The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids decision not to drink alcohol.

But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nations history.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.

The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids decision not to drink alcohol.

African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.

NoH8 on the Hill, NoH8 anywhere. No American, regardless of who they love, should be denied equal protection under the law. History is on our side and our march towards justice will prevail.

As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.