The Anti-Defamation League launched an interactive map that details extremist and anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, the organization announced Thursday. The ADL H.E.A.T. Map was developed by ADL experts in its Center on Extremism. The map allows users to see the tactics extremists use, read details on specific incidents, compare activity by type or…
Murders committed by American white supremacists more than doubled in 2017 over the previous year, according to a new Anti-Defamation League report. White supremacists were responsible for 18 of the total 34 extremist-related killings in the country, the ADL repoted. The report, “Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2017,” was released Wednesday by…
Wordpress.com has taken down the website of Vanguard America, the group with whom accused killer James Alex Fields rallied at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The site’s takedown occurred some time between 6p.m. and 6:30p.m. Monday. Clicking on the group’s website now yields the message: “reactionamericacom.wordpress.com is no longer available. This blog…
Comment boards for any article pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can prove perilous. No matter who is badmouthing who as a bloodthirsty, racist terrorist, the partisans on both sides, while repeating tired lines ad nauseam, ironically employ the same exact rhetoric — with the exception of a few words and phrases. It’s a lot like…
Could it be more starkly ironic than this: on Sunday, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, President Trump opened the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology, and on Tuesday, he announced his intention to end federal programs that counter violent extremism in the United States. The President’s speech to the leaders of Arab and Islamic nations assembled…
When Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s top counterterrorism adviser, met the British journalist Ruth Sherlock at the White House in late March, the deputy assistant to the president took her deep into the West Wing, proudly waving his blue “all-access” pass. Then, in the Roosevelt Room, at the heart of the White House power center, opposite…
When a Jewish sports and social club in Rio de Janeiro hosted Jair Bolsonaro, a rising far-right politician known for his open bigotry, he didn’t disappoint. As some 200 protesters outside Hebraica chanted, “those who incite torture have forgotten the Shoah,” Bolsonaro, who has indicated he intends to run for president next year, faced some…
Google is under fire this week, as numerous high-profile European companies withdraw or threaten to withdraw from the search engine’s lucrative ad business over concerns that their promotions are being placed alongside extremist, racist content. Companies that have ditched Google, or might do so, include HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland, British telecom giant Vodafone…
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