A Remarkable New Book About the Charleston Shooting
Pulitzer Prize-winning Post and Courier reporter Jennifer Berry Hawes discusses how mainstream journalism tends to stereotype the victims of mass shootings.
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With Dylann Roof Sentenced to Death, Black People Are Expected to Forgive
Lessons from Mother Emanuel after the Roof trial. By Brandon Tensley A woman helps fix the memorial in…
Dylann Roof’s Trial Is Set for November
A federal judge set November 7 as the day to start selecting jurors for Dylann Roof’s federal trial.…
One Step Forward, One Step Back in the Fight Against the Death Penalty
The Department of Justice announces a rare intent to pursue the death penalty as Connecticut affirms its ban…
What Makes American Men So Dangerous?
Mass shootings in the United States are on the rise. And men are almost always to blame.
Millennials Are No Less Racist Than Members of Generation X
Millennial attitudes are much more similar to those of older whites than they are to those of their peers of color.
What Should Cities Do With Their Icons to White Supremacy?
Is removing them a sign that we're finally taking history seriously, or that we're uncomfortable with our past?
Pluralistic Ignorance and Retreat From the Confederate Flag
Have Southerners always been uncomfortable with the flag's history?
Why the Language of Mass Murder Matters
Make no mistake: The Charleston shooting was an act of terrorism.
Gentrification Is Not About Race and Class, but Fear of Outsiders
More than anything else, gentrification is about the tension between the mobile and the stuck.