| How one man left hate behind – and helped others do the same Posted: 10 Aug 2018 02:12 PM PDT ![How one man left hate behind – and helped others do the same]( "How one man left hate behind – and helped others do the same") Christian Picciolini was recruited into America's first skinhead group, Chicago Area Skinhead, when he was a young teenager. Picciolini is the host and narrator of a new documentary produced by Part2Pictures, "Breaking Hate," which traces the story of how he helped a Charlottesville protester walk away from the neo-Nazi views he espoused – with the help of Susan Bro, whose daughter was killed in the protests. Q: What originally attracted you to white supremacy?
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| For people of Charlottesville, a year of reckoning Posted: 10 Aug 2018 12:42 PM PDT ![For people of Charlottesville, a year of reckoning]( "For people of Charlottesville, a year of reckoning") The best seats are already taken half an hour before the Charlottesville City Council is due to start. There are scattered boos and hisses when she is followed by her predecessor and fellow city councilmember Mike Signer, who stepped down after being widely criticized for his management of last year's protests and the consequent fallout.
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| Paving Mexico’s road to reconciliation Posted: 10 Aug 2018 12:17 PM PDT ![Paving Mexico's road to reconciliation]( "Paving Mexico's road to reconciliation") Elected as Mexico's next president by a wide margin on July 1, Andrés Manuel López Obrador does not take office until Dec. 1. It's part of a broad effort to reform institutions and create new options for youth, including those already seduced by crime. AMLO stresses the need for citizens – of every country – to help create the conditions for peace and ensure that the tragedies of recent years are ended and not repeated.
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| In Canada's spat with Saudi Arabia, signs of a trickier road for democracies Posted: 10 Aug 2018 11:13 AM PDT ![In Canada's spat with Saudi Arabia, signs of a trickier road for democracies]( "In Canada's spat with Saudi Arabia, signs of a trickier road for democracies") The furious reaction by Saudi Arabia to what was a rather stock Canadian statement calling for the release of imprisoned human rights activists has little to do with Canada – and everything to do with the ruling agenda of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. In doing so, it has raised questions about the price Canada must pay to stand up for its principles on the global stage, which has become a lonelier place as of late.
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