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Confederate Flag Merchandise Is Delicate Topic For Retailers

3:11pm June 29, 2015

by Sam Sanders

Some businesses are removing Confederate flag imagery following last week's fatal shootings at a S.C. black church. But not every business is handling the Confederate flag issue in the same way.

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The state flag of Mississippi is unfurled against the front of the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday. The flag has been the center of renewed controversy since last week's racially motivated shooting of nine parishioners at a black church i

Lawmakers Put Brakes On Resolution To Ban Mississippi Flag From Capitol

11:14am June 28, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The measure, proposed by Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, would authorize the removal of that state's flag on the House side of the Capitol complex.

The Cherry Sisters: Three of the siblings strike a theatrical pose.

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The Cherry Sisters: Worst Act Ever?

8:37am June 28, 2015

by Linton Weeks

How a group of perhaps-clueless farmgirls from Iowa rose to theatrical fame and infamy at the same time.

Grace sits before a "Welcome Friends" sign in her home.

Grace Lee Boggs, Activist And American Revolutionary, Turns 100

10:47pm June 27, 2015

by Kat Chow

Boggs, famous for her role in helping shape the labor, civil rights and environmental movements in Detroit, has established a legacy of passionate and philosophical protest.

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Calls To Remove Confederate Flag Challenge Southern Orthodoxy

10:40am June 27, 2015

Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic, says this week's calls to remove Confederate symbols mark the collapse of a stubborn Southern orthodoxy.

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A group of dads from Project Fatherhood join author Jorja Leap to celebrate the publication of her book, Project Fatherhood: A Story of Courage and Healing in One of America's Toughest Communities.

'Project Fatherhood': In A Struggling Neighborhood, Dads Are Helping Dads

2:39pm June 25, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

A dedicated group of fathers in Los Angeles is working to help neighborhood dads do better by their children and their community.

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Napoleon's last grand attack at Waterloo.

Appetite For War: What Napoleon And His Men Ate On The March

3:34pm June 24, 2015

by Nina Martyris

Napoleon is credited with the phrase "an army marches on its stomach," but he probably never said it. Now 200 years after his legendary defeat, it's worth recalling his disregard for feeding his army.

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A Good Read: A White Woman On 'Being An Excuse' For Deadly Racism

3:09pm June 24, 2015

by Kinsey Clarke

A new piece in The New Republic — written by a white woman — digs into how white femininity gets used as an excuse for white supremacy, with deadly consequences.

Rollins Edwards as a young soldier in 1945 at Clark Air Base in the Philippines.

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Secret World War II Chemical Experiments Tested Troops By Race

12:05pm June 24, 2015

by Caitlin Dickerson

While the Pentagon acknowledged years ago that it used American servicemen in World War II mustard gas experiments, NPR found new details about tests that grouped subjects by the color of their skin.

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Confederate Flag Debate Symbolizes Rapid Change In The South

8:56pm June 23, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin talks about southern history with William Ferris, associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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