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The Charleston shooter took advantage of a congregation that welcomed a stranger into its midst.
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In these excerpts from an interview with Melissa Harris-Perry, Rachel Dolezal, the former president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP who resigned amid accusations that she lied…
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