The Newswire – list latest article from each of the 11 categories on home page

We’d like to have the articles on the homepage of pwpp.org sorted by categories listed alphabetically, and keep everything else the same. In other words, instead of the latest post showing from top to bottom, regardless of category, a post in category “Democracy” would always be first, followed by a post in “Education”, etc., and no repeats one after the other (2 Educations in a row, etc.), so that all categories are represented on the home page. Posts would still be latest, only organized per above.

It seems as though index.php is the place to tweak, and possibly a nested loop, but I do need a hand with this one.

index.php code below

<?php get_header(); ?>

    <div id="content" class="clearfix">
    	<div id="slide-wrap">
        	<?php
                $args = array(
                    'posts_per_page' => 10,
					'post_status' => 'publish',
                    'post__in' => get_option("sticky_posts")
                );
                $fPosts = new WP_Query( $args );
				$countPosts = $fPosts->found_posts;
              ?>

			<?php if ( $fPosts->have_posts() ) : ?>

            <div id="load-cycle"></div>
              <div class="cycle-slideshow" <?php
				  	if ( get_theme_mod('newswire_slider_effect') ) {
						echo 'data-cycle-fx="' . wp_kses_post( get_theme_mod('newswire_slider_effect') ) . '" data-cycle-tile-count="10"';
					} else {
						echo 'data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz"';
					}
				  ?> data-cycle-slides="> div.slides" <?php
                  	if ( get_theme_mod('newswire_slider_timeout') ) {
						$slider_timeout = wp_kses_post( get_theme_mod('newswire_slider_timeout') );
						echo 'data-cycle-timeout="' . $slider_timeout . '000"';
					} else {
						echo 'data-cycle-timeout="5000"';
					}
				  ?>>

            <div class="cycle-pager"></div>
            <?php while ( $fPosts->have_posts() ) : $fPosts->the_post();  ?>

			<div class="slides">
            <h2 class="slide-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'newswire' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
              <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('post-theme'); ?>>
                 <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail()) : ?>
                    <div class="slide-thumb"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( array(1000, 640) ); ?></a></div>
                 <?php else : ?>

                    <?php $postimgs =& get_children( array( 'post_parent' => $post->ID, 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'orderby' => 'menu_order', 'order' => 'ASC' ) );
                    if ( !empty($postimgs) ) :
                        $firstimg = array_shift( $postimgs );
                        $my_image = wp_get_attachment_image( $firstimg->ID, array( 1000, 640 ), false );
                    ?>
                    <div class="slide-thumb"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php echo $my_image; ?></a></div>

                    <?php else : ?>

                    <div class="slide-noimg">
                    	<div class="slide-noimg-copy">
							<?php echo newswire_excerpt(30); ?><br /><br />
                            <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php _e('Continue Reading &rarr;', 'newswire'); ?></a>
                        </div>
                    </div>

                   <?php endif; ?>

                 <?php endif; ?>
              </div>
            </div>

 			<?php endwhile; ?>

            </div>
            <?php endif; ?> 

            </div>

        <div id="main" class="col620 clearfix" role="main">

			<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

            <h2 class="heading-latest"><?php _e('News for a Culture of Peace', 'newswire'); ?></h2>

                <div id="grid-wrap" class="clearfix">

				<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
				<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

					<div class="grid-box">
					<?php
						/* Include the Post-Format-specific template for the content.
						 * If you want to overload this in a child theme then include a file
						 * called content-___.php (where ___ is the Post Format name) and that will be used instead.
						 */
						get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
					?>
                    </div>

				<?php endwhile; ?>

                </div>

				<?php if (function_exists("newswire_pagination")) {
							newswire_pagination();
				} elseif (function_exists("newswire_content_nav")) {
							newswire_content_nav( 'nav-below' );
				}?>

			<?php else : ?>

				<article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
					<header class="entry-header">
						<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e( 'Nothing Found', 'newswire' ); ?></h1>
					</header><!-- .entry-header -->

					<div class="entry-content post-content">
						<p><?php _e( 'It seems we can&rsquo;t find what you&rsquo;re looking for. Perhaps searching can help.', 'newswire' ); ?></p>
						<?php get_search_form(); ?>
					</div><!-- .entry-content -->
				</article><!-- #post-0 -->

			<?php endif; ?>

        </div> <!-- end #main -->

        <?php get_sidebar('home'); ?>

    </div> <!-- end #content -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>