Proposed Miss. license plates honor KKK leader

You would think that in the deep south, antebellum slavery, the Jim Crow era and groups like the KKK would make people wince with embarrassment. That's true for some, but apparently not everyone.  Witness the new proposal to honor a KKK leader. Proponents of the plate say that Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a "non-violent" Klansman.

Jailed for parenting while black

The case of Kelly Williams-Bolar is finally getting national attention. The black single mom was jailed recently for "stealing an education" for her kids.

Survey: younger voters more ethnically and racially diverse

The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, the Tufts University project that tracks and analyzes the youth vote, and the Generational Alliance have analyzed how Americans under 29 voted in the recent election.

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