
President Obama will hold his first full-fledged press conference in more than eight months Wednesday, the White House announced.

The U.S. Supreme Court expressed its renewed interest in affirmative action by hearing arguments Wednesday in a University of Texas case involving a white female applicant named Abigail Fisher who says she was denied admission in 2008 because of a race-conscious policy.

James Meredith is a civil-rights icon who hates the term "civil rights."

With his upcoming appearance at Ho Chi Minh City as a backdrop, let's look at the origins of some of the anthems of Bob Dylan.