Georgia couple gets prison time for racist threats at child’s birthday party
In 2015, the couple shouted racial slurs and made armed threats outside a child's birthday party, according to court documents.
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Reflecting on the Charleston church massacre, one year later
A year ago this week, nine black churchgoers were gunned down inside Charleston’s historic Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church by alleged white supremacist Dylan Roof, who faces the death penalty if convicted. Among those slain was the church’s pastor, the Rev.
Ole Miss students vote to remove state flag, and its Confederate emblem, from campus
After more than 90 minutes of debate, the University of Mississippi student senators voted Tuesday night to remove the state flag, whose design incorporates the Confederate battle flag, from campus grounds, the Clarion-Ledger reported.
Carson tells NASCAR fans Confederate flag is OK on private property
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Monday said NASCAR fans should continue flying the Confederate Flag, so long as it's on private property, as he received the informal endorsement of racing legend Richard Petty.
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including whether presidential candidate Donald Trump is hurting the Republican party, the historic removal of the Confederate flag from South…
Comedian Aziz Ansari has an idea of how South Carolina could replace the Confederate flag. We doubt it would pass muster in the state government, but it is unique.
The Confederate battle flag’s design is no accident. According to vexillologist Ted Kaye, it's simple, meaningful and distinctive from other flags. But that's just the half of it.
House Republican leaders are canceling tentative plans to consider a spending bill amid Democratic threats to push more troublesome amendments related to the Confederate flag.
Amid chanting and cheering, the Confederate flag was lowered for a final time Friday on the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse, where it has flown for 54 years.
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