Americans shamefully imagine that spending a life sentence in solitary confinement could only happen in faraway countries. But two men in Louisiana's Angola prison know otherwise.
Beacons of hope do exist in big-media dominated commercial radio. Dozens of independent and small-network stations are regularly whipping Clear Channel rivals in their markets.
Today John Trudell acts in movies and makes albums -- but the FBI once considered the American Indian activist one of the most dangerous social agitators in America.
Hate those new plastic wine corks? So do many environmentalists, who say that eco-friendly cork farming is under attack from the plastic industry, supermarket chains and the likes of Bill Gates.
With Valentine's Day coming up, the chocolate industry has agreed to fight child slavery on African cocoa farms. Does it mean business, or is Big Chocolate just sweetening its image?
