The New York Times has an article about Illinois Senator Barack Obama titled A Biracial Candidate Walks His Own Fine Line.

Another New York Times article, Threat in Maine, the Whitest State, Shakes Local N.A.A.C.P. , talks about the whitest state in the country and how 75 year old Kendrick Sawyer threatened to shoot any and all black persons attending a NAACP meeting in Northern Maine.

And another New York Times article, In Kentucky’s Teeth, Toll of Poverty and Neglect, talks about how the state of Kentucky has the highest number of folks over the age of 65 without teeth.

Freedom of speech rules in this article, Public access, public hate, about racist and anti-Semitic rants on cable’s public access channels.

A Southern accent on day laborers talks about competition between black American and latino immigrant day laborers in Atlanta.

Hate crime charges have been rejected in the case involving a group of black youths who are charged with violently attacking two whites and a black bus driver on a Baltimore MTA bus earlier this month.

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about the HBO series The Wire.

Invisible Blogger talks about the late blogger Steve Gilliard.

The undocumented hesitate to enter a less-alluring U.S.

Defaults moving beyond sub-prime

Susan Taylor, longtime guiding force of Essence magazine, is leaving

Carnation suspects tell officers of victims’ frantic, final moments

For the right niche, blogs can be valuable tool for marketing

Missing woman says she wanted to start a new life in California

Checks On D.C. Workers Proposed

More Hoops for Borrowers

Pakistan at Standstill as Discord and Unrest Swell

Leggett: If council passes rent control, he’ll support it

Historically Black College Struggles Financially

`Gospel of Wealth’ Facing Scrutiny

U.S. Ruling Backs Benefit Cut at 65 in Retiree Plans

Harvard’s Aid to Middle Class Pressures Rivals

Who Invited the Dog?