Sex in exchange for food. Violent punishments for minor infractions. Widespread rape. According to a complaint, abuses have cost many prisoners here their lives.

As George Zimmerman's trial kicks off on Monday, Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes at the Huffington Post that based on census records, the jury pool will likely consist largely of older, white Republicans.

Writing at New York magazine, Maureen O'Connor says that Michelle Obama may be smart in not meeting with China's first lady, Peng Liyuan, who is visiting the U.S. this week with her husband, Xi Jinping. She reportedly sang in praise of the Chinese army after its crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989. 

The former South African leader was taken to a Pretoria hospital with a recurring lung infection early Saturday and remains listed in "serious" condition.