David A. Bositis is a senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a think tank in Washington, D.C., that focuses on public policy issues of concern to African-Americans. He runs the center’s National Opinion Poll, which samples African-Americans as well as the general population. He is a source for statistics […]

Joseph Martin, a Menominee, was president of the National Native American Bar Association in 2005.

Mechel “Mickey” Paggi directs the Center for Agricultural Business at California State University, Fresno.

A story on President Bush’s proposal of $1.9 billion in aid to students affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Buffy Sainte-Marie, who is Cree, is a singer, composer, artist and educator. She founded and operates the Nihewan Foundation for Native American Education.

This book provides the top 1,300 words for understanding media Arabic.  This guide can help journalists who are covering topics of Islam.

Bill Bigelow, along with Bob Peterson, is editor of Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years (Rethinking Schools, 1998). Bigelow works for Rethinking Schools magazine and teaches a class at Franklin High School in Portland, Ore. He is the curriculum editor of Rethinking Schools and the co-director of the Zinn Education Project.

Mike L. Graham, who is Cherokee, is founder of United Native America, which is working to abolish Columbus Day and create a federal national holiday for Native Americans. The online holiday petition which he started has more than 63,000 signatures.

Read an Oct. 10, 2005, Democracy Now transcript about activism for Indigenous Peoples Day.