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Betty Maynard (L) hugs her friend Cindy Atterton beside a growing memorial at the Armed Forces Career Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee July 17, 2015. Four U.S. Marines were killed on Thursday by a suspected gunman the FBI has confirmed as Mohammod Youssuf

How Chattanooga and Charleston are the same

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It looks like “domestic terrorism” in Chattanooga, but a “hate crime” in Charleston. What’s the difference?

Dylann Roof at his bond hearing

America has no monopoly on racism, it’s just ‘more lethal’

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A man reacts while talking to police officer near the scene of shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.

A call to prayer, a crime of hate, symbols of evil — and donations to a violated house of worship

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