Backlash Grows Against Controversial Confederate Flag

The governor of the U.S. state of South Carolina has called for the Confederate flag to be removed from the grounds of the state Capitol, while the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart announced it would stop selling the flag in stores or online. Governor Nikki Haley reversed her previous position on the flag Monday, saying that while the flag is an integral part of the state's past, it no longer represents the future. Haley acknowledged that to many it is a "symbol of a...

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