CNN: Mom of slain Florida teen delivers Mother's Day message

Sunday marks the first Mother's Day that Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, will be without her son.

Sunday marks the first Mother’s Day that Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain teen Trayvon Martin, will spend without her son since his senseless death.

Tampa Bay News: Trayvon Martin gun range targets sold online

ORLANDO, Fla. (WKMG) - An unidentified entrepreneur admits he is trying to profit off Trayvon Martin's death by selling gun range targets featuring the teen who's death has sparked a nationwide controversy.

USA Today: Zimmerman arraigned, enters plea in Trayvon Martin case

George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, was arraigned at 1:30 p.m. today in a Florida courtroom.

Update at 3:30 p.m. ET: Zimmerman's not-guilty plea was accepted during his arraignment, MSNBC reports. Seminole County Judge Kenneth R. Lester set Zimmerman's next court date for 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 8. At that "docket sounding", a trial date will be set unless Zimmerman's attorney asks for another continuance, according to the news station.

Huffington Post: Poison in America

The growth in hate groups and the use of their divisive and negative language in the mainstream political and media arena is cause for national alarm. Already this year several horrendous hate crimes, possible hate crimes, and crimes committed by people with ties to hate groups have received national attention.

Sun Sentinel: Zimmerman says Trayvon circled his SUV, frightened him

George Zimmerman told investigators that while he was on the phone with a Sanford police dispatcher reporting Trayvon Martin as suspicious, the teenager was circling his vehicle on foot, a source familiar with the investigation told the Orlando Sentinel.

Washington Post: Old George Zimmerman MySpace page surfaces with apparent disparaging ethnic comments

MIAMI — On an old, long-unused MySpace page, Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman made some disparaging comments about Mexicans and also referred triumphantly to his escape from 2005 legal troubles stemming from his confrontation with law enforcement officers.

Politic 365: Post-Trayvon, Neighborhood Watch Gone Wild

To Be Equal #17
April 24, 2012
National Urban League Calls on ALEC to Support Repeal of Kill at Will and Voter I.D. Laws

Marc H. Morial
President and CEO
National Urban League
 

“We call on your companies to stop supporting ALEC’s reckless agenda, which harms the communities in which you do business.”

- March 26 letter to ALEC’s corporate sponsors from United Republic, Rebuild the Dream, Color of Change and the Center for Media and Democracy