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Police-Free schools are necessary, as is abolishing the white supremacist state they are rooted in
by Mustafa Ali-Smith As protests continue on both the national and global scale, widespread call-to-actions ramp up. Dismantling, defunding, and divesting from policing and providing police-free schools are becoming a part of everyday conversations. Early educational institutions have even begun to respond to these call-to-actions by ending their relationship with local police departments and promising […]
White supremacist kills 11 at synagogue following hate-filled week of mail bombs and Black people executed at Kroger
In the same week which has seen the attempted mail bombing of prominent Democrats including Barack Obama and Maxine Waters and the shooting of two Black customers at a Louisville Kroger, there has been yet another attack by an alleged white supremacist. This time the target was a Jewish synagogue and community in Pittsburgh.
Four suspected white supremacists charged for actions during Charlottesville riots
Four men suspected of being “members or associates” of the Rise Above Movement (RAM) have been charged in a criminal case stemming from the Charlottesville, Virginia “Unite the Right” rally in 2017. Cole White, Michael Miselis, Benjamin Daley and Thomas Gillen were each charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the federal riots statute […]
Louisiana State Police accused of circulating white supremacist propaganda in lawsuit
Harvard Law School lecturer Thomas Frampton and New Orleans civil rights attorney William Most have filled a lawsuit alleging that the Louisiana State Police circulated a fake list of Antifa names sourced from white supremacist groups. After Most filled a public records request for police emails with white supremacist code words in May, he was […]
“Unite the Right” white supremacist rally vastly outnumbered by counter-protesters
The second anniversary of the “Unite the Right” rally saw about two dozen white nationalists in Washington D.C. While the 2017 rally resulted in the death of an anti-racist protestor, counter-protesters vastly outnumbered the crowd of white nationalists this year. During the first “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a white nationalist drove towards […]
Oakland mourns after 18-year-old Nia Wilson is killed on BART subway station by alleged white supremacist
According to reports from multiple outlets, 18-year-old Nia Wilson was killed by a white supremacist while on her way home in Oakland on July 22nd. As Teen Vogue’s Taylor Crumpton surmises, the brutal attack on Wilson may be connected to an increase in white nationalist activity in the area. Wilson’s sister Latifa was also attacked […]
White supremacist “Unite the Right” rally approved for second anniversary in D.C.
One year after the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the National Park Service approved a second “Unite the Right” rally to take place in front of the White House.
White supremacists are targeting colleges for racist proliferation and footholds
According to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League, white supremacists are targeting college students at an astounding rate. Between 2016 and 2017, white supremacist propaganda on college campuses increased by 258 percent, from 41 to 147. Of course, along with that jump came a certain orange skinned president, and the connection between this and […]
Twitter bans some white supremacists from their platform, but efforts still feel hollow
Twitter took the step Monday of banning some white supremacists and groups from using its platform, most of them connected with the anti-immigrant Britain First group that Donald Trump recently retweeted to instant and swift backlash. Also included in the sweeping bans were individuals connected with League of the South and American Renaissance. This move […]
Twitter is deleting white supremacists’ verification badges, but not their rhetoric
by Ashley Nkadi Social media has long been thought of as a utopia for progressive thought. These platforms, generally founded and operated by “liberals,” often showcase voices of academia, journalism, and individuals that advocate for change, equality, and social justice. At its best, social media creates important dialogue, provides important information, offers free access to […]
White supremacist charged with firing gun at Charlottesville rally while police did nothing
In all the chaos that transpired in Charlottesville, there are stories still making their way to the general public. One of which revolves around a gunshot that was fired at a group of protestors by a white supremacist.
What to do if white supremacists hold a rally in your hood
By Jordan DeLoach, Darya Nicol and Samantha Master Black people: we love and we see you. Black organizers and our accomplices are fighting back against the white supremacist, pro-fascist “alt-right, ” including those who descended on Charlottesville, VA this past weekend. Their intent was to violently intimidate those seeking to tear down, once and […]