George Zimmerman’s Wife Calls 911, Claims He Punched Her Dad and Pulled A Gun On Them
Be clear: we all saw this coming. George Zimmerman was taken into police custody Monday after his wife, Shellie Zimmerman, called 911 to report that...
The March On Washington: Sybrina Fulton, The Head Nod and the Thumbs Up—A Translation
When I go for a run in Washington, DC, I take for granted the history that I pass as I plod out my mileage. I...
For Fairytale Believers: Aiyana Jones, 7-Year-Old Killed In Detroit Police Raid, Deserves Justice (Petition)
By ASHA FRENCH Post-Zimmerman verdict parenting has many Black parents feeling like Sethe (a character from Toni Morrison’s Beloved); we realize that the world is not fit...
‘Stand Your Ground’ Ad: Trayvon Martin Shooting, 911 Call, Re-Enacted In Anti-Gun Law Appeal
A gun reform advocacy group is taking aim at Stand Your Ground laws nationwide by pushing a chilling ad reenacting the last moments of Trayvon...
Oprah Winfrey & Forest Whitaker on the N-Word, Racism, Trayvon & Their New Movie, ‘The Butler’
I was surrounded by a birthday party of 12 giggly teenagers at a showing of Jaden Smith’s After Earth when I first saw the trailer...
After Trayvon, A White Woman Grapples with White Privilege and White Silence
White privilege wasn't easy for this woman to see, until she considered the death of Trayvon Martin.
Mad About Trayvon: Finding the Right Words To Explain Anger Over ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict To Kids
By SHAWN TAYLOR I think I scared my daughter. Hell, I think I terrified her. When I heard the Zimmerman verdict, I lost it. I yelled...
In Trayvon Martin’s Name: Words, Art and Music Inspired By the Death of the Son We All Call Our Own
Some of the finest of art is painted with the broad colors of our pain: Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” would not have existed if not...
The George Zimmerman Verdict Is Deeply Inhumane. This Is Why We Need To Keep Fighting.
Who prays for our sons? When their bodies are bloodied, broken and frozen in the footnotes of this, our complicated history, who falls to their...
In a Fog of Trayvon Rage and Sadness, Saying Goodbye to My Son
By NICK CHILES As the pain of the George Zimmerman verdict settled in yesterday, the sting of the words “not guilty” slowly starting to recede,...
