Your selectors are wrong. You aren't using descendent selectors for .article. You are saying .hm #news_snip .date has the color green AND ALSO .article has the color green, because of the comma. That means you have two declarations for .article, and the second one is over-riding the first.
In your second example, notice the lack of a comma. > .hm #events_snip .date, .article { color: red; } > .hm #news_snip .date, .article { color: green; } > > > .hm #events_snip .article { color: yellow; } > .hm #news_snip .date, .article { color: green; } ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/