alt-right

'Deep, Dark Conspiracy Theories' Hound Some Civil Servants In Trump Era

11:41pm November 14, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Some pro-Trump news outlets are singling out federal employees and accusing them of trying to sabotage the president. The targets have often worked for decades in government outside of the spotlight.

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"It brings back a lot of shame," Christian Picciolini says of his time fronting a white power punk band. He has since disavowed the white supremacist movement and works to help others disengage from it too.

A Former Neo-Nazi Explains Why Hate Drew Him In — And How He Got Out

2:27pm January 18, 2018

by Dave Davies

Christian Picciolini spent eight years as a member of a violent, white power skinhead group. He eventually withdrew and co-founded a nonprofit to help extremists disengage.

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Alt-right demonstrators clash with counter-demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12.

National

Bay Area Braces For Protests: 'Charlottesville Has Raised The Stakes'

2:40pm August 25, 2017

by Eric Westervelt

Police are preparing for far-right rallies this weekend in San Francisco and Berkeley, what one supporter calls "kicking the hornets' nest." Scores of counter-protests are planned.

Andrew Knight holds a sign of Pepe the frog, an alt-right icon, during a rally in Berkeley, Calif., on April 27.

What Pepe The Frog's Death Can Teach Us About The Internet

1:23pm May 11, 2017

by Sam Sanders

His creator killed the frog in a comic strip, after the character spent much of 2016 tied to the alt-right. Pepe's sad tale is a modern parable of how awful the Internet can be.

A "beware racism" placard seen in New York's Grand Central Station. Is that racist?

Is It Racist To Call Someone 'Racist'?

7:52pm November 23, 2016

by Gene Demby

Casting racism as a moral failure has had the bizarre consequence of confounding the issue for many Americans. Can anything be called racist without controversy?

People protest the appointment of white nationalist alt-right media mogul, former Breitbart News head Steve Bannon, to be chief strategist of the White House by President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 16, near City Hall in Los Angeles, Calif.MCNEW/AFP/Getty

Anti-Defamation League Official: Racist Incidents 'A Wake-Up Call'

3:53am November 23, 2016

by NPR Staff

The rise in hate crimes and in the prominence of white nationalist groups since Donald Trump's election highlight the need for concerned people to stand up and fight, says Deborah Lauter of the ADL.

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Politics & Government

Breitbart Editor: Trump Strategist Bannon Is Conservative 'National Hero'

2:18pm November 16, 2016

Former Breitbart News CEO Steve Bannon called the organization "the platform for the alt-right." Steve Inskeep talks to Breitbart senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak for his take on Bannon.

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