In Monument Debate, Calls for an Overdue Reckoning on Race and Southern Identity

By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, ALAN BLINDER and RICHARD FAUSSET August 18, 2017 EUFAULA, Ala. — The facts of Southern history, according to Brad Griffin, are beyond dispute. “It was a slave society,” he said. “They had white...

Confederate Leaders’ Descendants Say Statues Can Come Down

Great-great-grandchildren of Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee disagree with President Trump that moving Confederate monuments destroys American history and culture.

Trump’s Embrace of Racially Charged Past Puts Republicans in Crisis

The president’s response to the Charlottesville violence has drawn starkly different reactions between his core supporters and party leaders who fear political oblivion.

Far-Right Groups Blaze Into National View in Charlottesville

By RICHARD FAUSSET and ALAN FEUER August 13, 2017 It was a deadly weekend of rage-fueled street battles. And after the violent demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va., leaders of white nationalist groups claimed success. “It was a huge moral...

Airbnb Cancels Accounts Linked to White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH August 9, 2017 Thousands of people are expected to descend on Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday to participate in, or protest against, a white nationalist rally. But some of the rally’s participants may have trouble finding...