rallies

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday, protesting plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation that have become a key flash point in the national debate over gun violence. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  The size of the rally […]

Organizers are encouraging gun rights supporters to bring unloaded rifles to rallies at state capitols across the U.S. this weekend, pushing back against a wave of student-led gun violence protests that some see as a threat to the Second Amendment. A group called the National Constitutional Coalition of Patriotic Americans spread word of the gatherings […]

One protester punched the Nazi (Randy Furniss) in the face, but high school football coach Aaron Courtney tried a non-violent approach that seemed to work a little better.

Stacey Abrams, the Georgia governor candidate, is calling for the removal of the statue of three Confederate war leaders on the face of state-owned Stone Mountain. In a series of tweets early Tuesday morning, Abrams said, “Confederate monuments belong in museums where we can study and reflect on that terrible history, not in places of […]

SEATTLE (AP) — Protesters decrying hatred and racism converged around the country on Sunday, saying they felt compelled to counteract the white supremacist rally that spiraled into deadly violence in Virginia. The gatherings spanned from a planned march to President Donald Trump‘s home in New York to a candlelight vigil in Florida. In Seattle, police […]

It got downright ugly at a Donald Trump rally Saturday (11-21-15) in Alabama. A black man – representing the #BlackLivesMatter movement – attempting to protest at the rally,  was tackled, punched and kicked by a group of Trump supporters as he shouted “Black lives matter” during the Republican presidential candidate’s speech at the Birmingham Jefferson […]