Hi Erin,
Welcome to the list. You asked:
> 
> I've tried  using a class like this one:
> 
> .current {
>   color: #fff;
>   background: #800000;
> }
> But because of inheritance or some reason, it's not showing up.  The  
> rest of the relevent CSS is below. Any ideas would be appreciated.

This seems to me to be a classic case of "specificity[1][2]". It's a 
situation I think we all get caught out by on a fairly frequent basis:

[1] <http://www.htmldog.com/ptg/archives/000103.php>
[2] 
<http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css_specificity_wars.html>

Cordially,
David
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David Hucklesby, on 2/18/2006
<http://www.hucklesby.com/>
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