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A makeshift memorial on the street where Heather Heyer was killed when a car rammed into a crowd during a white supremacist rally in 2017.

As Trial Begins In Charlottesville Protest Death, Community Reflects

Charlottesvile, Va., is bracing for the murder trial of the man accused of ramming his car into a crowd during a white supremacist rally in 2017. The community wants accountability, and healing.

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Survivor Advocates For Forgiveness

Sarah Collins Rudolph was 12 years old when her sister and three friends were killed by a bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan at a church basement in Alabama.

Japanese animation movie director Isao Takahata received many honors over his career, including France's <em>officier de l'Ordre</em> <em>des Arts et des Lettres</em>, which he accepted in 2015.

Studio Ghibli Co-Founder Isao Takahata Dies At 82

Takahata founded Japan's film and animation house Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki in 1985.

Iris and Eli Fugate with their 6-month-old son Jack, at the family's home in San Diego. Thanks to California's paid family leave law, Iris was able to take six weeks off when Jack was born, and Eli took three weeks, with plans to take the remaining time over the next few months.

How California's 'Paid Family Leave' Law Buys Time For New Parents

The state's 2002 law offers six weeks' leave at a little over half-pay to eligible workers after the birth of a child. Ninety percent of businesses say the law's had a "neutral or positive" impact.

Then-President Barack Obama helps paint a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. in 2017.

Barack Obama And John Lewis Remember The Work Of Martin Luther King Jr.

"Being on the right side of history isn't always popular. And it isn't always easy," said the former president.

A white casket containing the body of 14-year-old Carol Robertson, one of four young African-American girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by Ku Klux Klan members, is carried in for funeral services in 1963 in Birmingham, Ala.

Blaming Victims For Mail Bombs Carries Echoes Of Civil Rights Bombings

The speculation surrounding a string of mail bombs harks back to another era in American history, when bombs were a tool of political intimidation and when bombings were blamed on the victims.

President Trump answers questions during a meeting with military leaders in the Cabinet Room on Tuesday at the White House.

What Is A Nationalist In The Age Of Trump?

"America First" has been a Trump mantra for years. The suggestion that the U.S. has been fleeced by foreigners has been his appeal to all those who find talk of "globalism" unsettling or threatening.

Then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence announces that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services has approved the state's waiver request for its Medicaid plan in 2015.

Indiana's Claims About Its Medicaid Experiment Don't All Check Out

Indiana's health program for low-income people is experimental, and needs federal approval to continue. The state says its program is working, but some claims lack much-needed context.

'Bring The War Home' Shows 'Lone Wolf' Terrorists Are Really Part Of A Pack

Kathleen Belew's new book explores the impact of the Vietnam War on America's white power movement; Belew says that movement was behind a lot of domestic terror attacks attributed to "lone wolves."

Visitors look at 16th Street Baptist Church, the scene of the 1963 bombing, in Birmingham, Ala.

'A Legacy Of Pain': Birmingham Church Bomber Is Denied Parole

An Alabama parole board has denied early release to a 78-year-old Ku Klux Klansman, who was convicted of killing four black girls in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.

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