The slaying of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a Florida high school student who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, has captured national attention.

A woman wipes away tears next to a photograph of Trayvon Martin during a rally in support of the slain teenager at Freedom Plaza in Washington, on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Martin, an unarmed young ...

(AP) – Focus on the details, and the cases seem very different. One was killed by virulent white racists, the other by a part-Hispanic neighborhood watchman who insists he faced a vicious attack. One ...

MIAMI - From the T-shirt and hoodie sales to trademarking slogans like "Justice for Trayvon" to the pass-the-hat rallies that bring in thousands, the case of an unarmed black teenager killed by a ...

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Florida state attorney Angela Corey, the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, said on Monday that the case will not go to a grand jury. The decision does ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Trayvon Martin case has become a lightning rod for controversy, with the facts of the tragic case becoming the centerpiece of what is slowly beginning to look like a nationwide media war. And to ...

Remember the wave of pundit insanity over the death of Trayvon Martin two Februaries ago? Well, get ready for round two. The trial of George Zimmerman, who stands accused of second degree murder, ...

In the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting, Lee became a lightning rod for the anger that spread across the country after the incident on Feb. 26. Trayvon, of Miami Gardens, was visiting his ...

I am the grandmother of a 14-year-old biracial grandson. When I heard about the murder of Trayvon Martin, I was horrified. The first thought that entered my mind was that this could have been my ...