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US President Donald Trump is shown standing behind a small microphone and wearing a dark suit with red and blue stripes while holding his left hand out.

Trump to far-right extremists: ‘Stand back and stand by’

2020 US presidential election

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday didn’t condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some American cities this summer, branding it solely a “left-wing” problem and telling one far-right extremist group to “stand back and stand by.”

In her new book, author Isabel Wilkerson, right, argues a caste system — not race — explains inequality in the United States.

Author Isabel Wilkerson: Caste, not race, is the ‘bones’ of inequality in the US

Faces of holocaust survivors

This Boston Holocaust survivor offers a warning: It starts slowly

Arts, Culture & Media
steve bantou in front of a large American flag

Steve Bannon’s ‘The Movement’ is an umbrella group of anti-establishment, populist parties in Europe

US Diplomacy
People stand in front of the White House with a sign that says "Drive out Trump-Pence regime"

Washington braces for far right rally a year after Charlottesville clashes

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People fly into the air as a vehicle is driven into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.

Is Ryan Kelly’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph an American ‘Guernica’?

Arts

There are uncanny echoes of Picasso’s “Guernica” in Kelly’s photograph.

This 19th century sign, which was originally above a grocery shop in Paris, has been defaced several times in recent years. The Paris City Council has voted to take it down.

Why some say Paris shouldn’t take down this racist sign

Conflict

The US isn’t the only place dealing with divisive monuments related to slavery and a civil war. France is struggling with how to handle images on the street that many see as racist and offensive, including a sign that translates as “At the Happy Negro’s.”

Richard Spencer

Poland’s right-wing nationalist government objects to visit by US white supremacist Richard Spencer

Conflict

Poland’s foreign ministry has objected to a planned visit by US white supremacist Richard Spencer.

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This is a story about the origins of Antifa

Justice

Antifa became the buzzword of the summer after racially motivated protests in Charlottesville. But where did this word come from and how did Antifa become a movement in the US? Find out.

White nationalists carry torches on the grounds of the University of Virginia, on the eve of a planned Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, US August 11, 2017. Picture taken August 11, 2017.

How often have you dealt with racism? Her friends’ answers surprised her.

Culture

Nayomi Munaweera asked her Facebook friends to talk about race. She was deluged with stories about friends’ experiences — and new ways of thinking about America.

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