SOUTH CAROLINA
Why I Hated Being a Cop
I'm no regular cop hater: I was crippled in the line of duty, with the boot they cut off me at the hospital to prove it.
Keeping It Casual: A Day with South Carolina's 21st Century Racists
In Laurens, South Carolina, there's a view that any racial prejudice tamer than snarling dogs, fire hoses, and "Whites Only" signs isn't really racism, but something ingrained in a lost culture, and therefore is forgivable.
Sunday's Democratic Debate Showed How Seriously Bernie Sanders Is Being Taken
With two weeks left before the Iowa caucuses, the story in the Democratic race is Bernie Sanders's surge, and whether Clinton can successfully handle herself in the face of growing pressure.
That South Carolina Cop Who Ripped a High School Girl Out of Her Desk Just Got Fired
Sheriff's Deputy Ben Fields is out of a job about 48 hours after his incredible manhandling of a black teenager went viral online.
The Racist Behind Saturday's Pro–Confederate Flag Demonstration Is Hated Even by Other Klansmen
Chris Barker's small-time Klan just became famous.
The Hangover News
This weekend, The Sun published a photo of the Queen doing a Nazi salute as a child, and it was claimed that ISIS has set up its first European training camp.
Why Was Dylann Roof Able to Buy a Gun After Being Busted with Suboxone?
The 21-year-old who confessed to killing nine people in South Carolina last month had previously been arrested with Suboxone, but the feds couldn't find the police report in time to stop him from buying a pistol.
Why Do Black Churches Keep Burning Down in America's South?
A series of fires at predominantly black churches since the horrific shooting in Charleston, South Carolina – including two blazes in the same state – have raised the spectre of copycat racial violence.
Smiling Faces, Terrible Racists: The Dangerous Culture of White Possession in the Carolinas
The horrific murders are tragic, but they're not surprising. You could even say they're just the latest in South Carolina's long history of violence and hate.
Family Members of Victims Asked God to Have Mercy on Dylann Roof at His First Court Appearance
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has already said she hopes the 21-year-old alleged church shooter receives the death penalty.
A White Cop Is Being Charged with Murder for Shooting an Unarmed Black Man in the Back
Officer Michael T Slager can be seen firing at Walter L Scott eight times while Scott fled in a video that surfaced Tuesday.
How One Hip-Hop Video Punctured the US Prison System
It might seem like just another viral clip, but the WorldStar video filmed inside a cell tells us a lot about the incarceration of black men in America.