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Heather Heyer

  1. confederate monuments
    Virginia Court Paves Way for Removal of Confederate Statues In CharlottesvilleIt’s another blow to the neo-Confederate effort to promote white supremacy via exaltation of the Lost Cause.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. racism
    Heather Heyer’s Murderer Will Spend the Rest of His Life in PrisonJames Fields killed Heyer with his car the day of the Charlottesville protests.
    By Sarah Jones
  3. charlottesville
    Driver in Charlottesville Car Attack Pleads Guilty to 29 Hate CrimesJames Fields Jr. will not be given the death penalty.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  4. charlottesville
    Man Who Killed Young Woman in Charlottesville SentencedA jury sentenced James Alex Fields Jr., 21, to life plus 419 years, and $480,000 in fines for killing heather Heyer at the Unite the Right rally.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  5. charlottesville
    On Anniversary of Heather Heyer’s Death, Her Mother Reflects on Her Loss“I don’t want other mothers to be in my spot.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  6. Man Who Rammed Crowd at Charlottesville Rally Charged With First-Degree MurderJames Fields could be going to prison for the rest of his life.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. charlottesville
    What Heather Heyer KnewShe initially decided that it would be too dangerous to stand up to right-wing extremists. She changed her mind. Why?
    By Gail Sheehy
  8. vmas 2017
    Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer’s Mother Honored Her Daughter at the VMAs“Only 15 days ago, my daughter Heather was killed as she protested racism.”
    By Hunter Harris
  9. charlottesville
    Read Heather Heyer’s Cousin’s Powerful Op-Ed on White Privilege“Why has the death of a white woman at the hands of a white supremacist group finally gotten the attention of white folk?”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  10. politics
    Watch CNN’s Kate Bolduan Shut Down GOP Candidate in Debate About CharlottesvilleCorey Stewart accused Kate Bolduan of using Heather Heyer’s death to advocate for taking down Confederate statues.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  11. charlottesville
    Mother of Charlottesville Victim Says She Refuses to Speak to Trump“You can’t wash this one away by shaking my hand and saying I’m sorry.”
    By Sarah Spellings
  12. charlottesville
    Watch the Moving Speech Heather Heyer’s Mom Gave at Her Memorial ServiceHeyer’s mother, Susan Bro, spoke at her daughter’s memorial service Wednesday.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  13. charlottesville
    Charlottesville Victim Says He Saved Fiancée by Pushing Her Out of Path of Car“Hate still lives and the person that allowed this, this rally to occur, you should be held accountable for her life.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  14. charlottesville
    The Truth About Women and White SupremacyWomen have always been essential to the movement. To overlook that is to underestimate its reach.
    By Laura Smith
  15. charlottesville
    Woman Killed in Charlottesville Was ‘Murdered While Protesting Hate’Thirty-two-year-old Heather Heyer “had a very strong sense of right and wrong” and was dedicated to ending injustice, according to her mother.
    By Katie Van Syckle and Chas Danner