Earlier this month, Margie Reckard, 63, was gunned down along with 21 others in the El Paso, Texas, massacre that authorities believe was driven by racial hatred. Two weeks later, strangers amassed by the hundreds to honor Reckard and surround her widower, Antonio Basco.

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

Colson Whitehead On The True Story Of Abuse And Injustice Behind 'Nickel Boys: Whitehead's new novel is based on a notorious Florida reform school where boys were beaten and sexually abused. "If there's one place like this, there are many," he says.

UPDATE (Aug. 15, 2:38 p.m. PT) — The Multnomah County district attorney’s office has filed criminal charges against Joey Gibson, the leader of Vancouver-based Patriot Prayer.

Patriot Prayer is a far-right group that attracts white supremacists and has engaged in violence.

Fire crews responded to a fire Friday afternoon south of Cottage Grove that was visible from I-5 and resulted in a southbound lane closure at milepost 167.

The national president of the Oath Keepers, a prominent anti-government militia, is urging his members to stay away from a far-right demonstration in downtown Portland Saturday.

The event is being billed as a rally against antifa. It's been condemned by Portland’s mayor and a broad coalition of civil rights, law enforcement and business groups as a pretext for violence. 

Demonstrations in downtown Portland remained non-violent Saturday with the two opposing groups remaining mostly separated.

Portland Police allowed the Proud Boys, a fraternity that describes itself as “western chauvinist” and espouses parts of white supremacist ideology, to cross the closed Hawthorne Bridge, effectively keeping them separated by the Willamette River, with counter-protesters on the west side at Portland’s south waterfront.