If you’re watching national TV news, chances are good that you haven’t. If you read national newspapers, you may have missed the one or two brief stories they’ve published on the case. Let’s face it: the length of Britney Spears’s skirt and what clubs she is visiting is simply more important than an ongoing case of racial tension in modern day Louisiana.

Now MSNBC is giving a chance for us to hear more about the current difficulties facing race relations in this country, but there’s a catch: you have to vote for the story in order for it to be told. It’s the current Gut Check America vote, and the results of the vote lead to MSNBC’s report.

You can vote here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19876326/