Superman's Past, Future Takes Comic-Con Spotlight - NYTimes.com

Superman's Past, Future Takes Comic-Con Spotlight - NYTimes.com:

 "SAN DIEGO — Superman is among comics' most recognizable characters, and 75 years after Cleveland teenagers Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster's Kryptonian made his debut in the pages of Action Comics No. 1, his popularity remains stratospheric.

At Comic-Con International this week, Superman's presence could be seen everywhere — from attendees wearing incarnations of his many costumes to scenes from the television serials, cartoons and films, and even in comic books.

DC Entertainment co-publishers say that it's hard to find another character that is 75 and still plowing forward with new comics, big summer films and animation on television, too."

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Demonstrations Across the Country Commemorate Trayvon Martin - NYTimes.com

Demonstrations Across the Country Commemorate Trayvon Martin - NYTimes.com:

"Thousands of demonstrators gathered in dozens of cities on Saturday to commemorate Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager shot to death in a confrontation with a neighborhood watch volunteer early last year, and to add their voices to a debate on race that his death has set off."

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Pope, in an Angered Brazil, to Focus on Social Justice - NYTimes.com

Pope, in an Angered Brazil, to Focus on Social Justice - NYTimes.com:

"Barely a month after becoming pope, Francis took a symbolically important step that liberation theologians here and elsewhere in Latin America interpreted as a peace offering. The beatification of Bishop Óscar Romero, a Salvadoran who was killed by a right-wing death squad in 1980 and is considered a martyr by many disciples of liberation theology, had been frozen since 2005, the year Benedict assumed the papacy, but Francis almost immediately ordered it reopened."

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Pope, in an Angered Brazil, to Focus on Social Justice - NYTimes.com

Pope, in an Angered Brazil, to Focus on Social Justice - NYTimes.com:

"RIO DE JANEIRO — A month ago, hundreds of thousands of young people took to the streets of Brazil to protest corruption, wasteful government spending, bad schools and hospitals, police brutality, and other abuses of power. On Monday, Pope Francis, in his first venture abroad, will dive into the middle of that ferment when he begins a weeklong visit to the world’s largest Roman Catholic country."

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Being Legal Doesn’t End Poverty - NYTimes.com

Being Legal Doesn’t End Poverty - NYTimes.com:

 "LOS ANGELES — THOSE pressing for change in the country’s immigration system like to say that creating a path to citizenship will bring the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants “out of the shadows.” It is taken as a given that legal status will help them climb the economic ladder."

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50 Years of Tough Questions And ‘Thank You, Mr. President’ - NYTimes.com

50 Years of Tough Questions And ‘Thank You, Mr. President’ - NYTimes.com:

 "WASHINGTON — Helen Thomas, whose keen curiosity, unquenchable drive and celebrated constancy made her a trailblazing White House correspondent in a press corps dominated by men and later the dean of the White House briefing room, died Saturday at home in Washington. She was 92."

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Ex-Goldman Director Gupta Paying $13.9M Civil Fine - NYTimes.com

Ex-Goldman Director Gupta Paying $13.9M Civil Fine - NYTimes.com:

"WASHINGTON — The former Goldman Sachs board member convicted of insider trading is paying $13.9 million to settle related civil charges of feeding inside information to his friend, a billionaire hedge fund boss."

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