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Charlottesville violence
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'Hell no': counterprotesters outnumber white supremacists at White House rally
A small group of white nationalists marched through downtown Washington on Sunday and were met at the rally site by thousands of counterdemonstrators denouncing racism and white supremacy.
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A Year Later, the Fascists of Charlottesville Are Back for More — This Time Outside the White House
Just because white supremacist rallies cannot and will not be banned by the state does not mean they should proceed without opposition.
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Facing the Nazi Threat: At What Point Do We Counter-Protest?
Beating up a Nazi will not teach him or her to stop being a Nazi, but will enforce the internal narrative that they are a marginalized group under attack.
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Why Are There So Many Young People In the White Nationalist Movement?
The former white supremacist Christian Picciolini believes many young people subscribe to white supremacist groups for the same reasons he did: With nowhere else to go, they find comfort in the black-and-white world view these groups promote.
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Charlottesville Coalition to March 10 Days to D.C. to Confront White Supremacy
"We know that this is a very dangerous moment in our nation's history, a moment that requires action."
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The road to hate: For six young men, Charlottesville is only the beginning
The torch-lit images of that Friday night’s march revealed scores of clean-cut, unashamed and young men — very young. Who were they, and what in their relatively short lives had so aggrieved them that they felt compelled to act? The answer is complicated.
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"Hope Not Hatred": Thousands Gather Across U.S. in Rebuke to Trump, Neo-Nazis
Replacing torches with candles and hate with hope, thousands gathered across the U.S. on Wednesday to mourn the death of Heather Heyer and stand peacefully against the violence perpetrated by neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Va.
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Charlottesville Reveals an Emboldened Far Right That Can No Longer Be Ignored
The weekend’s violence proved that despite small numbers, a well-organized, militaristic far-right front is an unsettling specter in the era of Donald Trump.
