Here Are 5 of the Most Disturbing Facts About Florida Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis
By Alex Henderson / AlterNet In Florida’s August 28 gubernatorial primaries, Democrats and Republicans both went with non-establishment candidates. Democrats, in a major upset, nominated Andrew Gillum, the left-of-center mayor of Tallahassee and an ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders (who campaigned for him) over centrist establishment pick Gwen Graham (daughter of former Florida Gov. Bob Graham). Meanwhile, on the Republican […]
Florida GOP gubernatorial nominee was admin of racist Facebook group
The group’s members have shared posts slamming Parkland shooting survivors and disparaging Black Lives Matter activists Florida’s Republican nominee for governor, Rep. Ron DeSantis, quit his role as an administrator for a racist, Islamophobic, and conspiratorial Facebook group Wednesday, shortly after media outlets reported his affiliation with the group. DeSantis was one of 52 administrators and moderators of […]
Conservatives Ignore Neo-Nazi Roots of ‘White’ Meme
It was a Friday night in early November and Fox News host Tucker Carlson was preaching to the camera about leftists sowing “racial divisions” throughout America. Reacting to an article in The Washington Post about a principal at a Maryland high school investigating an incident in which someone posted fliers proclaiming, “It’s Okay to Be […]
Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani talks Islamophobia and racism on SNL
Pakistani-American comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani’s recently hosted Saturday Night Live in which he delivered a powerful monologue, tackling Islamophobia and racism he faced over the years. His film The Big Sick was a big hit this summer. The movie was inspired by the true story of his real-life wife’s Emily V. Nanjiani grew up […]
Protesters March Through Washington Streets for Racial Justice
Activists with the March for Racial Justice and the March for Black Women took to the streets Saturday in Washington to protest what they called “racist policing practices” in America. The two groups held individual rallies in the nation’s capital and then converged before marching together to the Justice Department building and the National Mall. […]
When Hate Meets Hoax
For several months this spring, St. Olaf College, a private school of some 3,000 students in Northfield, Minnesota, was convulsed by a series of hate incidents. More than half a dozen racist notes were found across campus, including one slipped into a student’s book bag that said, “Go back to Africa.” Then, in late April, […]
Warning signs of mass violence – in the US?
By Nadia Rubaii, Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Max Pensky, Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York. Protesters with opposing views face off at a ‘Free […]
Over the years, Americans have become increasingly exposed to extremism
By James E. Hawdon, Director, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, Virginia Tech. A man sporting a Nazi tattoo leaves Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 12, 2017. Steve Helber/AP Photo Extremism has always been with us, but the internet has allowed ideas that advocate hate and violence to reach more and more […]
Racism and white lies: What your Google searches say about you
Author Seth Stephens-Davidowicz says you can hide untruths from family and friends, but not from data science By Jordan Hoffman Who knows if what Seth Stephens-Davidowicz told me was the truth? The data scientist with a PhD from Harvard just published a book called “Everybody Lies,” so that should have gotten my guard up. But […]
Former White Supremacists are Helping Others to Renounce Their Extremism
These volunteers know what it is like to be fooled into believing racist propaganda – which is exactly why they have now dedicated their lives to assisting other extremists to see the light. Life After Hate is a nonprofit that employs former neo-Nazis and white supremacists to help others renounce their extremism and hateful lifestyles.