June 1, 2011 -
By Marian Wang, ProPublica After a fatal bus crash Tuesday in Virginia -- at least the fourth such commercial bus accident in three months -- federal regulators immediately issued an order to shut down the company that was responsible. Four people died in the accident and more than 50 were sent to the
May 31, 2011 -
Didn't catch all of Facing South's coverage
May 30, 2011 -
In 1865, formerly enslaved people in Charleston, South Carolina, held a procession to honor Union soldiers who had died in a local Confederate prison camp. Known as "Decoration Day," the ceremony foreshadowed what would become our modern Memorial Day.
May 26, 2011 -
The controversy began in December 2009, when Sue Sturgis received an automated call at her home asking questions about her views on education in Wake County, N.C., the site of bitter controversy over the school system's diversity policy.