Charleston Shooting
‘CEASEFIRE NOW’
Solidarity
Rev. Sharon Risher lost her mother, two cousins and a best friend in the Charleston church massacre. She offers words of grief—and hope—to survivors of the Pittsburgh shooting.
opinion
Madmen
Fifty years later, we’re still hearing the same sorry excuses for racially motivated violence, and avoiding the hard truths that King asked us to face.
HEARTWARMING
The new Cubs outfielder lost his mother, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, in the racially motivated mass shooting at a South Carolina church in 2015.
In Curia
A distinguished Civil War historian attended the Roof trial and sentencing last week. This is what he saw.
JUSTICE
The racist killer asked for his life to be spared but said he had no regrets about murdering nine black worshipers in Bible study.
LISTEN UP
Children, sisters, and friends of the people he murdered told a jury of their loved ones’ lives. The killer called it ‘excessive.’
MONSTER
The convicted killer told a jury deciding whether he should get the death penalty that he’s not crazy—and he didn’t apologize for what he did.