Back in March, Matthew Heimbach, a prominent figure in America’s white nationalist movement, was arrested at an Indiana trailer park for a violent outburst following his involvement in a dramatic, adulterous love triangle, leading to the breakup of his neo-Nazi group. The story doesn’t end there, Vice details. Heimbach, the leader of the Traditionalist Worker…
White nationalists are using the story of the hit movie “Black Panther” to boost their claim that nation-states should only have one ethnicity, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Commenters on websites like Twitter, YouTube and 4chan have been claiming that the fictional kingdom of Wakanda, which isolates itself from the world using superior technology, is…
A Pittsburgh freelancer hid her profile subject’s swastika tattoo and connections to white supremacist circles, according to a statement on the article issued by its editor. The article, by Kim Rutt, was published by the Pittsburgh City Paper, an alternative weekly. Rutt profiled several female tattoo artists in Pittsburgh for the weekly’s first cover story…
Vegas Tenold, a Norwegian journalist, spent over seven years embedded in different white nationalist groups, and his new book tells of living in a hateful mishmash of outcasts that is barely holding itself together. In an interview with Vice, Tenold explained why he thinks membership in white nationalist organizations is appealing — and why their…
Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school Wednesday afternoon, has no ties to the white supremacist militia the Republic of Florida, local law enforcement told the Tallahassee Democrat. On Thursday, the Anti-Defamation League reported that Cruz trained with the ROF based on the testimony of the group’s leader, Jordan Jereb….
Paul Nehlen became a full-fledged social media martyr for the far right Wednesday after Twitter permanently banned him from the service for a racist tweet about Meghan Markel, Prince Harry’s fiance, Right Wing Watch reported. Nehlen has gained notoriety for his racist and anti-Semitic social media posts during his candidacy to unseat House Speaker Paul…
A farm well-known in northern Virginia for wearing its politics on its sleeves decided it was time to tone it down. A sign reading “Rise & Resist” had led to an outpouring of vitriol from neighbors and fellow Virginians over a perceived attack on Trump. They thought changing it to “Resist White Supremacy” would make…
The New York Times announced a new hire on Tuesday afternoon. And then reversed the decision Tuesday night after Twitter users showed the writer’s tweets using homophobic slurs and bragging about befriending neo-Nazis, the Washington Post reported. The Times’ editorial board announced it had hired Quinn Norton, a technology blogger, to be its lead opinion…
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