Charlottesville

HBO airing ‘No Accident,’ documentary on legal team that sued Charlottesville rally organizers

The film features interviews with and behind-the-scenes footage of the attorneys, their team, and six of the nine plaintiffs. 

 Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' Rally
White nationalists participate in a torch-lit march on the grounds of the University of Virginia ahead of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 11, 2017.

Court orders defendants in Charlottesville neo-Nazi lawsuit to pay nearly $5m.

 THE WRITER visits Charlottesville. On the wall, it reads: ‘It can happen again – gone but not forgotten.’

Charlottesville revisited: Confronting resurging antisemitism - opinion

A memorial for Heather Heyer, who was killed. On August 12, 2017, a car was deliberately driven into a crowd of people who had been peacefully protesting the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring 28.

Judge slashes Charlottesville penalties by 90%


3 dead, 2 injured at University of Virginia shooting, suspect in custody

The suspected shooter, Christopher Darnell Jones, is in the custody of the University of Virginia police.

 University of Virginia in Charlottesville (Illustrative).

Amy Spitalnick goes from fighting neo-Nazis to leading Bend the Arc

Amy Spitalnick led a group that won a $25 million judgment against the neo-Nazis who organized the deadly 2017 Charlottesville march.

 Amy Spitalnick

31 white supremacists arrested in Idaho

Police seized a plethora of riot gear and documents that clarified the group's intentions to disrupt the North Idaho Pride Alliance's "Pride in the Park" event. 

 Thirty men, who police say are affiliated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front, pose for jail booking photographs released by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. June 12, 2022. The men and their leader (not shown) were arrested for conspiracy to riot.

Biden references Colleyville in Holocaust Remembrance Day statement

Biden stressed the need to teach accurately about the Holocaust and to push back against attempts to deny or revise history.

US VP Joe Biden looks at pictures of Jews killed in the Holocaust during a visit to the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem March 9, 2010

Jury fines Charlottesville rally organizer $25 million

Many of the defendants have already said they will not be able to pay the damages, and that they have been financially drained by the defense.

White nationalist leader Richard Spencer of the National Policy Institute.

Charlottesville trial of far right displays antisemitism and hate

A number of far-right people are on trial for their action in the 2017 Unite the Right rally in which multiple were injured.

White supremacists clash with counter protesters at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017

Group of anti-Trump Republicans was behind tiki torches in Virginia campaign

Tuesday's close vote between Republican former private-equity executive Glenn Youngkin and Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a former governor, is widely seen as a foretaste of next year's midterm elections.

AN ANTI-TRUMP protester in Washington last year.

Organizers of Charlottesville rally to stand trial

A lawsuit was filed in October of 2017 against a list of people on the grounds of them being involved in the organizing of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.

White supremacists clash with counter protesters at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017

Charlottesville to remove Confederate statue and center of 2017 protest

The statue of Robert E. Lee was meant to be removed in 2017. A second statue is expected to be removed soon as well.

A sign reading "Hate Has No Home Here" hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, ahead of the one year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018

Biden recalls Charlottesville march on Holocaust Remembrance Day

“The horrors we saw and heard in Charlottesville in 2017, with white nationalists and neo-Nazis spewing the same antisemitic bile we heard in the 1930s in Europe, are the reason I ran for president”

American white nationalists march at the University of Virginia ahead of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11, 2017. In Charlottesville, antisemitic marchers shouted, 'Jews won’t replace us'

Roberta Kaplan is crushing white supremacists in court

Kaplan has had a prolific legal career, representing corporate giants and cultural icons alike.

Edie Windsor, right, an 83-year-old lesbian widower, makes a statement to the media as her lawyer Roberta Kaplan, left, looks on in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, March 27, 2013.