white supremacy

A group from the Proud Boys confronts anti-Trump protesters outside Trump's 2020 campaign kickoff rally Tuesday in Orlando, Fla. The Proud Boys group is known for white nationalist and other extremist rhetoric.

National

Politics Shape The Debate Over What To Call Far-Right Extremism

7:00am June 23, 2019

by Hannah Allam

Federal authorities say far-right violence is the deadliest and most active form of domestic extremism. Now, a debate is heating up about how to define a threat the White House barely acknowledges.

Michael McGarrity, FBI Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division; Calvin Shivers, FBI Deputy Assistant Director in the Criminal Investigative Division; and Elizabeth Neumann, an assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, answer

National

5 Takeaways About The Trump Administration's Response To Far-Right Extremism

6:12pm June 07, 2019

by Hannah Allam

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing the federal government to detail its plans to fight white supremacy and other far-right extremism. Details are scarce, but here's what we know so far.

Facebook announced Wednesday that it will ban white nationalism and separatism content starting next week. "It's clear that these concepts are deeply linked to organized hate groups and have no place on our services," it said.

Facebook Bans White Nationalism And Separatism Content From Its Platforms

9:15pm March 27, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The company says such content is linked to white supremacy and organized hate groups. Users who search for terms related to white supremacy will be directed to an anti-hate site.

A defaced recruiting flyer for Identity Evropa hangs near Trump Tower in Chicago, in July 2016. The flyer which read "Let's Become Great Again" was part of a 17-city recruitment effort by the white nationalist organization.

National

White Supremacist Propaganda At 'Record-Setting' Levels, ADL Report Finds

8:34am March 06, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Hate groups are increasingly relying on flyers to spread their message without publicly revealing the identity of their members.

Members of the Ku Klux Klan ceremonially initiate a new recruit at a meeting in 1922.

National

What The Ebbs And Flows Of The KKK Can Tell Us About White Supremacy Today

6:00am December 08, 2018

by Kat Chow

With the spate of racist mass violence in recent years, it's helpful to consider past waves of white supremacist activity in the United States and what, exactly, caused those ebbs and flows.

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Education

When The 'White Tears' Just Keep Coming

10:36am November 28, 2018

by Leah Donnella

The phrase is meant as a gentle poke at white people who take offense at minor threats to their privilege. "Sometimes it feels good just to make fun of racism and of racists," one humorist says.

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Engraving from a series of images titled "The Great Yellow Fever Scourge — Incidents Of Its Horrors In The Most Fatal District Of The Southern States."

How Yellow Fever Turned New Orleans Into The 'City Of The Dead'

5:35pm October 31, 2018

by Leah Donnella

Some years the virus would wipe out a tenth of the population, earning New Orleans the nickname "Necropolis." The gruesome disease killed thousands, scapegoated immigrants and upheld white supremacy.

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Rise Above Movement members wearing their signature skeleton masks pull away a counter-protester's flag at a "Patriots Day" rally last April in Berkeley, Calif. Four RAM members were arrested for violence at the rally, and a string of others.

National

4 White Supremacists Face Federal Charges In California Attacks

3:32am October 25, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Members of a far-right group were charged for violently attacking counter-protesters, journalists and one police officer at political rallies across the state.

Robert E. Lee Relative Reflects On 'Sickening' Events In Charlottesville And His Family Legacy

9:22am August 23, 2017

by Bethany Chafin

Confederate monuments around the country are coming down following the events of Charlottesville where hate groups rallied around a statue of Robert E. Lee.

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