Hatewatch Headlines 4/26/2018
Lynching memorial is like nothing seen before; Waffle House shooter’s far-right ties; Travel ban likely to win before Supreme Court; and more.
New York Times: A lynching memorial is opening, and the country has never seen anything like it.
Vice: What we know about the Waffle House shooter and his involvement with sovereign-citizens movement.
Salon: Widespread ignorance of the Holocaust reflects today’s dangerous trend toward authoritarianism.
Slate: Why the White House’s travel ban is probably going to win its Supreme Court case.
The Ithacan (NY): Ithaca College prevents Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking on campus.
BuzzFeed: A Republican running for governor in Michigan is using conspiracy theories against a Muslim-American rival.
VOA News: Muslims, immigrants are now on American militiamen’s enemies and target lists.
Media Matters: Alex Jones incoherently claims the ‘real KKK at the midlevel is a bunch of racist black people who hate black people.’
Right Wing Watch: Jerome Corsi claims Trump’s candidacy prevented a planned military coup against Barack Obama.
Think Progress: In a major exaggeration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions claims immigrant caravan ‘ignored’ Mexico’s generosity.
Raw Story: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their school.
PennLive: Two Aryan Strikeforce members admit they transported meth in order to raise money for new weapons.
Caller Times (Corpus Christi, TX): Aransas Pass police seek Aryan Brotherhood member accused in assault on woman.
Herald-Sun (Durham, NC): Durham father who has been in U.S. for 27 years set to be deported by ICE.
Staten Island Advance (NJ): Anti-Muslim hate graffiti stains walls of Great Kills Park restroom.
