Race

National

Counterprotesters Outnumber 'Unite The Right' Rally Attendees

8:03am August 13, 2018

by Brian Mann

A small group of white supremacists gathered near the White House Sunday in Lafayette Park. They were protected by a huge police presence keeping them separated from hundreds of counterdemonstrators.

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NPR Criticized For Interview With White Supremacist Jason Kessler

6:32am August 13, 2018

by David Folkenflik

Friday's interview with the organizer of last year's deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., stirred controversy. Critics argue NPR erred by giving Kessler a platform for his views.

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Anti-KKK signs laid out by counterprotesters in Lafayette Square on Sunday ahead of a planned white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally across from the White House.

National

Small Group Of White Supremacists Rally In D.C. Amid Mass Counterprotests

10:22pm August 12, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

A white supremacist rally took place next to the White House on Sunday, one year after the "Unite the Right" demonstration by the same organizer turned deadly in Charlottesville, Va.

National

How The Media Covers White Supremacists

5:08pm August 12, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Does media coverage of white supremacist events like the Unite The Right rally in Washington, D.C., inform or hurt? How should media organizations decide what to cover?

A memorial to Heather Heyer — who was killed at last year's Charlottesville rally by a driver facing murder and hate crime charges — stands at the site of her death. Heyer's mother, Susan Bro, is in the background.

National

'We Are Resilient:' Memorials, Heavy Police Presence Mark Charlottesville Anniversary

1:30pm August 11, 2018

by Jacob Pinter

A year after white supremacists marched through town with tiki torches, Charlottesville residents say they wanted people to know the city "isn't a hashtag."

Congregants stand and pray, at the end of the Sunday service at Tapestry Church, an newly, and intentionally, multi-ethnic church.

Integrating Sunday Morning Church Service — A Prayer Answered

8:19am August 11, 2018

by Sandhya Dirks

The 11 o'clock hour on a Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours in America, Martin Luther King famously said. Now, one church in Oakland is trying to change that.

Washington, D.C., Officials Prepare For White Nationalist Rally

5:41pm August 10, 2018

by Elly Yu

Officials in Washington, D.C., are ramping up security for ahead of this weekend's white nationalist rally. It comes a year after the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va.

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Even Famous And Successful Black Women Can Encounter Serious Pregnancy Complications

5:41pm August 10, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine, about the fact that black mothers have a higher mortality rate than white mothers.

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Fresh Fest co-founders Day Bracey (left) and Mike Potter (right) visit with Chris Harris, owner of Black Frog Brewery in Holland, Ohio, near Toledo.

Arts

African-American Craft Beer Brewers Unite To Host A Festival Of Their Own

4:03pm August 10, 2018

by Bill O'Driscoll

Craft beer is booming, but it is not very popular in the African-American community and there are few black brewers. The first craft beer festival for African-American brewers aims to change that.

National

Jason Kessler On His 'Unite The Right' Rally Move To D.C.

7:58am August 10, 2018

Noel King talks to Jason Kessler, who organized this weekend's "Unite the Right" rally near the White House — one year after the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va.

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