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The article discusses a newspaper strike in Detroit, Michigan, focusing on its impact as of October 1968. Topics include the city mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh, citizen fears of street crime, racial conflict, the role of television in disseminating news reports, and newspapers such as "The Free Press" and "The Detroit News."

The United States is the only Western democracy in which economic and racial problems produce riots in major cities. Here, the array of urban problems that test the viability of the city and the patience of the ghetto can be found in most metropolitan communities, but Cleveland points up most clearly the inevitability of violent rebellion when peaceful change is aborted. In April, 1966 the Civil Rights Commission ripped away Cleveland's carefully nurtured facade of social progress. Hearings gave the ghetto a chance to speak, and even it was shocked by the cumulative findings. However, there was little time to redress social and economic grievances before summer, and in July Hough erupted in five days of rioting that took four lives.

The article comments on the alleged mistreatment of the German minorities by the Czech majority in Czechoslovakia. Demands of Sudeten German leader Conrad Henlein for complete autonomy of Germans in the country; Assertion of the author on the need of understanding the knowledge of Czech history prior to the formation of the republic; Drang nach Osten by the Germans; Claim of German discrimination by Nazi propagandists is contrary to the fact that many Germans are employed in Czech government and the significance of German as a medium of instruction.

On July 30, 1953, Donald Howard, a war veteran, with his wife and two small children became the first Negro tenants of Trumbull Park Homes, a federal housing project operated by the Chicago Housing Authority in the steel-mill belt of Chicago's South Side. Less than a week later the 462-unit development and surrounding lawns were a fire-gutted, rubble-strewn wasteland. Since then ten other Negro families have moved into the development and "racial disturbances" ranging from rock-tossing to rioting and arson have become an almost daily occurrence.

The article focuses on the book "U.S.A." by the author Dos Passo. As the book goes on, it develops, with the precision of a vast and masterly photograph, into a picture of a business world in its final ripeness, ready to fall into decay. Though Dos Passos does not call himself a Marxist--and would seem in fact not to be one--his point of view is unmistakably radical. The class struggle is present as a minor theme; the major theme is the vitiation and degradation of character in such a civilization.

Koinonia farm looked much like any other farm along the Dawson road. The level fields of freshly turned red clay reached into the sunset, and a few early blooming peach trees were pink clouds against the grey sky. A supper-time stillness lay over the modest cluster of buildings at the farm's entrance. For several months the farm had been the victim of boycott and violence. Perhaps twilight was an appropriate time to be visiting Koinonia, the communal colony that fourteen years ago took its name from the Greek word "fellowship."

The author discusses racial integration in the Virgin Islands, contrasting attitudes of tolerance between white and black persons to racial intolerance in the continental U.S. as of 1968. Topics include the tourism industry, social interactions between blacks and whites, and a racial conflict in which a black man may have responded to the death of the civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. by killing a white man.

The author discusses ethnic conflict in U.S. cities as of 1967, focusing on hearings of the Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization of the Senate Committee on Government Operations and challenges in improving social conditions for African Americans and residents of ghettos. Topics include civil rights legislation, the middle class, housing construction, and the testimony of some officials and activists.

This article presents information on a scuffle that took place between a group of white population and Negroes in a train. It is informed that in the course of the fight the white men were thrown off the train, all but one who landed between two cars was dragged back to safety by one of the Negroes. The men who were thrown off were not too much injured and rushed to the nearest station at Steventon to tell their story to the telegraph operator and to have a wire sent to the train a station or two up ahead. As the train reached Paint Rock, Alabama, all the Negroes who were on board were taken off and the whole party was taken to the Scottsboro jail.

The article presents the short story "Kiowa Moon," by Alan Le May.

The article presents the short story "The Light in the Forest," by Conrad Richter.

Focuses on the reactions of stage performer Sammy Davis regarding being a Negro entertainer and a Jewish. Influence of Davis' friends on his religious belief; Personal view of Davis as part of Judaism religion; Reaction of Davis regarding the accusations that he wants to be white.

The article focuses on the conflict between the Turkana warriors and the Dodoth tribe at the Lokoki district in Uganda in 1961. The Turkana launched a cattle raid that caused the district hundreds of cattle and many human lives. It provides possible explanations for the ending of the long peace between the tribes. The Turkana warriors have a reputation for an extreme and rapacious bravery.

In this article, the author features his encounters with the Tsotsis and the Pondos in South Africa. The author discusses the movement of these ethnic groups in Cape Town and Johannesburg. He emphasizes the conflict between the Tsotsis and the Pondos. The causes of this conflict are indicated. In addition, the author shares some of the challenges he experienced during his stay in the country.

The article reports on the communal violence among the tribal groups in Nigeria such as the Ibos, the Yorubas, and the Hausas and Fulanis. It says that the disintegration in Nigeria began after the murder of Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. It states that another coup erupted in the country and Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Yakubu Gowon, who aims to have a strong central government system and disregard regional autonomy.

The article presents information on the recent outbreak of the Apaches from their reservation at San Carlos in Arizona, though a fatal surprise to many was still not unlooked for. The inhabitants of Northeastern Sonora, upon whom the Apaches have preyed so long, predicted the return of their mortal foes, well fed, well armed and consequently in the best possible condition for murder and rapine, by the spring of 1885. Being constantly on the war-path, while the more northern Apaches slowly yielded to the pressure of increasing colonization by whites and of military surveillance-thus confining them to the reservation-the number of Cinchonas began to decrease.

This article presents a real story in which an Afro-American was discriminated against in a bus journey. He was disallowed to occupy a seat meant for a white person despite of having a ticket. The Afro-American was forcefully pulled off from the bus by the driver. Even a white policeman was indifferent towards the incident. The article gives an evidence of ethnic discrimination in the U.S.

An essay is presented on Swedish immigrants and the explanation of some American phenomena including the ethnic conflicts in Newark, New Jersey and Canarsie in Brooklyn, New York as well as the landslide re-election of U.S. President Richard Nixon. It offers a brief history of the American freedom and examines the inequities of immigrants in Sweden. The author discusses the relation of the film "The Emigrants," directed by Jan Troell, to the political aspect of Swedish immigration.

The article presents information on an incidence of school violence in Drew in the Mississippi Delta. The racial incident took the life of an 18-year-old black girl named Jo-Etha Collier. Collier was walking down a street crowded with other youngsters celebrating the end of the school year when three White youth came out of a car and shot the girl below the ear.

The article presents information regarding a crime in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in which three young friends from Scotland's Royal Highland Fusiliers were shot dead. The three friends were Dougald McCaughy, Joseph McCaig and John McCaig. The violence was a result of ongoing clashes involving the Protestant majority, the Catholic minority and the 8,500 British troops stationed in Ulster.

Presents letters to the editor in reference to articles and topics published in previous issues. Discussion on the reason behind the racial violence in Great Britain against Negroes; "What Is There to Negotiate?" by Frank Meyer, which focused on the price of peace; "Our Own Encyclopaedia," which focused on Richard Rovere's book on the career of U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy; Acknowledgement of the Premier of Israel as the leader of world Jewry being ridiculed.

The article reports on London, England, administration's effort toward strengthening the armored troops and British garrisons to tackle any incidence of religious and ethnic violences in the wake of recent violence between Protestants and the Roman Catholic minority in London. The recent trouble erupted after jailing of Catholic leader Bernadette Devlin. Four people had lost their lives in the ensuing riots.

When racial violence occurs in the city of Cleveland, no one is surprised. Jobs are scarce, housing is poor, and the Mayor and police department lost the confidence of the Afro-American community long ago. But it is a different story when racial violence occurs in Cleveland Heights, an established and prosperous suburb to the east of Cleveland. Cleveland Heights has none of the economic or the administrative problems of the city, and although its population is more than 60000, it has only about eighty Afro-American families. Yet in the past ten years six bombings, all traceable to racial discontent, have occurred in the northwest corner of this suburb. The target of the latest of these bombings was J. Newton Hill, the first Afro-American to head Karamu House, an interracial theatre and art center in Cleveland.

Describes the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Failure of the efforts to end the conflict between Catholics and Protestants; Violent incidents that occurred in Ulster; Discussion on the issues surrounding the conflict; Reaction of the people of Northern Ireland to the entry of British troops.

Contends that Reverend Ian Paisley is a stumbling block to the settlement of conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Protestant organization headed by Paisley; Anti-Catholic views of Paisley; Background of Paisley; Discussion on the problems in Northern Ireland.