From MSNBC.com: A black USDA official in Georgia has resigned after publicly admitting she didn’t help a white man trying to save his farm to the “full force” of her power and instead referred him to “one of his own.”

From BBC.co: Police in southern Russia are investigating allegations of animal cruelty after a donkey was made to parasail as part of an advertising stunt, Russian media report.

From BBC.co: A white baby girl with a mop of blonde hair and blue eyes has been born to black parents living in London. How is this possible?

For those who think Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s efforts to limit guns are a waste of time and a violation of people’s rights, consider the case of Micheal R. Bailey.

FROM WNYC.org: Swimming is a great form of exercise, a refreshing summer activity and an important life skill. Yet African American women seem to be…let’s say less than enthusiastic.

FROM BND.com: Pumping fists in the air and hoisting signs that read “Black Power” and “Justice for Anthony Hill,” a hundred or so demonstrators marched Saturday from a Newberry neighborhood park to the Newberry County Courthouse, rallying for a new day in race relations in this small town in central South Carolina.

FROM NYTimes.com: Ron Allen says he knows all too well the ravages of drug addiction.