SAN FRANCISCO - Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her longtime partner in June on the first day that California's same-sex couples gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87.

In Slovakia, huge numbers of Romani children are inappropriately placed in "special schools" for children with mental disabilities, where they receive a substandard education, and have very limited opportunities for employment and further education. Indep

Joe Allen is the author of Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost and a Socialist Worker columnist. He answered our questions about what happened in Chicago and the impact it had on the struggle against war and oppression around the globe

A school for the poorest children of Pétion-Ville, Haiti is being threatened with closing by the town's mayor. The following report was published by the Haiti Information Project and is reprinted with permission.

By 2050, minorities will be the majority in America, and the number of residents older than 65 will more than double, according to projections released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

the history of disney cartoon characters was initiated when walter elias disney the showman of the century created his first cartoon character of mickey mouse in the year of 1927

Red Skelton's "Pledge of Allegiance" was first introduced on the Red Skelton Show on January 14, 1969. It has since been twice read into the congressional record of The United States and has received numerous awards.

Playing in the mud, every child's dream and every mother's nightmare came true this year in Westland, Michigan during the Mud Day celebrations.

The project would recognize such people as Crispus Attucks, the first patriot killed in the Boston Massacre, and James Lafayette, a Virginia slave who risked his life to spy on the British and was granted freedom in return

Tomkins, Australia's most successful rower, won Gold at Barcelona, Atlanta and Athens Olympics and Bronze at Sydney. He is highly respected by the younger members of the Australian team.