Ku Klux Klan

Statues honouring the losing Confederate side are seen as an attempt to reclaim a lost and noble cause despite the south’s support for slavery

America Letter: memories of the state capital’s dark past are never far from the surface

Europe Letter: Occasional acceptance of the obnoxious is price of satire and free speech

Fr Charles Coughlin created the template for a media-savvy demagogue to acquire a huge political following in the US

The Irish actor seemed not to understand the story he told pressed on an open wound

Attorney general Herring admits dressing in blackface as Fairfax sex scandal emerges

Democrats’ crisis in state spirals as lieutenant governor accused of sexual assault

Ralph Northam resisting calls for him to resign after initially apologising for image

Year in Culture Review: From Lady Bird to A Star is Born, here are our films of the year

White nationalist James Alex Fields Jr killed Heather Heyer and injured dozens

Suspects released on bail pending further police inquiries

Group were pictured outside an Islamic centre in Newtownards, say reports

Profile: From tweets to bombs, suspect Cesar Sayoc’s rage at Trump foes escalated

Former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu has no regrets about his initiative

The Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across Ireland

His 25th film tackles US racism but director says far right's rise a global phenomenon

RTÉ’s documentary about the 1968 protests is part history show, part personal journey

White nationalists find themselves outnumbered by opponents, police and media

There are signs of change in the US city where a white supremacist rally turned into scenes of unimaginable terror

Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again

Asia Argento stuns audience with Weinstein allegation: ‘festival was his hunting ground’

There was plenty of Hollywood bling – and anger – at this year’s festival but new movies from Hirokazu Kore-eda and Ryusuke Hamaguchi were quieter highlights

Cannes diary: Competitive von Trier outrage and debating the meaning of shoes

Cannes diary: Spike Lee’s black Klan comedy, Wim Wenders’s Papal pic and Lars von Trier’s latest outrage

Walter Leroy Moody jnr (83) convicted of mail bomb killing of judge in 1989

King’s murder 50 years ago in Memphis represented an irreparable loss to humanity

America Letter: 50 years after Martin Luther King’s death, race relations still perturb US

It’s redneck heaven on the telly this month with Trailer Park Boys and Hardy Bucks

Donald Trump endorses Republican Roy Moore who is accused of sexual misconduct

Tomi Reichental, who has worked tirelessly to keep the memory of Jewish Holocaust victims alive, is saddened that lessons from history have not been learned, as the world’s treatment of Syrian refugees shows

As civil war statues come down in the US, new uses are being sought for them

Fans are angered by provocative images of the US president in the Pink Floyd man’s Us + Them tour

Nationalism is the motivating factor behind what is happening in Trump’s US

A Memphis cinema has decided the classic film is offensive to African-Americans. They’re right

For all our failings, journalism remains an indispensable constraint on power

Trump threatens government shutdown over Mexican wall funding in fiery speech

The US president is becoming ever more crazed, isolated and self-destructive

The Irish in Barcelona include long-term residents such as illustrator Jon Berkeley

Steve Bannon leaves behind an increasingly lonely president in a chaotic White House

Killing at white nationalist clashes ‘magnified’ Heather Heyer’s message