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National

Charlottesville Rally Videographer On Becoming 'Fake News'

5:28pm August 24, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Brennan Gilmore, who recorded the car plowing into protesters. He's since become the focus of conspiracy theorists and the target of death threats from neo-Nazis.

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A Village Voice newspaper stand lays on the ground next to garbage in New York City's East Village on Tuesday. The Village Voice, one of the oldest and best-known alternative weeklies in the U.S., announced that it will no longer publish a print edition.

Music & Culture

New Yorkers Mourn End Of An Era As 'Village Voice' Ceases Print Edition

7:00pm August 23, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

On Tuesday, the famed alt weekly announced it would be ending its free weekly print edition. The publication was purchased by Peter Barbey in 2015.

Peter Madsen's private submarine sits on a pier in Copenhagen's harbor. Danish police have identified a headless, limbless torso that washed ashore Monday as that of Kim Wall, the journalist who joined Madsen on his sub earlier this month to report a stor

World News

Headless Torso ID'd As Reporter Who Died Aboard Inventor's Personal Sub

2:11pm August 23, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Peter Madsen and the journalist set out alone in his submarine. Within days, the sub had sunk and Madsen had admitted that Kim Wall died aboard. Now, police say remains that washed ashore are hers.

White nationalist Richard Spencer speaks earlier this month to select media in Alexandria, Va. Spencer is head of the National Policy Institute and self-described creator of the term "alt-right."

Unlikely Allies Join Fight To Protect Free Speech On The Internet

9:17am August 23, 2017

by Laura Sydell

After big tech companies took action to take down white supremacist content, there have been calls for the government to step in to protect free speech from the right and left.

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The Antifa Handbook

5:04pm August 21, 2017

The history and strategy of anti-fascist organizing.

In the American Prospect interview, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon described economic competition between the U.S. and China in apocalyptic terms.

Bannon, Unplugged: White House Strategist Pushes Trade Agenda, Undercuts Colleagues

1:53pm August 17, 2017

by Scott Horsley

Steve Bannon called a liberal journalist to talk China, white nationalism and his "fight" with others in the administration. "They're wetting themselves," he says of his State Department rivals.

Violent Clashes Erupt at "Unite The Right" Rally In Charlottesville

Politics & Government

The Search For America's Moral Core

10:00am August 17, 2017

America is doing some soul-searching … what will it find?

Politics & Government

Steve Bannon Called 'American Prospect' To Talk About Politics

8:42am August 17, 2017

The White House chief strategist rarely talks to the media, but he called a co-founder of the progressive website The American Prospect. Rachel Martin talks to Robert Kuttner about the discussion.

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A lawsuit accuses Ed Butowsky, a Fox News reporter and the network of concocting a story about Seth Rich's death in an effort to help President Trump.

The Man Behind The Scenes In Fox News' Discredited Seth Rich Story

8:32pm August 16, 2017

by David Folkenflik

Ed Butowsky is the money manager who played a key role in a since-retracted Fox News expose about the murder of a young Democratic Party aide.

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President Trump repeated his much-criticized view of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., during a news conference Tuesday in New York.

What They're Saying: Newspapers Weigh In On Trump's 'Both Sides' Stance

2:32pm August 16, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Saying that a mob is intent on destroying President Trump, The Washington Times editorial board states that "the president himself keeps assisting the project."