The racist roots of the dog whistle

Here's how we came to label the coded language

Donald Trump built a career on magic words. The spell is breaking now.

Wolverine Watchmen, extremist group implicated in plot to kidnap Michigan governor, trained for ‘civil war’

The alleged plot against Whitmer underscored the threat of violence from groups with far-right ideologies.

Demonstrators in Portland decry police brutality in wake of Breonna Taylor case

They listened to speakers in Lincoln Park and chanted as they marched through the Old Port and along Congress Street to Deering Oaks.

Prosecutor didn’t recommend homicide charges to grand jury in Breonna Taylor’s killing

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says he won't block the release of grand jury recordings.

UMaine will remove name of eugenics advocate from academic building

A task force has recommended the board of trustees consider various options for renaming the building on the Orono campus, possibly for a person of Wabanaki descent.

Portland police, Black Lives Matter group clash over plans for protest Saturday

Organizers dispute Chief Frank Clark's criticism about a lack of communication.

Two Louisville police officers shot in protests of Breonna Taylor case

The violence occurred after a grand jury brought no charges against police for killing the Black woman during a drug raid gone wrong in March.

Barr under fire over comparison of virus lock-in to slavery

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., called the attorney general’s remarks 'the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful things I’ve ever heard.'

Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters

Trump has long fanned the nation's culture wars, including defending the display of the Confederate battle flag and monuments of Civil War rebels from protesters seeking their removal.