A pregnant mother’s wrenching decision

Nov. 8, 2012
When Lynette Bisconti learned she was pregnant, she was full of joy. But then, just a few short weeks later, she got news no parent wants to hear.

‘Never had black Marines, and we don’t want ‘em now’

Oct. 12, 2012
Chicago Marine says his unit made their Colonel eat those words, and overcoming discrimination in WWII taught him to be the best.

The horror of having a nun, who's your mentor, bail you out of jail

Oct. 5, 2012
'So who shows up to get me out of jail? You. (Laughter.) That was the worst day of my life.'

'Those old-school parents. They know how to do the discipline.'

Sep. 28, 2012
18-year-old cousins weigh in on love, their community and modern parents who try to be friends.

Baby diaries serve as loving and sarcastic glance at the past

Sep. 21, 2012
"I wanted it to be honest ... I didn’t want to be one of those parents that doesn’t see reality."

'They made him go to the back of the bus'

Sep. 12, 2012
Kelly Norman Ellis tells her 12-year-old daughter, Naomi Baskins, about the discrimination her soldier grandfather faced, and what Kelly's dreams are for her daughter.

Front-row seat to 1968

Sep. 7, 2012
A journalist who covered the 1968 convention and Rev. Martin Luther King says at first, he was reluctant to take part in the Civil Rights Movement.

'I'm a gay, Jewish, ginger, Irish dwarf with glasses'

Sep. 6, 2012
Ben Saylor says humor and pink hair are good defense mechanisms against rude stares.

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