Pro Bono Blowup

Big law firms are donating their legal expertise to help the less fortunate–the City of New York, that is, as it fights high-stakes civil rights lawsuits.

Invisible Men

Meet the people who put the “affordable” in affordable housing: freelance construction workers, working for low wages and no benefits–and sometimes for nonprofit groups officially committed to fighting poverty.

Leave Home Without It

With no explanation, American Express has been canceling the credit cards of Pakistani immigrants. A community under siege wonders whether its financial freedom will be next to go.

The Moving Spirit

Two Christian congregations that embrace gays and lesbians provide safe places of worship. As AIDS tears through communities of color, they are also a model for where the black church must go next.