Racism in Soccer

English soccer is dealing with a couple of pretty ugly cases involving alleged racist language used by players on the field.

Freedom Riders Ride Again

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50 years ago this month, two buses carrying civil rights workers traveled to the deep South to confront racism. The brutality that the Freedom Riders faced became an international embarrassment for the Kennedy administration. This month, reporter Phillip Martin joined a group of students, American and international, who recreated the Freedom Riders’ journey. Download MP3

Slideshow: Recreating Freedom Riders’ Journey

Racism in Russia

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Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow on efforts to combat racial and ethnic harassment in Russia. Download MP3

Resurgence of the French National Front

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Extreme right political parties have gained popularity and votes in Europe in the last few months. In France, there’s also been a resurgence of the far right. Polls show that The National Front, founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen (pictured) nearly forty years ago, would place third in a crowded field of candidates if elections were held today. Anita Elash reports. (Photo: Hégésippe Cormier)
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Tintin on trial

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50 years ago this month, Congo became an independent nation. Formerly, it was the Belgian Congo, and Belgium’s colonial legacy in the African nation is controversial, to say the least. In the early 1930s, Belgian cartoonist Hergé sent his intrepid boy reporter Tintin to Congo. But now, ‘Tintin in the Congo’ is the subject of a lawsuit in Belgium, a lawsuit brought by a Congolese immigrant. The World’s Clark Boyd reports from Brussels. Download MP3

• BBC coverage

“Skin”: a youth under apartheid

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Reporter Phillip Martin has the true story of Sandra Laing. She grew up in South Africa in the 1960s and ’70s as the black daughter of white Afrikaners. Her story is now the topic of a movie: Skin premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, and is released to a limited number of US theaters on Friday. Download MP3

• ‘Skin’ homepage
• Phillip Martin’s reports on albinism
• Other Color Initiative stories by Phillip Martin

Canada gives refuge to white South African

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The World’s Alex Gallafent reports on an immigration case in Canada that’s angering leaders in South Africa.