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The nationwide movement might target Wall Street and financial institutions, but it's playing out on the streets of big cities across America. This presents particular challenges for mayors, who are struggling to strike a balance between civil rights and law and order.

The nationwide Occupy movement might be targeting Wall Street, but it's arguably municipal governments that have felt the biggest impact so far.

One decade ago, Brandi Chastain was showing her sports bra to 40 million TV viewers in the Women's World Cup Final. Today, women's professional soccer players are kicking off on Wednesday afternoons for crowds of 4,000. Why has the following for women's soccer decreased? We speak to Union-Tribune Sports Reporter Mark Zeigler about the rise and fall of women's soccer in the United States, and Cal Poly Pomona Sociology Professor Faye Wachs about what it means for female athletics in general.

Eliska and Welmon Barriere are among the roughly 6 million blacks who migrated north during the 20th century. They left New Orleans in 1962 for Milwaukee, where they raised a family. But they moved to Georgia in the 1990s, part of a trend of blacks going back to the South.

America is resembling California more and more. By mid-century there will be no racial majority in the U.S. and about 20% of Americans will be foreign-born. What will this mean for American culture? W

A greater percentage of Asian-Americans have remained unemployed for the long term than any other major minority group. One possible reason: In a downturn, Asians can lack the networks or language skills to find jobs outside their community or industry.

An assistant attorney general is taking a leave of absence and has been barred from the University of Michigan campus. Andrew Shirvell opposes the school's student body president for promoting what he calls a "radical homosexual agenda."

Binge drinking, fraternity hazings, sexual violence on campus. What in the world is going on with America's young men? Michael Kimmel's hypothesis is that the line between boys and men, child and ad

For many years, researchers assumed women who became lesbians in their 30s or later were simply repressed by society until they felt comfortable coming out. But one researcher suggests that's not entirely the case. Lisa Diamond says these women might have always had the capacity to become attracted to women, but might never have had a reason to act on it.

Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. We'll mark this historic day with local reaction to his inauguration.