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While recent events have white supremacy once again front and center, extremism comes in an assortment of colors and creeds. So we must all be alert to dog whistles in public discourse and rebuke politicians who send barely-coded messages of “us” against “them” because “we” are are the chosen ones.

Universal background check for all gun sales - the bipartisan gun violence legislation that is embarrassingly overdue.

Sun columnist convinces man to remove Confederate flag from his truck bumper

The Council on American Islamic Relations is hosting an Emergency Preparedness Summit for Faith Leaders at the Center for Social Change in Elkridge on Thursday, Dec. 10. Attendees will learn from local and federal security experts about securing their houses of worship.

The stories of mass murderers in America have become a fill-in-the blank exercise about troubled young men.

If even a Republican presidential candidate with an A-plus rating from the NRA can see that stricter gun laws are needed, there is a chance the U.S. could close its deadly loopholes.

Failure of FBI to deny Dylann Roof's gun purchase shows Brady background checks require reinforcement

The price of enlightenment regarding the Confederate flag, that American swastika, seems awfully high.

Suspicious fires at black churches in the South over the last week are a sharp reminder that racism is not dead

Leonard Pitts says those who refuse to recognize the Charleston massacre as racism should be profoundly ashamed.

David Horsey: Two things are at work in the reactions to the Charleston massacre on the right, and both are a bit sickening.

The attack on a storied Charleston church is a painful reminder that there is no sanctuary for blacks in America, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Will the Charleston killings galvanize America like the Birmingham church bombing did?

As the nation moved from shock to mourning the nine people killed in a Charleston, S.C., church, faith leaders questioned how future tragedies could be prevented.