Search results for

University police today were investigating a report that a noose was placed on the campus of UCSD for the second time this year.

At the groundbreaking on the National Mall on Wednesday, President Obama said the newest Smithsonian museum has been "a long time coming" and will serve "not just as a record of tragedy, but as a celebration of life." The National Museum of African American History and Culture is expected to open in 2015.

What did Jesus look like? In their new book, The Color of Christ, Edward J. Blum and Paul Harvey explore how different groups have claimed Jesus as their own — and how depictions of Jesus have both inspired civil rights crusades, and been used to justify the violence of white supremacists.

Someone wrote a racial slur on an erasable slate on the door of a black student's dorm room at San Diego State University.

Critics contend the plate resurrects and legitimizes slavery. Supporters say they are simply trying to honor Confederate soldiers.

David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan leader, Louisiana state legislator and onetime presidential aspirant, shares thoughts on what an Obama administration would mean. "I don't think that he or McCain or even the political establishment of country defends the rights and heritage of European-Americans," Duke says.

A Q&A With Those In The Know

He's appeared in over 100 films and TV shows, but you still might not know his name. In his memoir, The Dangerous Animals Club, actor Stephen Tobolowsky talks about falling in love with comedy — and playing characters who are always on the story's fringes.

Cartoonist Art Spiegelman's epic Holocaust graphic novel, Maus, was published 25 years ago. Spiegelman's new book, MetaMaus, explores that signature work through interviews, answers to persistent questions and examples of his early drawings.

The Westboro Baptist Church has been vilified for protesting at the funerals of U.S. soldiers. Yet the FBI invited the group to speak to its agents as part of its counterterrorism training program, stirring controversy within the bureau.