Trayvon Martin

Minneapolis protesters

In Minneapolis, the Cycle of Police Violence Continues In Minneapolis, the Cycle of Police Violence Continues

Amir Locke was sleeping. Daunte Wright was going to the car wash. George Floyd was at the corner store. When and where are Black people safe from police?

Feb 23, 2022 / Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo

George Zimmerman trial

In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong

If the legal system keeps treating AAE as a lesser form of English, it can never claim to view black people with the same legitimacy as white people.

Jan 29, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

Is Angela Corey the Cruelest Prosecutor in America?

Is Angela Corey the Cruelest Prosecutor in America? Is Angela Corey the Cruelest Prosecutor in America?

The woman who failed to convict Trayvon Martin’s killer is putting hundreds of kids in prison, and dozens of people on death row.

Aug 16, 2016 / Feature / Jessica Pishko

The Lessons of Jordan Davis’s Murder, Revisited

The Lessons of Jordan Davis’s Murder, Revisited The Lessons of Jordan Davis’s Murder, Revisited

HBO’s new documentary reminds us how deadly threat perception is for black people.

Nov 23, 2015 / Kristal Brent Zook

Black Lives Matter

Black Love Matters Black Love Matters

A dispatch from the inaugural gathering of a proudly diffuse, rapidly growing, hyper-local movement for black lives.

Jul 28, 2015 / Mark Winston Griffith

Fuck George Zimmerman and the Culture He Rode In On

Fuck George Zimmerman and the Culture He Rode In On Fuck George Zimmerman and the Culture He Rode In On

Shame on all of us for allowing Trayvon's life and death to be turned into a spectacle.

Feb 5, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

How Not to Talk to White Parents

How Not to Talk to White Parents How Not to Talk to White Parents

What was a developing national conversation about race is fast vanishing. 

Sep 3, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado

Introducing Zimmerman Drones

Introducing Zimmerman Drones Introducing Zimmerman Drones

Standing your ground has never been so easy.

Jul 23, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

Obama Uses a Teaching Moment to Challenge ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws

Obama Uses a Teaching Moment to Challenge ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Obama Uses a Teaching Moment to Challenge ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws

The president is right to encourage a rethink of laws that are not "contributing to the kind of peace and security and order that we’d like to see.”

Jul 20, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

Whose Right? Whose Ground?

Whose Right? Whose Ground? Whose Right? Whose Ground?

Juror B37 told CNN that fear in the “heat of the moment” made the shooting of Martin an act of self-defense. But Ziimmerman’s heated moment was short. Trayvon Mar...

Jul 18, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders

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