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Autism, like race, complicates almost everything

Autism, like race, complicates almost everything

Parenting any child requires getting comfortable with a degree of anxiety. But parenting an autistic child who is black carries a distinct set of challenges, says one mother.
by Alicia Montgomery

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How Rwanda's only ice cream shop challenges cultural taboos

How Rwanda's only ice cream shop challenges cultural taboos

Rwanda is a hot country, and people love dairy products. But the culture discourages public displays of need, including hunger. The women running the lone ice cream shop are trying to change that.
by Gregory Warner

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Garfield sees journalism near the rocks

Garfield sees journalism near the rocks

Now that everybody "has CBS in their pockets," there's no scarcity.

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Denied a stage, Marian Anderson sang for a nation

Denied a stage, Marian Anderson sang for a nation

Seventy-five years ago, on April 9, 1939, as Hitler's troops advanced in Europe and the Depression took its toll in the U.S., one of the most important musical events of the 20th century took place on the National Mall in Washington. There, just two performers, a singer and a pianist, made musical -- and social -- history.
by Susan Stamberg

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Tribal leaders gather to parse federal land settlement

Hundreds of land managers from more than 70 American Indian tribes across the country are in the Twin Cities this week to discuss implementing a landmark settlement with the federal government.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Supreme Court rejects appeal over gay bias case

The justices left in place a unanimous state Supreme Court ruling last year that said Elane Photography violated New Mexico's Human Rights Act by refusing to photograph the same-sex ceremony "in the same way as if it had refused to photograph a wedding between people of different races."
by The Associated Press

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Stereotypes of Appalachia obscure a diverse picture

Stereotypes of Appalachia obscure a diverse picture

Appalachia has become a familiar shorthand for rural, white Americans, typically in poverty. But in reality, the region has a rich ethnic history and a rapidly diversifying future.
by Sarah Baird

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California immigration holds drop

Far fewer immigrants arrested by California law enforcement are being turned over to federal authorities for deportation since a new state law went into effect in January.
by The Associated Press

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