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Charlottesville to mourn woman killed at rally in memorial

Charlottesville to mourn woman killed at rally in memorial

A memorial service for Heather Heyer is scheduled Wednesday morning at a downtown Charlottesville theater. Attendees were asked to wear purple, Heyer's favorite color, in her memory.
by The Associated Press

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Listen: Political Junkie talks Charlottesville

Ken Rudin, host of The Political Junkie podcast, runs down the week in politics.
by Kerri Miller

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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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