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US shooter’s alleged ‘manifesto’ explains motive for church murders

A website appearing to belong to accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof contains white supremacist writings and dozens of photographs in which he is seen holding firearms. It also offers a motive for the heinous crime, one of the most shocking multiple murders of recent years, in a nation familiar with mass shootings.

Shooting evokes some of the darkest days from the United States’ past

Wednesday night's shooting at historic Emanuel AME Church conjures the type of terror suffered by a previous generation. And it adds yet another page to the nation's long and halting racial narrative, which as often as not seems to leaven progress with pain.

Russian seeks to change Costa Rica’s national anthem

Evgeny Kabanov, a Russian citizen currently in the process of becoming a naturalized Costa Rican, submitted a bill in January to change Costa Rica's national anthem to make it more inclusive of black people.

Guatemalan rapper sued for racist Twitter post about country’s genocide

Mr. Fer was sued Monday before Guatemala's special prosecutor's office on discrimination and racism after he posted a joke on Twitter about the genocide suffered by indigenous people here in the 1980s.

Black Costa Rican congresswomen report racist threats

The aggressions against lawmakers Epsy Campbell and Maureen Clarke began in late April when the congresswomen asked the culture ministry to withdraw funding for a musical adaptation of the controversial novel Cocorí.

‘Cocorí,’ a racism debate, and a brief history of controversial children’s lit

Predictably, the disagreement has become a polarizing debate about racism versus censorship. In honor of this ongoing discussion, here are some examples of beloved children’s books that have caused controversy or fallen completely out of favor.

Canadian soccer player accuses Tico fans of racial slurs

Dominic Oduro, a Ghanaian national, said after the match that fans made “monkey noises” at him during the game.

Riot after US jury fails to indict Ferguson policeman

FERGUSON, Missouri – Violent protests and looting erupted in the U.S. town of Ferguson on Monday after a grand jury chose not to press charges against a white officer who shot dead a black teen.

Costa Rica a step closer to ratifying Inter-American Convention against Racism

President Luis Guillermo Solís on Tuesday presented a bill to the Legislative Assembly to implement the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance. If the legislature ratifies the convention, Costa Rica would become the first country in the Organization of American States to do so.

US Justice Department to launch probe of Ferguson police in wake of recent violence

Five current and one former member of the Ferguson police force face pending federal lawsuits claiming they used excessive force. The lawsuits, as well as more than a half-dozen internal investigations, include claims that individual officers separately hog-tied a 12-year-old boy who was checking his family mailbox, pistol-whipped children and used a stun gun on a mentally ill man who died as a result.

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