And voters, by about 10 points, think that Senator Obama has done a better job handling the racial issue than Senator Clinton.

NPR: Political Junkie: Three Weeks to Pennsylvania

But police said grooming was "not a racial issue", with Assistant Chief Constable Steve Heywood, of Greater Manchester Police, saying the case was about "adults preying on vulnerable young children".

BBC: Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra of the Muslim Council of Britain

The legal frameworks of the ethnic-racial issue in Brazil will be presented as well as the experiences with elaboration of pedagogical material about African and African-Brazilian History and Culture for teachers working in primary education.

UNESCO: International Seminar discusses Education on Ethnic-racial Relations | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

But I think, you know, "SNL" has had a blind spot on the issue of racial comedy and comedians for years.

NPR: Could The President's Week Get Any Worse?

Despite the fact that the charges against him were dropped Tuesday, Gates said he plans to use the attention and turn his intellectual heft and stature to the issue of racial profiling.

NPR: The Gates Case: Shocking, Yet Not Surprising

Let's hope the Justices seize this new opportunity to issue an unambiguous affirmation of the American principle of racial equality.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Racial Preferences Redux

The court struck down public school choice plans in Seattle, Washington, and Louisville, Kentucky, concluding they relied on an unconstitutional use of racial criteria, with the 5-4 vote reflecting the deep legal and social divide over the issue of race and education.

CNN: Divided court rejects school diversity plans