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Recent political tensions between Russia and the former Soviet satellite nation of Georgia have sparked a crackdown on Georgians living in Russia. Georgians say they are being harassed by police, but Russian authorities claim they are preventing illegal immigration.

Since retiring from professional chess, former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov has turned his powers of strategic thinking to the game of politics, founding an umbrella group to promote free elections in his homeland. Kasparov says that politics in Russia, unlike the game of chess, has no rules.

Poster, The Departed For his latest film, Martin Scorsese not only abandons the mean streets of New York for Beantown but he also turns to a Hong Kong…

The Departed

With the arrival of fall, comfort food is in high demand. The restaurant critic for the "San Diego Union-Tribune" talks about some of the local offerings for ethnic comfort food. She recommends some

Networks are finding that a diverse cast can help broaden a television show's appeal, at least where one-hour dramas are concerned. Shows such as Lost and Grey's Anatomy, which feature characters of various ethnicities, can be seen as models of network diversity.

More than 4,500 freshman are attending UC San Diego this fall. That's an all-time high for the university. But something that's at an all-time low is the percentage of black students on campus. In fac

Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) talks about his plan for a decentralized Iraq, divided along ethnic and religious lines -- a Kurdish area to the north, and the rest divided between Shia and Sunni Muslims.

China is one of the world's fastest-growing economies, but Tibet remains one of its poorest spots. Beijing pumps billions of dollars into Tibet each year, an infusion that's partly intended to stabilize the Himalayan region.

Researchers discuss how Mexican-American history, immigration and the struggle for civil rights have shaped Chicano identity.