At 150, KKK sees opportunities in US political trends
By JAY REEVES Born in the ashes of the smoldering South after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan died and was reborn before losing the fight against civil rights…
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Trump’s ‘America First’ echoes old isolationist rallying cry
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump boils down his foreign policy agenda to two words: “America First.” For students of U.S. history, that slogan harkens back to…
Israel says con men stole millions from global companies
By DANIEL ESTRIN and ERIKA KINETZ The scam had all the trappings of a major con. Working from a dingy office building just a short drive from the glittering Mediterranean…
North Carolina governor files lawsuit over LGBT rights law
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and EMERY P. DALESIO North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration sued the federal government Monday in a fight for a state law that requires transgender people…
US government: North Carolina LGBT law violates civil rights
By EMERY P. DALESIO and GARY D. ROBERTSON A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws and can’t be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department…
Backlash grows over North Carolina LGBT discrimination law
By EMERY P. DALESIO An economic backlash broadened Tuesday against a North Carolina law that critics say discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people with PayPal announcing it has…
Removal of Confederate symbols turns nasty in New Orleans
By CAIN BURDEAU Backlash against a plan to remove prominent Confederate monuments in New Orleans has been tinged by death threats, intimidation and even what may have been the torching…
Ryan: GOP nominee must reject bigotry
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Speaker Paul Ryan upbraided Donald Trump on Tuesday for his slow-moving disavowal of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, saying anyone who wants the Republican…