation's grim economy now has a rallying point: Employees at a window-and-door factory that went out of business have taken over the building in a siege that has come to symbolize the woes of the ordinary worker. ...more

December 9, 2008

Nooses, as in a hangman's halter, are making a comeback of sorts. ...more

February 24, 2008

If you drive six miles southwest of Anniston, Ala., you'll pass the spot where a bus was bombed in 1961 and the passengers - civil rights activists known as Freedom Riders - were beaten by a mob. ...more

February 17, 2008

In the tumultuous days following the 2000 presidential election, Democrats and civil rights activists descended on Florida, accusing the state of disenfranchising voters and failing to count every vote. They accused the Sunshine State of being just one step away from Jim Crow. ...more

January 27, 2008

A young black man imprisoned for having consensual oral sex with a teenage girl, who became an example of unequal justice for many, was released Friday after his conviction was overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court. ...more

October 27, 2007

A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate drew thousands to Louisiana for a civil rights demonstration is back in jail, but a prosecutor said Friday the sentence has nothing to do with the racially charged case. ...more

October 13, 2007

Intense pressure from then-Gov. Jeb Bush, civil rights activists and attorneys for a dead teen's parents did not influence the conclusions of the second autopsy on the boy, the doctor who performed it testified Friday. ...more

October 6, 2007