Roundup: NAACP monitors tea parties
* The NAACP has launched a "tea-party tracker" along with three liberal media sites to monitor the movement for signs of racism, the Washington Post reports.
* The liberal ColorLines magazine writes a profile of James J. Lee, the fierce environmentalist who took hostages at the Discovery Channel's headquarters earlier this week before being shot and killed by police.
* Fox News adds that Lee confronted anti-abortion groups, telling them the earth could not sustain more children.
* Homeless advocates in Cincinnati are launching protests against a police officer who has not faced felony charges for running over a homeless woman with his car, according to Cincinnati.com.
-- Ambreen Ali, Congress.org
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