Charlottesville

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said she has known for some time that she was targeted by Russian operatives whose interests were aligned with President Trump. A Twitter handle linked to a Russian troll factory tried to interfere with a town hall in Waters' district in May 2017.

Maxine Waters says she was targeted by Russian Twitter bots in effort to oust her from office

Naomi Lim · October 26, 2017 11:08 pm

According to a Military Times poll, troops view white nationalism as a threat to national security: 30 percent of troops categorized it as a significant danger, but 27 percent said it was a greater threat than Syria. (iStock)

National Security

A quarter of troops see white nationalism in the military: Poll

Diana Stancy Correll · October 24, 2017 1:10 am

Democratic donor Tom Steyer has said he's launching the campaign to "demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment" and says a GOP-led Congress previously impeached a president "for far less." (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Democratic donor Tom Steyer launches campaign calling for Trump’s impeachment

Melissa Quinn · October 20, 2017 4:52 pm

Richard Spencer, who leads a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism, and populism, is set to speak at the University of Florida Thursday afternoon. A day before Spencer was scheduled to speak, the university President W. Kent Fuchs said the security costs of such an event at a public university put an unfair burden on taxpayers. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

University of Florida will spend $600,000 for security for Richard Spencer speech

Melissa Quinn · October 19, 2017 5:59 pm

At a forum in New York City, Former U.S. President George W. Bush warned of the change in political discourse, which he said has been "degraded by casual cruelty," as well as the view of the U.S.'s role in the world, a veiled criticism of President Trump's "America First" worldview. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg)

George W. Bush: ‘Bigotry seems emboldened’ as politics becomes ‘more vulnerable to conspiracy theories’

Melissa Quinn · October 19, 2017 4:54 pm

Richard Spencer's speech at the University of Florida will be his first on a college campus since he attended a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

White nationalist Richard Spencer triggers state of emergency declaration in Florida

Melissa Quinn · October 16, 2017 9:04 pm

Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt arrives at the premiere of the documentary 'Larry Flynt: The Right to be Left Alone' at The Paley Center for Media Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Gary He)

Hustler Magazine founder Larry Flynt offers $10 million for info that leads to Trump impeachment

Caitlin Yilek · October 14, 2017 2:22 pm

The lawsuit names as defendants nearly two dozen private paramilitary organizations, white nationalist groups, and organizers of the "Unite the Right" rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Lawsuit aims to prohibit white nationalist groups from returning to Charlottesville

Melissa Quinn · October 12, 2017 6:04 pm

According to the city, the person or people who authored the post "expressed their admiration" for Stephen Paddock, the shooter who fired down at concert-goers in Las Vegas, and warned Charlottesville schools should be targeted next. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Charlottesville schools locked down after FBI warns of threat referencing Las Vegas shooter

Melissa Quinn · October 11, 2017 4:31 pm

DeAndre Harris is assaulted in a parking garage beside the Charlottesville police station after a white nationalist rally was disbursed by police in Charlottesville, Va. Harris is now facing felony charges, according to a new report. (Zach D. Roberts via AP)

African-American man who was attacked by white supremacists in Charlottesville now faces felony charges

Katie Leach · October 10, 2017 4:13 pm

This strife would be occurring even absent President Trump, for his election was a result, not the cause, of nationwide white working-class ire. And beneath the whole issue is that Democrats desperately need race as a prominent issue if they are to regain political power. They have proved themselves willing for decades to highlight racial division.

Racial politics: Democrats brought the coals, Trump fanned the flames

Timothy P. Carney · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

The Robert E. Lee statue, along with another of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, are currently covered in black tarps. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

White nationalists return to Charlottesville for brief torch-lit rally

Daniel Chaitin · October 8, 2017 3:44 am