Trayvon Martin killing: one year later

One year ago , Trayvon Martin — an unarmed 17-year-old boy on his way home from 7-11 — was shot and killed by George Zimmerman. The murder trial is scheduled to begin this June. A separate hearing may be held in April to determine whether Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law gives Zimmerman immunity.

ACA addresses huge disparities in health care among racial groups

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (AKA Obamacare) is the law of the land and was held up by the U.S. Supreme Court as constitutional this year. Most of the provisions will go into effect in 2014, so we'll see how it all actually shakes out.

"What is this mac and cheese. Is that a black thing?"

Pat Robertson weighs in on his lack of understanding about black culture, or white culture, or Thanksgiving, or pasta. We are not sure.

"What is this mac and cheese?" he asks a black female reporter. "Is that a black thing?"

Rick Perry's N-word problem is now Herman Cain's problem

Yesterday we explored the issue of Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's family hunting camp that was named with the N-word plus "head." At the time the story was just one day old and conventional wisdom was that it would hurt Perry with some voters (although we did suggest i

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