Trump’s speech heralded more authoritarianism; the KKK in 1920s Illinois; DREAM student picked up after making plea; are ICE, Border Patrol going rogue under Trump? And more.
Trump’s speech heralded more authoritarianism; the KKK in 1920s Illinois; DREAM student picked up after making plea; are ICE, Border Patrol going rogue under Trump? And more.
Before the Olathe shootings and the Garden City bombing plot, the region was saturated with Islamophobic rhetoric amid the 2016 election.
Breitbart News — a once unexceptional outlet in the right wing media constellation — became a leading voice in conservative media by 2016. Under the leadership of Stephen K. Bannon, it was an early booster of President Donald Trump’s campaign which in turn cited Breitbart more than any other source. Leaders of the white nationalist movement weren’t surprised.
John Guandolo — a disgraced ex-FBI agent turned anti-Muslim activist — will be in Rapides Parish, Louisiana next week, to train law enforcement. Guandolo, who runs a “strategic and operational training & consulting” group named Understanding the Threat, travels the country ostensibly teaching LEOs at every level of government how to seek out terrorist cells in their area. Guandolo’s trainings instead serve as anti-Muslim witch-hunts, often times targeting and vilifying local Muslim leaders.
In the past week, four transgender black women have been murdered in the United States — a trend that’s alarming civil rights and anti-violence advocates.
The election of Donald Trump, his subsequent appointments of hardline nativists and his xenophobic executive orders have buoyed anti-immigrant groups like the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
President opens speech to Congress with generic remarks condemning wave of threats and hate crimes, but earlier told state officials that 'sometimes it's the reverse.'
Trump echoes conspiracy theorists; Jewish communities coping with threats; Two union leaders fuel immigration crackdown; and more.
A Michigan man espousing white nationalist beliefs, who avoided trial in Montana last year after threatening to kill Jews and school children, has been arrested on three new criminal charges, including aggravated stalking.
The Levite Jewish Community Center of Birmingham, Alabama’s mission is to “provide a welcoming, family-oriented gathering place for a diverse membership to engage in meaningful experiences of the mind, body and soul.” But they have been prevented from accomplishing this on three separate occasions since the year began. Days typically filled with children’s activities and fitness were spent evacuating the premises while law enforcement and their K9s searched for a bomb after a threat was phoned in.