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Marching for a cause or marching just to celebrate?

by Wanda Clay
Published: January 20, 2012

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On January16th people across the nation walked (marched) in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in observance of his birthday. This birthday celebration brought people together as they walked to a common destination. For Nashville, the destination was the Gentry Complex on the campus of Tennessee...Read More


State of the Dream 2012: The Emerging Majority

Published: January 20, 2012

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In 2042, thirty years from now, people of color will collectively represent the majority of the U.S. population. If we continue along the governing path of the last thirty years, the economic divide between races will remain and, in many regards, will be considerably worse, according to information related to the STATE OF THE DREAM 2012: THE EMERGING MAJORITY, a report released annually...Read More


A look back at NASA in 2011, part IV

by Cass Teague
Published: January 20, 2012

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Welcome to part four of our NASA Year in Review series. We conclude with a look at NASA’s off-world unmanned space exploration.

NASA missions continued their groundbreaking research on the ‘red planet’ to help lay the foundation for future human missions to Mars. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed possible flowing water during the planet's warmest months, the closest scientists have come to finding evidence of liquid water on the planet's surface.

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity rover found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water, near the rim of Endeavour crater. NASA's...Read More