Three package bombs have struck Austin's Black and Latino neighborhoods, killing and injuring people whose families were prominent in their communities.

The bombs were left on the doorsteps of families active in the fight for racial justice.

"Historically, bombings have often been directed at the families and communities of prominent and outspoken community members, not just the [civil rights] leaders themselves.

Linda Gibbs, of Independence, Missouri, went out to get the mail on Tuesday.

Inside the mailbox, Gibbs, found a package containing a Black Barbie doll. Racial slurs were written on the outside.

Gibbs, who is Black, believes the package was intended for her granddaughter, who usually retrieves the mail.

"How we present race matters...And it means we have a duty, in every story, to present accurate and authentic depictions—a duty heightened when we cover fraught issues such as race."

"[U]ntil the 1970s National Geographic all but ignored people of color who lived in the United States, rarely acknowledging them beyond laborers or domestic workers. Meanwhile it pictured “natives” elsewhere as exotics, famously and frequently unclothed, happy hunters, noble savages—every type of cliché."

The far right likes to use memes about Irish slavery in the US to derail conversations about the impact of slavery of African-Americans.

It's a myth. Irish immigrants were often indentured servants — meaning they were contracted to work for a set period of time in order to emigrate.

"It was a completely different category from slavery.”

When Brian Hogan's wife suffered a heart attack, he left his 10-year-old daughter with a neighbor while he rushed to the hospital 60 miles away.

Child welfare workers took her away — without a judge's court order.

Wanting to "spotlight the beauty of black life, from the jazz giants to ordinary neighborhood residents," a group of African-American photographers formed a collective in order to challenge each other creatively and compete in the photography world in the 1960s. http://bit.ly/2pifanQ

"We will put these beasts to death." — Oklahoma State Rep. Mike Christian, sponsor of a bill to allow the state to experiment with nitrogen as a way to kill people on death row, which "has never been tried by any state or nation in the history of the world."

It's been a chaotic news cycle for the radical right — one that suggests that the fringe is, perhaps, unravelling.

But in the White House, where more than one hate group is enjoying unprecedented access to power, elements that were once considered fringe are being woven ever more tightly into the fabric of our government.

Two years ago it was his dad. Two months ago it was his mom. Last week it was his big brother.

"I love you," Erwin said, hugging him close, saying goodbye at the airport.

He's the oldest in the house now.

In 2016, the FBI saw a more than 20% increase in hate crimes targeting Muslims.

The suspect allegedly plowed his pickup truck into a Sikh-owned convenience store because he thought the owners were Muslim.

“Even if it was Muslims, he shouldn’t have done that thing,” said Harjot Singh, a nephew of the owner. “We’re just trying to make a living out of here, that’s all we’re doing.”

Andrew Veprek "strongly believes fewer refugees should be admitted into the United States and that international migration is something to be stopped, not managed."

He was just appointed to oversee refugee admissions.

Mike Pompeo — The “threat to America” is “people who deeply believe that Islam is the way.”

An anti-Muslim hate group's president, about Mike Pompeo — He's "a steadfast ally of ours."

This man is unfit to be secretary of state.

Sewage backups that cause feces to seep through shower and cell drains. No lights or electricity for weeks at a time. Hundreds of roaches in the kitchen.

Prisoners have resorted to trying to get officers' attention by starting a fire within their cell, or cutting themselves and sticking their bleeding arms out of the tray slots in their doors.

We're suing.