Author: Jessi Paetzke

Residents of Milwaukee gathered on August 13 along with other groups around the country in remembrance of Heather Heyer, the 32 year old who was kiIIed by a white nationalist in Charlottesville, Virginia. Editor’s Note: A coalition of far-right groups invaded Charlottesville for a “Unite the Right” rally to oppose the removal of a confederate monument, and the re-naming of Lee Park to Emancipation Park. A huge counter-demonstration gathered in opposition to the message of hate and violence. Heyer was part of a group protesting the gathering of neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan, and other radical supremacist groups. In an...