Jun 26 On flags, forgiveness and fairness: Charleston lessons By Gwen Ifill If there is one question I get every time I speak to young, aspiring journalists, it is this: How do you keep your opinion/bias/emotion out of the story you’re covering? My answer has been pretty straightforward: Keep an open mind,… Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 7:12 Charleston’s mayor on confronting racism with honesty By PBS News Hour Long-serving Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley is leading his city through the tragedy and aftermath of the Emmanuel AME shootings. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault interviews Riley about effective policing, race relations and reaching Americans who don’t think that racism is their… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 4:59 News Wrap: Body of slain SC lawmaker lies in state By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, public viewing began for the open coffin of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the state senator killed in a church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. Also, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley ordered several flags removed from the state… Continue watching
Jun 24 Alabama removes Confederate flag from memorial at statehouse By Laura Santhanam Alabama removed the Confederate battle flag from a Confederate memorial on the statehouse grounds Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 23 After sales spike, Amazon joins retailers in pulling Confederate flag merchandise By Laura Santhanam Major retailers Wal-Mart and Sears announced that they will no longer sell Confederate battle flag merchandise in their stores, but a spike in online sales on Amazon suggests that some people are turning elsewhere to buy the controversial emblem. Continue reading
Jun 23 Should the Confederate flag fly in the Citadel’s chapel? Same law keeping it at S.C. State House says yes By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed In South Carolina, a state law governs the Confederate flag on the State House grounds -- a flag that has become the source of increasing criticism after the murders last week of nine people in a historic black church, apparently… Continue reading
Jun 22 S.C. governor: ‘It’s time to move the flag from the capitol grounds’ By News Desk South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday called for removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House grounds. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch 25:17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, June 20, new details emerge about suspected Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof. Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch S.C. Councilman: Shootings ‘racially motivated terrorism’ By PBS News Hour Councilman William Dudley Gregorie, a trustee of Emanuel A.M.E Church where Wednesday’s shooting took place, says Charleston continues to evolve from its racially-charged history. Gregorie joins Hari Sreenivasan to talk more about how the city has changed, and what he… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch What we know so far about suspected shooter Dylann Roof’s motivations By PBS News Hour Reuters reporter Luciana Lopez has been in South Carolina covering the fallout of the tragic shooting in Charleston on Wednesday, where nine people were killed at Emanuel AME Church. What do we know about the motives of Dylann Roof, who… Continue watching