CSU Channel Islands (CI) will host the Fifth Annual Conference for Social Justice in Education, Saturday, April 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ...

Are you interested in helping fellow Veterans overcome mental health challenges? The Department of Veterans Affairs is hiring hundreds of Peer Support Specialists and Peer Support Apprentices to assist Veterans recovering from mental health issues - including depression and PTSD. ...

A group of high school students in Wilcox County High School, GA., are taking a stand against their school’s practice of holding racially-segregated proms by organizing the first-ever integrated prom in the school’s history. ...

Dr. Ben Carson, a black Johns Hopkins University neurosurgeon and conservative favorite after challenging President Barack Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast, said on "The Mark Levin Show" that white liberals are "racist." ...

On March 22 after a 36-year career with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, former Police Chief Nathan Harper was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts for conspiracy, theft of public funds and tax evasion. ...

A Fox News contributor recently said United States programs, such as welfare and food stamps, can make poverty start to feel "a little comfortable." ...

Elwin Wilson, the former Ku Klux Klan supporter who publicly apologized for years of violent racism, including the beating of a black Freedom Rider who went on to become a Georgia congressman, has died. ...

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) hosted a comprehensive immigration reform forum at St. Elizabeth’s High School in Oakland, Calif. ...

Assemblymember Cheryl R. Brown (D-San Bernardino) has been appointed by Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) to chair the Assembly Select Committee on Small Business Financing and Development Opportunities for the 2013-2014 session. ...

Assemblymember Das Williams’ voter registration bill won support in the Assembly Elections & Redistricting Committee and will now go to the full Assembly for a vote later this year. ...