Jil Williams is a Chicago-based dentist who knows firsthand what it's like to live with race front and center in her life. Jil describes herself as a "brown-skinned black woman. " Her husband and children have even lighter skin. Despite their complexions, they still found themselves not fitting into an all-white neighborhood where they once lived.

Yet they've also experienced racism in less predictable places: within their own urban black community. Her daughter was born with blonde hair and blue eyes, and her son is often mistaken for someone from the Middle East. 

Deon Joseph never wanted to be a cop, but when things weren't working out at the family business, he had to look for a new job - and the first returned call he got was from the L.A.P.D. He figured he'd work in an easy part of the city, but he ended up in one of the most famously bad neighborhoods in the country: Skid Row. 

As Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces crackdown violently on protestors, Libyans all over the world watch to see what will become of their loved ones and their country. Amjad Tarsin's parents are ardent opponents of the dictator. They were scared they'd pay the ultimate price for their opposition and moved to the U.S. But they always swore they'd return to their homeland once Qaddafi left power.

One of the biggest immigration raids in U.S. history occurred on May 12, 2008. Teams of immigration agents swarmed into a meat packing plant in the small Iowa town of Postville, and arrested close to 400 people. We hear from 3 voices today:

Rosa Zamora was working at the Agriprocessors plant and was detained, while her husband was deported. David Vasquez is a pastor who has been integral in trying to help the community of Postville recover after raid. Lawyer Sonia Parras helped a series of workers after the Postville raid.  Since that time she has set an unprecedented record for the number of U-Visa’s she has been able to obtain.