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The sun rises behind the steeple of Emanuel AME Church and an American flag flying at half-staff on June 20, 2015, in Charleston, S.C.

For South Carolina, a step forward

August 21, 2019 at 5:43 p.m.

Could this, at last, be the end of the Civil War? Or, as some fans of Southern heritage call it, the War Between the States? Or, the War of Northern...

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, pauses while speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on June 18 about the church shooting in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Why is Obama giving up on gun laws?

August 21, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

Witnesses say the white gunman who killed nine people at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., was quite vocal about his motives: He wanted to kill...

Rachel Dolezal: A fake black woman’s ‘passing’ fancy

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Perhaps we African-Americans should feel flattered that Rachel Dolezal wanted so desperately to be one of us. Or maybe we should feel insulted, as some of her critics say, by...

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's avoidance of unscripted moments makes one wonder whether she's relying on her potential Republican opponents to trip over themselves so much that she can quietly waltz to her party's nomination.

Can Clinton rally Obama’s coalition?

May 25, 2019 at 12:28 p.m.

His campaign is a long shot, but I'm happy to see Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., putting forth a good impersonation of a serious challenge to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Like...

While society grapples with pronouns, transgenders fight for acceptance

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Keeping the pronouns straight. In my experience, that's the hardest part of adjusting to a friend's sex-change operation. My experience in this case consists of working in the same newsroom...

Police stand in formation in response to unrest after a protest for Freddie Gray on April 25, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van.

‘Broken windows,’ ‘Ferguson effect’ oversimplify crime and policing issues

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

It's not easy to find a middle ground between the tough-on-crime and #BlackLivesMatter movements, but it has to be done. As police officers find their routine stops or arrests increasingly...

GOP candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, shown May 5, 2015, has taken a forgiving stance in wake of molestation allegations against Josh Duggar.

Huckabee and Duggar: Now showing on Red State reality TV

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

After watching the fuss Republican presidential wannabe Mike Huckabee made about Beyonce Knowles early this year, it has been amusing to watch him try to wriggle and squirm his way...

How white fans saved B.B. King’s blues

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

News that B.B. King has died aggravates my anecdotage, the stage of life in which every new development reminds you of an old story. I was not much of a...

First lady Michelle Obama speaks during the Tuskegee University spring commencement Saturday, in Tuskegee, Ala.

As the visible woman, Michelle Obama makes critics squirm

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

If Michelle Obama's critics actually paid attention to her recent commencement speech, they would hear a lot of advice that conservatives like to hear — when it is not coming...

Pamela Geller's American Freedom Defense Initiative offered a $10,000 prize to a cartoonist deemed to have drawn the best mocking picture of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. The contest, ostensibly a defense of free speech, recklessly provoked violence.

When cheap laughs cost too much

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Some people unfortunately think that the best way to respond to the intolerance of Muslim fanatics is to insult all Muslims. That's the twisted thinking behind professional Muslim baiter Pamela...

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