A new AP-Yahoo poll suggests that Obama's race could cost him 2.5 percentage points - more than the final difference between the candidates in 2004. And it's not just Republicans.

Last Thursday, Sen. Barack Obama accepted the nomination of the Democratic party for President of the United States. His acceptance speech fell on the 45th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream" speech.

On the site newurbangeography.com, Thomas Tseng writes that millennials, the generation generally born between 1980 and 2000, will significantly alter not only the racial makeup of the U.S., but also will contribute to a broader and more inclusive idea of racial identity. Acording to recent figures from the 2008 Current Population Survey, 44 percent

The rise in hate crimes in Los Angeles County - up 28 percent in one year - was led by attacks between Latinos and blacks, according to a new report by the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission. Hate crimes against blacks, gays, Jews, Mexicans, whites and Asians all rose, even as violent crime in general was down. According to the

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