Hatewatch Headlines 3/20/2018
Media continue ignoring right-wing terrorism; Conservatives mainstream the alt-right; Kobach’s voting sham exposed in court; and more.
Newsweek: The threat of far-right terrorism is being ignored by the media, analysts suggest.
Salon: The alt-right is dying, but powerful conservatives are mainstreaming its ideas.
Kansas City Star: Historic John Brown statue is vandalized with swastikas, racial slurs.
New York Times: Kris Kobach’s voting sham gets exposed in court.
Cleveland.com: Twenty House Republicans back Ohio bill to ban abortions altogether.
Star Tribune (MN): How the alleged Minnesota mosque bomber tried to build a militia in Illinois.
Pahrump Valley Times (CA): Neo-Nazi group conducts weapons training near Death Valley.
NBC News: Oregon Supreme Court suspends judge who refused to marry gay couples.
Oregonian: Wells Fargo mortgage consultant in Tigard loses job amid allegations of white nationalist activity.
ProPublica: Jacksonville sheriff admits race may have played a role in pedestrian ticket-writing.
Inlander (Spokane, WA): When a hate group put up posters in downtown Spokane, residents promptly tore them down.
Right Wing Watch: YouTuber beloved by the alt-right bragged about sexually assaulting a drunken woman.
KOMO-TV (Seattle): Arson suspected as two Jehovah’s Witnesses churches in Olympia, Tumwater torched.
Times-Picayune (New Orleans): Man accused of hate crime after shouting racial threats in Desire area.
Phoenix New Times (AZ): Racist History 101: When Arizona blocked Spanish speakers from voting.
Think Progress: ‘Will and Grace’ episode reinforces anti-LGBT talking points on wedding-cake discrimination.