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The president boosts white supremacists

After condemning Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan on Monday, President Trump spoke again yesterday of this weekend’s violence at the University of Virginia. The White House scheduled a press conference to change the subject from Saturday’s violence at the University of Virginia to infrastructure repair, but President Trump turned it into another defense of armed white racists and the demonstration they called Unite-the-Right. He seemed to find moral equivalence between armed white racists supporting a Confederate symbol and those who protested.

Mary Kate Cary

WION Gravitas: Charlottesville violence fallout

President Trump has condemned the violence of White Supremacist Group in Charlottesville. His critics say it was too little too late. Here's a roundup of what's going on in Trump's America.

Brian Balogh

Visit Charlottesville, Mr. President

Visiting the city is the only way Trump will get a second chance at denouncing white supremacist groups, writes Miller Center historian Guian McKee

Guian McKee

Charlottesville violence highlights racism

CNNi talks to Douglas Blackmon, an author and senior fellow at the University of Virginia, about the controversy over the Confederate memorials in the U.S.

Douglas Blackmon

The Domestic Terrorism Danger: Focus on Unauthorized Private Military Groups

For those close to the action, including the law enforcement personnel on duty, hardly any aspect of the Charlottesville confrontation was more menacing than the appearance of organized, often uniformed, private bands of men in military getups, openly brandishing assault rifles and other long guns. This is an ominous development, but it is not a new one. And it can be—and has been—countered with legal action. I took part in that work.

Philip Zelikow

‘Sadly, This Is Not New’: UVA Professor Reflects on History of Racism in America

University of Virginia history professor Brian Balogh arrived at the university grounds on Saturday, ready to give a talk as part of a planned “reflective conversation” about race in America. It was part of a university event intended as counterprogramming against a rally by white nationalists, neo-Confederates, and alt-right groups happening a short distance away. But the reflection never happened.

Brian Balogh