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Church Shooting Stirs Nationwide Debate over the Confederate Flag
Last week’s murder of nine black people in their place of sanctuary has confronted America once again with the specter of racism — past and present. What about the future? Can the country move forward when we can’t agree on the past?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenLast week’s murder of nine black people in their place of sanctuary has confronted America once again with the specter of racism — past and present. What about the future? Can the country move forward when we can’t agree on the past?
Also, French President François Hollande charges that the US is spying on more of its friends. On today's Talking Point, a heat wave during Ramadan has killed 800 people in Pakistan. Can the government survive?
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3 storiesSpying on Our Friends
France's president is condemning the US for new spying revelations. François Hollande called an emergency meeting today to discuss revelations that the National Security Agency has been eavesdropping on private conversations of top government officials, including three French presidents.
Read the story6 minBlack Deaths and White Culture
Last week's murder of nine black people in their place of sanctuary has confronted America once again with the specter of racism — past and present. One victim, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who is lying in state in South Carolina's state capitol, will be eulogized Friday by the first black president.
Read the story36 minPakistan Heat Wave Claims 800 Lives
Heatstroke has killed 800 people and hospitalized thousands of others in Pakistan, a country that lacks the resources to cope with such devastation — which comes during Ramadan, a time when people abstain from food and water. Ongoing electricity shortages make it even worse as temperatures reportedly cool down.
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