Comcast and NBC Universal are trying to convince the nation's leading Latino civil rights groups that their proposed merger would benefit the Latino community. But according to the commentator, consolidation erodes opportunities for Latinos in the media.

Comcast and NBC Universal are trying to convince the nation's leading Latino civil rights groups that their proposed merger would benefit the Latino community. But according to the commentator, consolidation erodes opportunities for Latinos in the media.

Inter-ethnic tension between the Black and Asian communities has risen to the forefront of blogosphere discussion in the last couple of weeks, following several reports of violence between the two groups.

Inter-ethnic tension between the Black and Asian communities has risen to the forefront of blogosphere discussion in the last couple of weeks, following several reports of violence between the two groups.

Stephen Franklin is the ethnic news director for the Community Media Workshop in Chicago. He's also a long time journalist who has spent a long time in the Middle East. He talks about the dangers faced by Arab bloggers.

Stephen Franklin is the ethnic news director for the Community Media Workshop in Chicago. He's also a long time journalist who has spent a long time in the Middle East. He talks about the dangers faced by Arab bloggers.

Three separate attacks on Asian Americans by Black teenagers in the San Francisco neighborhood of Bayview-Hunters Point have some speculating that the incidents are a sign of escalating racial tensions. But one young man who was taught by his peers to rob Asians and Latinos says the crimes aren't about race at all.

Three separate attacks on Asian Americans by Black teenagers in the San Francisco neighborhood of Bayview-Hunters Point have some speculating that the incidents are a sign of escalating racial tensions. But one young man who was taught by his peers to rob Asians and Latinos says the crimes aren't about race at all.

By convening the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (CMPCC), Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, has established himself as the leader of a hybrid global movement that links the rights of humans to what organizers have coined the “universal rights of Mother Earth.”

By convening the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (CMPCC), Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, has established himself as the leader of a hybrid global movement that links the rights of humans to what organizers have coined the “universal rights of Mother Earth.”

Chico attorney Ron Reed has been shipping well-drilling equipment to thirsty villages in Tanzania for several years. But his water project assumed another role when he formed Tanzania's first all-female well-drilling team, the Lioness.

Chico attorney Ron Reed has been shipping well-drilling equipment to thirsty villages in Tanzania for several years. But his water project assumed another role when he formed Tanzania's first all-female well-drilling team, the Lioness.

A young African-American chef encourages, Washington, D.C. youth to cook healthy vegetarian food.

My parents found soul mates from distant lands: my fatherland is Persia (Iran) while my motherland is the Philippines. I share the DNA of two huge, dynamic and developing nations that in their histories have gone through their own share of glory and pain.

A young African-American chef encourages, Washington, D.C. youth to cook healthy vegetarian food.

My parents found soul mates from distant lands: my fatherland is Persia (Iran) while my motherland is the Philippines. I share the DNA of two huge, dynamic and developing nations that in their histories have gone through their own share of glory and pain.

Comedian Micia Mosely shows off her comic talents at San Francisco's Women Against Rape's "She Who Laughs Lasts".

Comedian Micia Mosely shows off her comic talents at San Francisco's Women Against Rape's "She Who Laughs Lasts".

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who co-authored an immigration reform bill with Sen. Ted Kennedy in 2005, called the new legislation approved in Arizona “a very important step forward,” La Opinión reports.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who co-authored an immigration reform bill with Sen. Ted Kennedy in 2005, called the new legislation approved in Arizona “a very important step forward,” La Opinión reports.