All this month we will see thousands of college students — from coast to coast, north to south, east to west — jumping up and down, yelling, screaming, pumping fists, sleeping outside in tents and painting their faces. This is all a result of the usual frenzy surrounding March Madness.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine today released the following statement in commemoration of the 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday:

In the centuries since African Americans first arrived on our shores, they have known the bitterness of slavery and oppression, the hope of progress, and the triumph of the American Dream. African American history is an essential thread of the American narrative that traces our Nation’s enduring struggle to perfect itself.

The mid-term elections of 2006 was a major turning point in the American political landscape as the democrats reclaimed the reins of being the majority party in Congress for the first time in over a decade.

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hey, folks. A year ago when President Obama established the Middle Class Task Force and asked me to chair it — and I might add, we were only in office I think two days, Melody, when he set up this Middle Class Task Force — because as we campaigned around the country, he made it clear that we were going to be sure that as we grew this economy, the middle class was not left behind as they had been the previous 10 to 12 years. And as we move from recession to recovery, our focus is the middle class.

With the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service just days away, the Corporation for National and Community Service is urging Americans to honor Dr. King’s memory and further his legacy by joining in service projects in their communities on the January 18 King Holiday.

In the first part of the momentous speech he gave at the Lincoln Memorial, the part school children don’t memorize and pundits never quote, Martin Luther King Jr. reminded a watching world that in writing the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

The 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition of Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm is set to release on January 20, 2010. The release comes just in time for Black History Month, Women’s History Month, and the Anniversary of Barack Obama’s Inauguration.

Pvt. Joseph Foster was filling out routine paperwork for his upcoming deployment to Afghanistan on Thursday when he heard a shout quickly followed by a burst of gunfire from just a few feet away.

Rush Limbaugh stood a better chance of suiting up in an NFL game than he did of ever stepping foot in an owners suite as a limited partner in any ownership group.

Why did the Nobel Committee give Barack Obama the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in his first year in office? Were committee members just expressing their relief at the departure of the bellicose policies of George Bush?

President Barack Obama expressed satisfaction Tuesday with the Senate Finance Committee’s passage of a health care bill, but said more work remains.