Rally by White Nationalists Was Over Almost Before It Began - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United."

Richard Fausset, New York Times; original article contains links, a video. and additional illustrations

Image from article, with caption: A counterprotester in Washington on Sunday.

Excerpt:

WASHINGTON — After weeks of hype, white supremacists managed to muster just a couple of dozen supporters on Sunday in the nation’s capital for the first anniversary of their deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va., finding themselves greatly outnumbered by counterprotesters, police officers and representatives of the news media.

But even with the low turnout, almost no one walked away with the sense that the nation’s divisions were any closer to healing. ...

According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, there were a total of 1,038 hate crimes recorded in the 10 largest American cities last year, an increase of 12 percent from 2016 and the highest figure in more than a decade. ...