Is a black person’s life worth anything in America? Not as long as America remains “Exceptional.” Here’s how America is Exceptional: as Joanna notes, a 17-year-old African-American boy, Trayvon Martin ...

The hunt for the white Trayvon Marton has evolved since the case became national news, with a changing cast of victims and perpetrators, but the problem has remained the same: instead of countering ...

Hate Crime Charges a Hard Sell? March 21, 2012: The Washington Post reported that the decision by the Department of Justice and the FBI to open an investigation into the slaying of the unarmed black ...

Obama's Surprise Speech on Race: 'Trayvon Could Have Been Me' President Obama gave a surprise speech about the Trayvon Martin verdict on Friday. Or, more specifically, about the racial climate in ...