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
Jun 20 Watch 4:04 FBI: Blacks most often targeted in hate crimes By PBS News Hour An estimated 260,000 suspected hate crimes happen in the U.S. every year. More than 50 out of every 1 million black citizens was the victim of a racially motivated hate crime in 2012, the highest of any group, according to… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 5:04 South Carolina still reeling after devastating hate crime By PBS News Hour Wracked by grief, Charleston is struggling to recover in the wake of the shooting at Emmanuel AME church. During a bond hearing for gunman Dylann Roof, family members of victims presented a portrait of grief, strength, and forgiveness. Continue watching
Jun 19 What preachers are preparing for their Sunday sermons after the unspeakable event in Charleston By Corinne Segal What can you say? The murder of nine people by a gunman at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Wednesday has left people throughout the country mourning and struggling for answers. Meanwhile, the men and women who… Continue reading
Jun 19 GOP contenders condemn SC shooting as attack on faith By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Republican presidential contenders on Friday condemned the deadly shootings in South Carolina as an attack on faith, offering deeply personal responses to the murders but no suggestion that they see gun control as part of the answer. Continue reading