Aug 15 Watch 8:15 President Trump backtracks to blame both sides in Charlottesville violence By PBS News Hour President Trump defended the timing and content of his initial statements on the violence in Charlottesville at an impromptu news conference Tuesday -- seeming to backtrack on remarks he made Monday -- after reportedly being frustrated at the coverage of… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch 10:22 Scenes from Charlottesville invoke racist legacy in the present day By PBS News Hour The violent events in Charlottesville, where white supremacist groups came out of the shadows, seem to have brought rising American tensions over race and racism to a head. Hari Sreenivasan gets perspectives from Leonard Pitts Jr. of The Miami Herald,… Continue watching
Aug 15 Racial politics haunt Republicans in the Trump era By Steve Peoples and Bill Barrow, Associated Press "We have reached a defining moment," said New Hampshire GOP chair Jennifer Horn. "We, as Republicans, every single one of us, needs to speak up and make it very clear that this is not our party, these are not our… Continue reading
Aug 15 WATCH: Trump blames ‘both sides’ for violence at Charlottesville rally By Jonathan Lemire, Julie Pace, Associated Press President Donald Trump says the groups protesting against white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, were "also very violent."… Continue reading
Aug 15 After Charlottesville rally, these U.S. cities say they’ll take down their Confederate statues By Joshua Barajas Saturday's violence revived calls to take down monuments to Confederate-era battles and leaders in these cities and states. Continue reading
Aug 15 Robert E. Lee opposed Confederate monuments By Lisa Desjardins White supremacists, neo-Nazis and others have protested the removal of Confederate monuments. But the Confederate general Robert E. Lee himself never wanted such monuments built. Continue reading
Aug 15 How white nationalist leader Matt Heimbach defends violence at Saturday’s rally in Charlottesville By Laura Santhanam During an interview with PBS NewsHour's P.J. Tobia, Matthew Heimbach of the Traditionalist Worker Party, a white nationalist group, reflected whether he regretted a person dying after the automobile attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and whether he himself feels responsible for… Continue reading
Aug 15 Trump pressed to fire Steve Bannon and other White House staffers after Charlottesville By Errin Haines, Associated Press The leaders of four minority House caucus groups have written a letter to President Donald Trump calling for the removal of White House staff aides Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka. Continue reading
Aug 15 Furor over Charlottesville follows Trump home to Manhattan By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President Donald Trump is back in the New York skyscraper that bears his name as the furor over his reaction to race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend shows few signs of dying down. Continue reading
Aug 14 WATCH: Protesters pull down Confederate statue in North Carolina By Joshua Barajas A group of protesters in Durham, North Carolina, toppled a Confederate monument Monday evening, local media reported. Continue reading