Aug 20 How white supremacists respond when their DNA says they’re not ‘white’ By Nsikan Akpan When confronted with genetic evidence suggesting someone isn't “pure blood,” as white supremacists put it, they do not cast the person out of online communities. They bargain. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 4:17 Tech companies shut down white nationalist sites By PBS NewsHour Events in Charlottesville last week prompted the tech community to take steps against hate speech. Companies like Google have stopped hosting white nationalist websites, and Facebook and Twitter have shut down known white nationalists’ accounts. Cindy Cohn of the Electronic… Continue watching
Aug 19 This projection artist is using the Trump International Hotel to protest the president By Lora Strum “The President of the United States is a Known Racist and Nazi Sympathizer,” read an artist's projection on the side of the Trump International Hotel. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 3:25 Math is amazing and we have to start treating it that way By PBS NewsHour Numbers and algorithms aren’t just useful to mathematician Eugenia Cheng -- they’re exhilarating. That’s why she’s on a mission to help transform math’s notoriously boring reputation in education into one of thrilling wonder and creativity. Cheng gives her humble opinion… Continue watching
Aug 18 Steve Bannon to leave White House By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry In a statement, the White House said "White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve's last day. We are grateful for his service and wish him the best."… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 4:20 President Trump defended the Charlottesville marchers. Here’s what we saw. By PBS NewsHour President Trump made a series of statements at Trump Tower about the participants in the deadly weekend protests in Charlottesville. The NewsHour's P.J. Tobia, who was at the protests, offers a fact check on the president's account. Continue watching
Aug 16 Photo of ‘Antifa’ man assaulting officer was doctored, analysis shows By Joshua Barajas An image that appeared to capture a member of an anti-fascist group beating a U.S. police officer with a club during a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is fake. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 8:15 President Trump backtracks to blame both sides in Charlottesville violence By PBS NewsHour 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 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 14 Watch 5:53 The shifting history of Confederate monuments By PBS NewsHour The backdrop of Saturday's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, was a plan to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the city's downtown. What’s the story behind such monuments and why do we continue to struggle with the… Continue watching