After the January 6 attack, federal surveillance programs expanded to counter white supremacist violence have made Black and brown communities their main target.
Law enforcement has taken little action as backers of Donald Trump aim stark threats at election officials. Reuters tracked down nine of the harassers. Most were unrepentant.
Calling out fascism after it succeeds would be like finally agreeing to be vaccinated while they’re hooking you up to a ventilator. Say. Its. Name.
We expect that extremists will come to see the events of Jan. 6 as just the opening skirmish in a modern civil war. These groups will continue to shift more and more to the extreme right, posing risks for acts of violence both large and small.
Civil rights advocates worry that moves to fight far-right extremism will be used against communities of color and leftwing activists
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Two differently themed books complement each other; one on the rise of white power at home and the other on anti-communist adventures abroad show the domestic scourge nurtured by foreign experiences even as the global Right employed its services.
Early Tuesday, actor, musician, and activist, Jussie Smollett was attacked at a Chicago Subway by two men who shouted racist and homophobic slurs and with “This is MAGA country” as they beat him, tied a noose around his neck, and poured bleach on him
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