Dylann Roof’s plan was simple. The 21-year-old wanted to start a race war, following the same demented path as infamous white supremacists before him.
Dylann Roof’s plan was simple. The 21-year-old wanted to start a race war, following the same demented path as infamous white supremacists before him.
Reporting on organized white supremacy comes with a myriad of challenges. We confront those challenges on Hatewatch daily with varying degrees of frustration and success. And we have watched with sympathy –– and, yes, at times frustration –– as reporters and editors have grappled with white supremacy rebranded as the “Alt-Right.”
Dylann Storm Roof, indoctrinated in online hate and racism, was convicted today in Charleston, S.C., of a murderous gun rampage in 2015 that left nine people dead at a historic African-American church. The racially motivated killing spree jarred the nation.
Riding the wave of attention following the annual conference of the white nationalist National Policy Institute (NPI), and the spike of media attention towards the white supremacist subculture termed the ‘alt-right’, its founder, Richard Spencer, appeared last night at Texas A&M to further spread his racist ideology.
Overnight, the radical right celebrated the election of Donald Trump whose campaign brought attention to their issues not seen in decades. Some even claimed that a white revolution had begun.
The white nationalist H.L. Mencken Club gathers tonight for its ninth annual conference.
Longtime white supremacist Ronald “Dozer” Pulcher II, of Galeton, Penn., was arrested October 29 and charged with multiple felonies after a search of a home he resides in revealed marijuana plants and firearms.
Derek Black, whose father founded the hate forum Stormfront, changed his name, publicly rejected white nationalism and cashed in a bequest from a wealthy racist—all during one long weekend in July 2013.
Despite a long background in far-right radicalism, youthful Taylor Rose’s campaign enjoys deep and broad support within the state’s GOP.
Racist troll-turned-movement attorney Kyle Bristow finds a second wind and a new audience for his activism.
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