Race

Robert Zimmerman, Jr., tells NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday that it will be a "long time" before his brother is able to return to a normal life.

Many black parents are agonizing about what Saturday's acquittal in the Trayvon Martin case means for their children. They still worry about whether their kids go to the mall "church-ready" or leave the house with their pants on their hips.

Saturday night's acquittal of George Zimmerman is reigniting conversations that began with the 2012 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The case has sparked debates on race, profiling and Stand Your Ground laws.

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on NPR's Code Switch blog, which explores race, culture and ethnicity.One gray spring afternoon last year,…

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on NPR's Code Switch blog, which explores race, culture and ethnicity.Last week, Rachel Jeantel took the…

Dr. Nell Irvin Painter wrote the book "The History of White People," which raises the question: Can a black scholar write about white people? She's…

Puerto Rico's per capita murder rate is six times that of the U.S. as a whole. And with violence escalating, many residents are fleeing to the mainland. Still others hope to turn their home around.

Before the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize, became Time magazine's "Man of the Year" or gave his famous "I Have a Dream"…