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by E.R. Shipp onMarch 26, 2012
Trayvon Martin's shooter is not the only one to invoke self-defense under a "Stand your ground" law.
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by Francie Latour onMarch 26, 2012
Boston.com blogger Francie Latour hopes that President Barack Obama's recent poignant remarks about the brutal death of Trayvon Martin can begin an important conversation about race in America.
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March 26, 2012
The Miami Herald's Leonard Pitts Jr. says that being white means having one's personhood and individuality respected, a privilege so basic that he doubts it even registers as one with many people.
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by Lauren McEwen onMarch 26, 2012
"I am Trayvon Martin" is not an empty catchphrase for black students across America, says The Root DC blogger Lauren McEwen. Many of them realize that no matter how much they accomplish, they still fit shooter George Zimmerman's definition of "suspicious."
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by Gina Carroll onMarch 24, 2012
In a blog entry at Tortured by Teenagers, Gina Carroll relates accounts of her teenagers being harassed by police in their affluent community. Those personal experiences make it hard for her to write about the Trayvon Martin case.
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by Claudio E. Cabrera onMarch 24, 2012
Zimmerman thanks fellow neighborhood-watch captain Frank Taaffe for his support.
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by Adam Serwer onMarch 24, 2012
Mother Jones blogger Adam Serwer says that the Justice Department's top civil rights lawyer, Thomas Perez, who has looked into crimes and police abuses for years, will investigate the Trayvon Martin shooting -- and faces one of his biggest challenges yet.
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by Claudio E. Cabrera onMarch 24, 2012
Rivera said the teen's hoodie was as much to blame for his death as George Zimmerman.
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March 24, 2012
Touré lays out eight pieces of advice in his Time column covering what he calls "the potentially fatal condition of being black."
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 23, 2012
Martin was carrying the candy when he was killed, and it's become a symbol in the movement for justice in his shooting death.
