In the Sunday Post-Dispatch, we explore the state of race relations in America in light of the recent controversy surrounding the arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.

In one article, “Gates’ arrest sparks debate on perceived racial progress,” some…

Toward the end of his news conference yesterday, President Barack Obama was asked about the arrest of Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates in his home, after he was reported to police when neighbors apparently saw a man struggling to open the…

Henry Louis Gates Jr., a nationally known African-American scholar, was arrested in Cambridge after a woman called police to report that a man was trying to break into a house. The Boston Globe reports that Gates had trouble unlocking his door…

We’ve all heard or seen stories in the news about black kids causing disturbances in malls. Well, the following story presents another viewpoint– black kids who say they were unjustly harassed and threatened by a policeman in a local mall.

On…