Aug 14 After failure of South Carolina nuclear plant, backers seek federal aid By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Proponents of nuclear power are pushing to revive a failed project to build two reactors in South Carolina, arguing that the demise of the $14 billion venture could signal doom for an industry that supplies one-fifth of the nation's electricity. Continue reading
Aug 14 WATCH: Trump says 'racism is evil,' condemns KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Under pressure all weekend, President Donald Trump named and condemned hate groups as "repugnant" and declared "racism is evil" in an updated, more forceful statement on the deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Continue reading
Aug 14 Pressure mounts on Trump to condemn white supremacists after Charlottesville attack By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The White House defended President Donald Trump's response to deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, as he came under bipartisan scolding for not clearly condemning white supremacists immediately after the altercations. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 3:56 Post-election spike in hate crimes persists in 2017 By PBS News Hour The Charlottesville white nationalist rally, along with the associated deaths and injuries linked to it, follow a nationwide increase in hate crimes in the past year. Within 10 days of Donald Trump’s election, the Southern Poverty Law Center tracked 900… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 2:43 Charlottesville mayor blames Trump for violent weekend By PBS News Hour As locals grappled with the aftermath of a white nationalist rally that left three people dead on Saturday, Mayor Michael Signer wasted no words on denouncing President Donald Trump for what he says is his culpability in the violence. But… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 3:47 White nationalism is 'ugly continuation of a brutal tradition' By PBS News Hour In an opinion piece in The New York Times on Sunday after a violent weekend, Georgetown University sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson wrote, “We cannot pretend that the ugly bigotry unleashed in the streets of Charlottesville, Va., this weekend has… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 4:02 Local gives history of civil rights in Charlottesville By PBS News Hour Rallies on Friday and Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia that were reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan gatherings shook people who have for generations fought for civil rights in Virginia and across the country. Activist, writer and educator Leontyne Peck with the… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 4:38 U.S. sees 300 violent attacks inspired by far right every year By PBS News Hour Despite the nation’s focus on Islamic terrorism since 9/11, homegrown, right-wing extremists have also killed dozens of Americans. Peter Bergen, the director of the National Security Studies program for New America, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the toll of homegrown… Continue watching
Aug 13 Grandmother in travel ban lawsuit arrives in U.S. By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press The Syrian grandmother at the center of Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban arrived in Honolulu. Continue reading
Aug 13 Kentucky mayor says he wants to move two Confederate statues By Jenna Gray Mayor Jim Gray of Lexington, Kentucky, has announced he will take steps to move statutes of two Confederate generals located at the former Fayette County Courthouse. Continue reading