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White Supremacist Busted on Charges He Ran Black Candidate Out of Race for City Council in Charlottesville, Va.
One day, a black activist aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement was announcing his intent to run for City Council in Charlottesville, Va.—and the very next day, he was out. Apparently, for good. Now, federal prosecutors say they know why the candidate, identified in court papers only as “D.G.,” stepped away from the race:…
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To Hell With Y’all: Charlottesville Judge Rules Confederate Statues Will Stay
Well, it was a good idea while it lasted. I’m referring to the removal of public monuments of known racists. But the law—in that comfortable cradle of great virtue the world knows as Charlottesville, Va.,—has prevailed. And it’s the celebration of racist business as usual. On Wednesday, a judge in the fair, ahem, city ruled…
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Being Black in a Newsroom
When most people think of careers in television, their first thought usually goes to someone in front of the camera. I am no different. When I got serious about my broadcast journalism major, I too had visions of being in front of the camera to become the next Oprah. I knew I wanted to be…
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White Supremacist Who Plowed His Car Into Charlottesville, Va., Counter-Protestors Begs for Mercy Ahead of Sentencing
After being convicted of the murder of activist Heather Heyer and injuring dozens of others when he plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters during the infamous Charlottesville rally, James Alex Fields Jr. is begging the judge responsible for his sentencing to show him mercy. WJLA reports that Fields’ legal team believes that the…
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White Supremacist Leader and One of His Minions Plead Guilty to Inciting Violence at Charlottesville, Va., Riot
The leader of a group of California-based white supremacists and one of his members pleaded guilty Friday to charges connected with the deadly violence at the Charlottesville, Va., “Unite the Right” rally two years ago. Benjamin Drake Daley, a founder of the white supremacist Rise Above Movement, and member Michael Miselis pleaded guilty inside a…
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Charlottesville Schools Close After Online Threat of 'Ethnic Cleansing'
After an anonymous threat of an “ethnic cleansing” was posted online, the Charlottesville City School District announced on Friday that all of their schools will remain closed for the second day in a row. The threat, initially posted on the website 4chan, encouraged white students to refrain from attending school in order to protect themselves,…
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A Year After Unite the Right, Charlottesville Is Taking a Stand Against Media and 'Allies' Who Implicitly Support White Supremacy
Anxiety is high in Virginia as it approaches the one-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally, the “alt-right” violent protest that brought together all manner of white supremacists in Charlottesville. In anticipation of demonstrations—and subsequent clashes—marking the anniversary, including a Unite the Right 2 rally that will be held this weekend in Washington, D.C.,…
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A Year Later: Documenting Hate: Charlottesville Explores the Growing White Nationalist Movement in America
As the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville, Va., Unite the Right rally approaches, many still cannot wrap their minds around the hundreds if not thousands of white supremacist sympathizers who descended on a bucolic college town and wrecked violent havoc—one anti-racism protester was killed, dozens more were hospitalized—in the year of our Lord 2017. Many…
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Driver Who Allegedly Killed 1, Injured 35, in Charlottesville, Va., Charged With Federal Hate Crimes
James Alex Fields Jr., the white supremacist accused of killing anti-racism protester Heather Heyer at last year’s white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., was charged with multiple counts of federal hate crimes on Wednesday. The Justice Department charged Fields with one hate crime act that led to the death of Heyer, 32, who was counterprotesting…
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‘White Civil Rights’ Rally Coming to DC After National Park Service Approves Application
On the first-year anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., history is set to repeat itself, with hundreds of people expected to gather in the nation’s capital for a White Civil Rights rally. According to WUSA-TV, the National Park Service has approved an application for a White Civil Rights…