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Social Issues

Texas school official removed over book's supremacist symbol

A Texas school district has removed an assistant principal from his post after he authored a children's book whose central character is also a white nationalist symbol.
by Associated Press

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Charlottesville rally sparks conversation about free speech

A white supremacist rally in Virginia over the weekend raised questions about what constitutes free speech, and when it becomes hate speech.
by Tom Weber

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On the internet, everyone knows 'you're a racist': Twitter account IDs marchers

On the internet, everyone knows 'you're a racist': Twitter account IDs marchers

They weren't hiding their faces as they waved swastikas and shouted white supremacist and Nazi slogans. Now internet sleuths are identifying (and misidentifying) the Charlottesville marchers.

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Trump's fuzzy history of denouncing white nationalism

Trump's fuzzy history of denouncing white nationalism

The president's statement on Monday called out racist groups, including the KKK, for violence in Charlottesville, Va. He reversed that position on Tuesday, blaming "both sides."
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on race and class in America

Aspen Ideas Festival: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on race and class in America

The Harvard professor and documentary filmmaker explores the question: What would we tell Martin Luther King Jr. if he came back and wanted to know what had happened?
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesotans react to Charlottesville rally

Minnesotans react to Charlottesville rally

Violence over the weekend sparked nationwide reaction. Hear what local leaders have to say about the white supremacist rally in Virginia and President Trump's reaction.
by Tom Weber

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White supremacist site banned by GoDaddy after Virginia rally

White supremacist site banned by GoDaddy after Virginia rally

The Daily Stormer published a story mocking protester Heather Heyer and making light of the events in Virginia, prompting calls for GoDaddy, which hosts the site, to take the site down.

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Merck CEO steps down from presidential council; Trump lashes out

The CEO of the nation's third largest pharmaceutical company is resigning from the President's American Manufacturing Council citing "a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism."
by The Associated Press

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