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Latino and African-American homeowners have a disproportionate share of foreclosures nationwide compared with their percentage of homeownership, according to a new study. The study, conducted by the Center for Responsible Lending, shows that Latinos in California are especially hard hit. Perhaps this is a type of discrimination that is simply an extension of the days […]

Many thought that Barack Obama’s election to the presidency would signal that racism was now largely left to America’s past. The Shirley Sherrod case makes palpably evident, however, a profound shift that has materialized in the politics of race in America since the 1980s.

A Black Gay Pride organizer was shot and killed early Wednesday, according to a report by WSB-TV. Durand Robinson, 50, of Decatur, an owner of the popular Traxx Atlanta club and promotion team, was shot after he got into an altercation with another person, the station reported.

A 7-year-old boy was mauled to death by four dogs at the home of a neighbor in Illinois, according to news reports.

A Saudi couple tortured their Sri Lankan maid after she complained of a too heavy workload by hammering 24 nails into her hands, legs and forehead, officials said on Thursday.

Nuggets shooting guard J.R. Smith was involved in an incident at the team’s practice facility on Aug. 13, when he allegedly attacked another player not associated with the Nuggets, AOL FanHouse reported.

The House campaign of Democrat Rick Waugh says an African American couple in Louisa, Virginia, found a plastic sign in their yard defaced last night. I’m no expert in handwriting, but it looks to me like whoever did this came very, very close to spelling their racist graffiti wrong. Anyone else think the second “G” […]

Michael Enright, is accused of attempted murder as a hate crime in the stabbing of Ahmed Sharif, a New York City taxi driver.

Des Moines police are investigating a string of attacks centered around the Iowa State Fair, and say they may be racially motivated.

A Queens man was sentenced to 37 months in prison Wednesday for his role in a counterfeiting scheme that included trafficking more than one million fake Trojan condoms.

An NYPD cop whose wife called 911 for help against a gang of thugs says he was brutally beaten by baton-wielding fellow officers who stormed his Queens home.

President Obama’s approval rating may be on the decline, but that hasn’t diminished his star power as fundraiser-in-chief. In fact, demand for the president has grown in what will be a contentious mid-term election, with Republicans planning to sweep Congress.