Mike Pence Attacks Media for Criticizing Trump’s Refusal to Call Out White Supremacists

Vice President Mike Pence defended President Donald Trump’s decision not to single out white supremacists in his condemnation of a violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday that left a counter-protester dead and dozens seriously injured. “I take issue with the fact that many in the national media spent more time criticizing the president’s words than they…

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Mike Pence Attacks Media for Criticizing Trump’s Refusal to Call Out White Supremacists

A New Generation of White Supremacists Emerges in Charlottesville

The white supremacist forces arrayed in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend — the largest gathering of its sort in at least a generation — represented a new incarnation of the white supremacy movement. Old-guard groups like the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nations and the Nazi skinheads, which had long stood at the center of racist…

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A New Generation of White Supremacists Emerges in Charlottesville

The 20 Most LGBT-Friendly Colleges

www.advocate.com/youth/2017/8/14/20-most-lgbt-friendly-colleges

Organizer of Racist Rally Flees News Conference Amidst Chants of ‘Shame’

Unite the Right organizer Jason Kessler fled his own news conference, refused to take blame for any violence.

www.advocate.com/race/2017/8/13/organizer-racist-rally-flees-news-conference-amidst-chants-shame

Hundreds of Counter Protests and Vigils Spring Up in Wake of Charlottesville

The events that occurred on Friday were horrific but people are joining together in protest. 

www.advocate.com/race/2017/8/13/hundreds-counter-protests-and-vigils-spring-wake-charlottesville

Missouri High School Removes Two Gay Students’ Inspirational Yearbook Quotes

School officials deemed quotes about being out as possibly offensive to other students. 

www.advocate.com/youth/2017/8/13/missouri-high-school-removes-two-gay-students-inspirational-yearbook-quotes