
Tina Fey eats cake on Saturday Night Live; her 'sheetcaking' movement has Twitter divided
Tina Fey urged the protesters of Charlottesville to participate in her 'sheetcake' movement, which involves buying cake and ranting while eating it.

University of Texas to remove statues of Robert E Lee, other Confederate figures
University of Texas president Greg Fenves has ordered the removal of statues of Robert E Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus

Boston: We were outnumbered but our rally was a success, says far-right group that organised 'free speech' rally
Boston: Supporters of a small, conservative "free speech rally" held in Boston said that despite being outnumbered by tens of thousands of counter-protesters, their event was a success.

Thousands rally in Boston protesting far-right groups' 'free speech' rally
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to protest a "free speech" rally featuring far-right speakers

Google removes Gab from Play Store, citing violation of hate speech policy
The banishment of Gab comes in the wake of the deadly clash at a white-nationalist rally last weekend in Virginia.

Boston: Thousands take to streets to protest against far-right 'free speech' rally
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to protest a "free speech" rally featuring far-right speakers

Charlottesville violence: Iran's foreign minister condemns Donald Trump's 'slow' reaction to racism
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday said that US President Donald Trump is slow to condemn racism in the US.

After Charlottesville protests, Boston aims to prevent violence at rally with right-wing speakers
Hundreds of police officers will hit the streets of Boston on Saturday to deter violence at a "Free Speech" rally with Right-wing speakers a week after a woman was killed at a Virginia White-supremacist protest

Charlottesville violence: President’s arts council resigns citing Donald Trump's remarks on issue
Actor Kal Penn, artist Chuck Close and the entire membership of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities have announced their resignation citing the "false equivalence" of Donald Trump's comments about last weekend's "Unite the Right" gathering in Charlottesville

US cities seek ways to head off violence in the wake of white nationalist rallies
Cities across the US are seeking ways to head off the kind of violence seen in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend

Charlottesville attack: Trump's reaction leads tech leaders to resign from his digital advisory board
In their resignation letters, tech leaders did not name Trump directly but hinted that the move was in protest to his remarks on Charlottesville violence.

Mother of Charlottesville violence victim says she will not speak to Donald Trump
The mother of a 32-year-old woman who was killed in the racist violence in Virginia has said she will not speak to US President Donald Trump.

US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley tells staff to stand up against hate amid backlash against Donald Trump
Nikki Haley told staff that everyone must stand up and condemn hate, as Trump faces a backlash for his response to violence at a protest by white nationalists

Steve Bannon out of Trump White House as pressure mounts after Charlottesville violence
Steve Bannon, the most divisive and combative staffer in the Trump White House and self-described "economic nationalist” behind Trump’s most controversial plans, is out. This brings to an end Bannon’s tumultous tenure as the Trump White House is swept up in a storm over the president’s remarks on last week's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

US digital rights group criticises internet companies for removing neo-Nazi groups from servers
A digital rights group based criticized several internet companies saying that the actions were "dangerous" and threatened free expression online.

Donald Trump's approval ratings continue to fall, but vary significantly across states
Even as Donald Trump continues to stumble about in the quagmire that is condemning racism, his job approval ratings continue to plummet.

Charlottesville attack: Thousands participate in candlelight march to protest violence
Hundreds of people marched peacefully with lit candles across the University of Virginia campus on 16 August, 2017, in Charlottesville

Communities across US unsure of what to do with Confederate monuments after removing them
As communities across the US remove Confederate monuments from public spaces, city leaders now face another conundrum: what to do with the statues.

Vishal Sikka resigns as Infosys CEO, says good work has been undermined: Read full text of resignation letter
In the long-running war of words with Infosys co-founder NR Narayanamurthy, Vishal Sikka has thrown in the towel and has resigned as CEO of Infosys.