Charlottesville, Virginia (CNN)Demonstrators clashed Saturday on the streets of Charlottesville ahead of a “Unite the Right” rally as white nationalists and other right-wing groups — and counter-protesters — converged in this college town in the latest flare-up of a running nation debate over the country’s identity. Fist fights and screaming matches erupted before the rally, […]

A federal appeals court allows New Orleans to remove three prominently displayed Confederate monuments.

State Rep. Tommy Benton has come out in favor of two bills that will formally uphold holidays celebrating Confederate members.