“Do you think the shooter is Arab?” My brother asked me when he called me to tell me what was happening at Fort Hood yesterday… more »

The BBC came calling for an interview and so the international media circus has began. As an international student at San Jose State University,… more »

You could kinda see it coming during the months of posturing in the media and studies and whatever… Today a judge ordered that the murder… more »

When the news hit that Rush Limbaugh would join a group to purchase the NFL’s St. Louis Rams a lightweight, modern day, slave rebellion was… more »

A rash of violent hate crimes in the New York area has put Latino immigrants and their advocates on edge. It’s a worrying trend, advocates… more »

YO! content producter Jazmyne Young, 20, discusses why race matters to her.

More than just an allegory about apartheid, I see District 9, the South African alien movie, as a deep meditation on difference. Aside from the… more »

Black people have more than enough logical, justifiable, and historical reason to be weary of the police, and to be critical of an institution that… more »

Judge Sonia Sotomayor embodies the rise of a new and increasingly influential player in American life: the ghetto nerd. If she’s confirmed by the U.S.… more »

We knew White Men Can’t Jump. Now it seems they can’t win Medals of Freedom either. Unless they are dead, gay or wheelchair bound.… more »

Yoblogger’s Erricka X and Jazmyne are back to share their thoughts on the latest headlines involving the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.… more »

Today the President invited Dr. Henry Louis Gates and Officer Crowley to the White House in an attempt to play peacemaker after the controversial arrest… more »

...or Obama can’t do anything about cops and black people. It’s been a trip watching the case of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates unfold. The esteemed… more »

Today federal agents raided the home of Dr. Conrad Murray the physician in charge of caring for Michael Jackson before the pop star… more »

Mike Vick, the maligned ex-quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, is free to play ball. He should come play in the Bay Area. No other region… more »