After in-depth explainers on Watergate and the Clinton affair in seasons one and two, respectively, Slate podcast Slow Burn took a left turn in its third season, leaving behind politics to look at the Tupac-Notorious BIG murders in the mid-1990s.

In New Orleans, there is a blank slab of concrete where a statue of American civil war general Robert E Lee stood for 133 years.

Three politicians in Virginia have brought a new meaning to the phrase “succession planning”. In addition, they have changed the harmless school year book into a ticking career timebomb, writes Terry Prone.

A United States governor has been urged to resign over a racist photo in which he appeared more than 30 years ago.

Martin Luther King’s son has a dream: that American democracy will be “reclaimed” by the midterm elections.

Much like the persistence of racism, to be still talking about a problem that existed in the days when Graeme Souness had a moustache and a perm feels like a depressing indictment of humanity’s inability to change for the better, writes Tommy Martin.

If you ever wanted to explain the word “metaphor” to a small child, show them a photo of this year’s White House Christmas decorations. 

Donald Trump’s yearning for authoritarian rule is clear for all to see, writes James Q Whitman.

Every American president faces a moment that defines their presidency. That moment came and went for Donald Trump after Charlottesville, writes Bette Browne.

A Catholic priest who was a "wizard" in the Ku Klux Klan before becoming a clergyman has urged white supremacists to turn their back on hate by revealing his own personal journey from extremism.

US president Donald Trump dug in defiantly in his response to racial violence in Virginia, echoing the position of white nationalists by intensifying his opposition to the removal of monuments to the pro-slavery Civil War Confederacy.

A combative President Donald Trump has again insisted "there is blame on both sides" for the deadly weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

US President Donald Trump's condemnation of hate groups has disappointed and angered some white nationalists who had supported him.

Pressure has mounted on US president Donald Trump to explicitly condemn white supremacists and hate groups involved in race-fuelled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, which left one woman dead.

There have been renewed calls on Cork hurling fans to abstain from flying the Confederate flag at Croke Park today, writes Ciara Phelan.

Des O’Driscoll highlights what is not to be missed this week on the box. 

While the media slavers over every bloody moment, rehashing and draining the last drop of gore from every single incident, ordinary people march on, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

While racist groups have proliferated in the US for some time, the arrival of Donald Trump has emboldened them, writes Bette Browne

Trust the American people, says avowed liberal John Lloyd, who believes the US Constitution is one of the reasons why the new administration won’t be as bad as feared

A far-right extremist screamed "This is for Britain" when he killed MP Jo Cox in a "cowardly" attack at the height of the EU referendum campaign, a court heard.

Dáithí Ó Sé hosts the Rose of Tralee on Monday and Tuesday at 8pm on RTE One.

With a decreasing number of white, lesser-educated and older voters, the US’s Republican Party could pay a long-term price for the candidacy of Donald Trump, argues Bette Browne

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has announced that he intends to run for the US senate in Louisiana.

MIGRATION has shaped our world and is reshaping it today.

 How did a kitschy, carnival performer propel himself to the brink of power in the most powerful country in the world? asks Bernard-Henri Lévy

Jean-Baptiste Seckler is from France, a country that until September had never hosted a commissioned mixed martial arts event. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has yet to brought bring its all-swinging, all-dancing, seemingly all-conquering circus to French shores.

Rivals candidates vow to fight on despite Super Tuesday setbacks

On the eve of Tuesday's crucial multi-state primaries, a sharp new divide erupted between Republicans over the party's frontrunner, billionaire tycoon Donald Trump.

Presidential hopeful refuses to condemn supremacist’s backing

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The UN has warned that it could see no easing of the flow of refugees into Europe, with 8,000 arrivals daily, and that problems now facing governments may turn out to be only “the tip of the iceberg”.

The moment Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated, the effort to destroy him and his presidency began in earnest, writes Bette Browne who looks back on his legacy

One-year-old Tegan, with her parents Tina and Michael, is among the cochlear-implant patients featured in The Sound Barrier on RTÉ One on Tuesday.

BOLIVIA: With a vast crowd waiting and a temporary altar, Pope Francis needed a place to change before saying Mass in Bolivia — and the closest place was a Burger King.

Shamed pop star Justin Bieber has apologised for a second time for using racist language after claims he used the N-word in a video and joked about joining the Ku Klux Klan.

Justin Bieber reportedly joked about killing black people and joining the Ku Klux Klan in a shocking new video.

SKIN TRADE

The man accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community centre and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City is a known white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once the subject of a nationwide manhunt.

An elderly man accused of killing three people outside Jewish sites in Kansas has been identified as a former Ku Klux Klan chief.

Legendary singer Bob Dylan has been charged in France with inciting hatred over a 2012 interview in which he compared Croatians to Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan.

A petition to change the name of a Florida high school named after an early Ku Klux Klan leader has gathered nearly 90,000 signatures.

Toddler dethroned in toilet seat dilemma

NOT too long ago a (female) friend dared me to use the word ‘menstrual’ in this column: not so much out of juvenile playfulness but to demonstrate there are certain bodily functions which no one wants to read about or even contemplate.

Dan MacCarthy wonders if it’s time the effigy burning in Sussex on Guy Fawkes night next Monday was consigned to the past

A young black woman is in a critical condition after being set alight in an attack in Louisiana which has been linked to the Ku Klux Klan.

"I do not believe that a child can be reformed by lock and key and bars, or that fear can ever develop a child’s character."

Fresh controversy linked to the Government’s decision to close its Vatican embassy has erupted, as a senior US cleric has turned down an invitation to a St Patrick’s Day event at which Taoiseach Enda Kenny will speak.