Smugglers sexually assaulted immigrants, officials say. One of the 60 immigrants found at a South L.A. drop house told authorities she had been impregnated by her attacker. Agents seek evidence tying it to a human-smuggling ring busted in February.

Desmond Tutu on the difference between South Africa and America: “Unlike in South Africa’s apartheid era, he said, where blacks were treated as ‘nothing,’ in America, ‘You say to them, ‘You’re equal, and the sky’s the limit.’ And they keep bumping their heads against this thing that’s stopping them from reaching out to the stars.’” And that thing might be...?

Deadly mob beating unnerves Cleveland neighborhood. 15 gang members beat black man to death.

President Bush’s Spiritual Advisor happens to be a black Methodist minister, Kirbyjohn Caldwell, who has endorsed Barack Obama. However…

Gandhi was anti-black, charges new biography. He thought the Europeans in South Africa were trying to reduce the Indians to the status of the natives “...whose occupation is hunting, and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with and, then, pass his life of indolence and nakedness.”

Malawi set to approve Madonna adoption: official. Another ill-advised cross-cultural adoption by a celebrity.

Assaults on Teachers: Not Just for Crackers Anymore.

Locke High School in South Los Angeles locked down after huge Latino vs. Black brawl. “‘How do you build anything here when something happens and adds to the negativity?’ asked band leader Smith.” My question precisely.

Strong poll gains for Sweden Democrats. The Swedish population’s support for the far-right Sweden Democrats has gained the crucial mass necessary to enter parliament. 

N.J. Vice Principal Makes Students Eat On Floor: Black School Official Punished 15 Hispanic Elementary School Students For Behavioral Problems. People keep bringing up race. Why is that?

Idaho (Latino) student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash, two different stories of the event emerge.

Editorial: Racial boxes don’t tell the Will C. Wood story. In order to meet No Child Left Behind goals, a school has its mixed race children switch their racial designation from African-American to White or American Indian.