While the removal of the Lee statue in Emancipation Park (yeah, I know) is "on hold due to legal challenges," this symbolic gesture was met with cheers.

A couple of days ago, we watched with heartbreak as Susan Bro, mother of Charlottesville activist Heather Heyer, spoke at a memorial service for her daughter. She spoke to the fact that she wanted her daughter's death to count for something, and encouraged all of us not to let it have been in vain, but to fight injustice as her daughter no doubt would have continued to do. Bro is now putting that into practice.

If anyone can watch this documentary from the events in Charlottesville and still walk away talking about the sins of "both sides," we're in big trouble.

With Trump's inaction and lack of condemnation for the hate that drove the white nationalists in Charlottesville, they group issued the letter "[effective] immediately." “Ignoring your hateful rhetoric would have made us complicit in your words and actions,” it states.

Videos of Christopher Cantwell crying and declaring himself "terrified" went viral, but when I watched it I couldn't find any satisfaction in mocking Cantwell's tough guy about-face, because of the vicious way he speaks about Chelsea Manning.

The ACLU's California chapters have officially broken ranks from the rest of the ACLU National organization, announcing in a statement that they condemn groups who hide behind the First Amendment as an excuse to incite or engage in violence.

The great-great-grandsons of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson published an open letter addressed to Richmond Mayer Levar Stoney and members of the Monument Avenue Commission on Slate titled "The Monuments Must Go." 

Life After Hate, “the only organization dedicated to bringing people out of the white supremacist movement," lost federal funding they were promised during the Obama administration under Trump.

A memorial for Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old woman tragically killed by a white supremacist who drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, was held today in Charlottesville, VA. You can watch the entire service above. 

Alan Zimmerman, president of Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville, described what happened as an assemblage of Nazis and white supremacists marched past their synagogue.

While I find myself in heated arguments with many adults about the events in Charlottesville, my favorite take on the matter was created by a brilliant pre-teen. Out of the mouth (and pen) of babes comes wisdom and truth.

In an Instagram slide show, Zamata writes both fondly and candidly about her years at UVA.

Last night, all the late night talk show hosts tackled the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. Yes, even Jimmy Fallon.

Here's a little something that'll brighten up your now Orphan Black-less days.

The racism of the white supremacists in Charlottesville isn't new, but neither is the desire to push back against it. There are two sides, but only one if you are someone who cares about being an actual human being. Choose wisely.

Heather D. Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal whose friends described her as a passionate advocate for justice, has been identified as the woman killed in Charlottesville, Virginia yesterday.

Last night, torch-wielding racists and hate groups descended on Charlottesville, Virginia as part of the lead-up to a Unite the Right rally. It looked a hell of a lot like a KKK rally.