Twitter Bans Trump’s Retweeted Anti-Muslim Videos In Anti-Hate Speech Measure
Twitter suspended the accounts of the far-right leaders of Britain First Monday, thus scrapping several anti-Muslim videos they posted that were retweeted by President Donald Trump. Britan First leader Paul Golding and his deputy Jayda Fransen were banished from Twitter and their old posts were also deleted. Three anti-Muslim videos Fransen posted that were retweeted […]
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 […]
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.
Trump dissolves industry panel as 2 more N.J. business leaders leave over his remarks
TRENTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday disbanded his business panels as CEOS — including two more from New Jersey — announced they were leaving following his comments about the deadly neo-Nazi rally in in Charlottesville, Va.. Trump said on Twitter that “rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy […]
Top US general condemns racism after Charlottesville violence
The United States’ top general condemned “racism and bigotry” on Thursday, joining other military leaders in their denunciation of deadly violence in Charlottesville. The military usually stays out of the political fray, but it has been keen to distance itself from the weekend’s neo-Nazi demonstrations because some demonstrators were sporting US military clothes or insignia.
Former presidents Bush condemn bigotry, anti-Semitism
Former US leaders George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush on Wednesday issued a tough joint statement condemning racial bigotry and anti-Semitism, in a veiled rebuke of President Donald Trump. Trump sparked a political firestorm on Tuesday when he said counter-protesters appeared to be equally to blame for violence over the weekend at a white […]
Memorial Service Held for Woman Killed After White Supremacist March
A memorial service is being held Wednesday for the woman killed over the weekend when a man drove his car through a crowd of people protesting a white supremacist rally in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old resident of Charlottesville, was one of hundreds of activists who amassed Saturday in the city […]