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...gone once on a lark to see "that smart aleck nigger come out of jail," and the actual sight of King buffeted by a mob had angered her. Now Terry kept a few black friends in the Jobs Or Income Now group from uptown Chicago's poor white district, and she wowed movement crowds by asking where else a hillbilly housewife could trade ideas or jail cells with a Nobel prizewinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "I Have Seen The Promised Land" | 1/1/2006 | See Source »

...Breathtaking inanity" is how U.S. District Judge John Jones characterized the Dover, PA school board's attempt to cast doubt on the theory of evolution-but in fairness, the recently ousted members of that board were relative unsophisticates, snookered by the intellectual scam that calls itself "intelligent design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Darwin Victorious | 12/20/2005 | See Source »

Defendants Timothy J. Kelleher, 25, and Jose T. Sousa, 25, are slated to appear in court on Jan. 4 for a compliance and election hearing to decide whether they will be tried by a judge or jury, according to Middlesex District Attorney (DA) Spokeswoman Emily LaGrassa...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trial Commences In Campus Assault | 12/20/2005 | See Source »

...House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi can appoint people to high-level commissions and direct millions of federal dollars to her district. But the lawmaker from San Francisco can't pick her own car. For security reasons, congressional leaders are required to ride in vans or sport-utility vehicles driven by Capitol Hill police. Pelosi, worried about environmental impact, is no longer content to ride in a gas-guzzling black Chevy Suburban. "I want a hybrid," she told TIME last week. A few Governors and mayors have already switched to hybrid cars for their official use. But so far, Pelosi says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prius With Armor | 12/19/2005 | See Source »

Four years ago, when a group of Americans who had been injured in a terrorist bombing filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Islamic Republic of Iran for its role in the attack, the nation failed to show up for the trial.After being found liable for $71.5 million in compensatory damages, Iran failed to pay.So in an effort to procure some of the millions owed to them by Iran, the victims filed suit against a new target: Harvard University.The plaintiffs are attempting to take custody of a number of antiquities held in the University’s museums...

Author: By Nicholas M. Ciarelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bombing Victims Seek Iranian Artifacts From Harvard Museums | 12/19/2005 | See Source »

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