August 18, 2017

In the wake of a tragedy, the media universe is grappling with an issue it has avoided for years.

Benchmark, a venerable Silicon Valley start-up investor, is caught in a bitter public brawl with Uber’s co-founder, Travis Kalanick. It’s an unusual position for the firm.

As the president’s advisory councils were disbanding, a few corporate chieftains made a case in terms of business self-interest, patriotism and pragmatism.

Plaintiffs’ lawyers thought they had a deal with a trust for the prebankruptcy General Motors to benefit their clients. Then the new G.M. intervened.

Recent events in Charlottesville, Va., where white nationalists clashed with counterprotesters, have brought new attention to a coalition of radicals unafraid to scuffle with right-wing extremists.