There is a Michigan-connection in the Jackie Robinson story. The ally of the famous ballplayer who integrated the whites-only national past-time, Branch Rickey, had coached at the University of Michigan.

A hospital beleaguered by racial discrimination charges has gotten a case moved to federal court. Meanwhile, charges of racism were heard at a board meeting of Mott Community College in Flint.

Apparently, there not only 'crazy little women' in Kansas City. Crazy marauding teens are on the loose, too.

Oh dear, there goes the neighborhood in Westhampton Beach NY.

A radical transformation of African societies appears to be the goal of the African Union, in league with organizations such as Planned Parenthood.

"We see that in the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus didn't limit his ministry to the four walls of the church," Michell Obama said. "He was out there fighting injustice and speaking truth to power every single day."

A nine-month pregnant woman claims Officer Jerad Wheeler kicked her in the abdomen, later causing her to have an emergency C-section.

George Jewett was a pioneer, perhaps without knowing it, in 1890s Michigan. Resisting racism, he excelled on the playing field and life.

A Chinese diplomat, inspired by Christian teachings, defied his superiors to give visas to Jews who otherwise would have been exterminated.

George Zimmmerman listed himself as a Democrat and Hispanic American on his Florida voter registration. When his wife had been threatened by a dog, police told him to buy a firearm instead of pepper spray.

With the passage of HR 890, Holocaust survivors would be able to bring claims for insurance compensation that is currently denied.

Edwin Black, the author of 'War Against the Weak', provides new documents and evidence of America's eugenic genocide of so-called 'unfit' people such as blacks, native Americans, Mexicans, and disabled. North Carolina is now considering reparations.

Matthew Owens remains in critical condition following a beat-down by a mob of 20 adults and children in Mobile. Racist slurs were used, and reference made to the Trayvon Martin case.

Let's talk with one another like adults. Nothing that is done to George Zimmerman, justly or unjustly, will unlynch a single black man.

The United States, with help from wealthy individuals and foundations, launched upon a campaign of racial extermination that inspired the Nazis. Black offers shocking new evidence in the new edition of War Against the Weak.

The Culture Minister of Sweden, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, made waves when she was seen having fun by cutting into an elaborate cake made in the shape of a black woman.

The GOP has failed to garner support from minorities and immigrants. That spells trouble for Mitt Romney and other Republicans.

In observance of Holocaust Day, Yom HaShoah, bestselling author Edwin Black will address Catholic and Lutheran students, business students at University of Regina, and at Beth Jacob Synagogue on the role of IBM in facilitating the Nazi death machine.

Congressman West of Florida said that up to 80 members of the House of Representatives are Communists.

James Cooper and James Kouzaris of the UK were murdered in cold blood by black teen Shawn Tyson in 2011. No statement from the White House or response to their parents' letters as the murdered gets a life sentence.

The normal brief for controversy is to keep silent. George Martin, however, now must explain his version of the events that led to the death of teenaged Trayvon Martin.

A parent's nightmare: losing a child to violence, becomes the focus of a national debate on race and the reopening of wounds.

The filmmakers deserve some credit, too, for bravely insisting on the relevance of bravery.