Roughly one-fourth of the nation's kindergartners are Hispanic, evidence of an accelerating trend that now will see minority children become the majority by 2023.Census data released Thursday also shows that Hi...

She had planned to visit the Medina in Fez, the souks in Marrakesh and the mosques in Casablanca. But the Moroccan vacation would have set Nancy Yale back $15,000 for her family of five. And after laying off a ...

Shawn Alexander can recognize the look immediately. It's one of surprise when a student enters his African-American studies class and finds, standing at the front, a white guy."Years ago, it happened more," sai...

What Caitlin wanted did not seem that hard. She had signed up for Facebook after she married, as Caitlin Shaw. Now, to make it easier for old friends to find her, she wanted to add her maiden name. Her maiden n...

When hard times reached the Schneider household in central Oregon, the longtime stay-at-home mom took action--getting a job at Subway to offset a drop in her husband's earnings. What she didn't do was also nota...

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John McCain took to the Senate floor Monday and talked about Twittering.For the increasingly popular networking tool, it was either a moment that marked the technology's full-bore entry into the cultural mainst...

Christian hipsters love breaking the taboos that used to be taboo for Christians. They love piercings, dressing a little goth, getting lots of tattoos, carrying flasks and smoking cloves... ...

SUPPLIES:Small lightweight ballChart paper or whiteboard Marker   THE GAME: Have the group circl up (sitting or standing). Toss the ball around (or across) the circle. When players catch the ball, they ...

Long associated with images of dorky vests and singalongs around the campfire, the 97-year-old Girl Scouts of the USA is trying to become cool. Or at least cooler.With enrollment dropping sharply, the organizat...