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Antifa

John Stossel is seen next to the word "hate" | Stossel TV

Southern Poverty Law Center

The Southern Poverty Law Center Makes Millions Trafficking Hate

The Center has gotten rich in part thanks to its "hate map," which smears many good people.

John Stossel | 7.19.2023 3:45 PM

January 6

There Is No Need for Another PATRIOT Act

Law enforcement has more than enough tools already, argues former Senator Russ Feingold in the Wall Street Journal

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.8.2021 10:57 AM

zumaamericastwentynine664144 | Michael Nigro/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

January 6

There's Still No Evidence Antifa Was Significantly Involved in the Capitol Riots

Trump supporters did this, and everyone knows it.

Robby Soave | 1.15.2021 2:00 PM

Screen Shot 2021-01-11 at 9.57.19 PM | Screenshot via Twitter

Free Speech

Antifa Demands Powell's Stop Selling Andy Ngo's Book, Forces Store To Close Early

"This book will not be on our store shelves, and we will not promote it. That said, it will remain in our online catalogue."

Robby Soave | 1.11.2021 10:07 PM

zumaamericastwentynine613987 | Brian Branch Price/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

January 6

No, Antifa Wasn't Behind the Capitol Riot

The people who smashed windows and stormed the building were sincere pro-Trump protesters.

Robby Soave | 1.7.2021 1:39 PM

Q&A-january-2021 | Photo: Courtesy of Nancy Rommelmann

Portland Protests

Nancy Rommelmann Reports From the Portland Protests

What's next for Portland?

Nick Gillespie | 12.31.2020 6:00 AM

cake | Erin Smith

Portland Protests

The Conservative Trans Woman Who Went Undercover With Antifa in Portland

Confessions of a black bloc mole

Nancy Rommelmann | 10.2.2020 2:20 PM

trumpproudboys_1161x653 | KEVIN DIETSCH/UPI/Newscom

Debates 2020

Trump Pushed To Condemn White Nationalist Proud Boys, Instead Tells Them 'Stand Back and Stand By'

Leaders of the organization reportedly see this as tacit approval.

Scott Shackford | 9.29.2020 11:50 PM

Screen Shot 2020-09-04 at 8.40.41 AM | Screenshot Vice News

Reason Roundup

Police Kill Antifa Protester Who Confessed to Portland Shooting

Plus: D.C. admits to racist gun-law enforcement, Trump mulls more tech bans, Homeland Security wants more biometric data, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.4.2020 9:32 AM

sipaphotoseleven005894 | John Rudoff/Sipa USA/Newscom

Portland Protests

When a Killing Becomes a Rorschach Test: Dispatch From Portland

Different factions in Portland react to a death in the streets.

Nancy Rommelmann | 9.1.2020 5:00 PM

spnphotosnine986733 | Ron Sachs/Pool Via CNP / SplashNews/Newscom

Reason Roundup

Trump Warns America: 'Biden's America' Will Look Like Trump's America

Plus: Alice Marie Johnson's RNC speech, Twitter bans bots pretending to be disillusioned black Democrats, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.28.2020 10:05 AM

Screen Shot 2020-08-19 at 5.40.20 PM | Nancy Rommelmann

Portland Protests

A Night of Aimlessness, Surrounded by Flames: Dispatch From Portland

An oddly enervated black bloc flows into Portland's neighborhoods

Nancy Rommelmann | 8.19.2020 5:55 PM

featurewalker | Joanna Andreasson. Source images: Public domain

Conspiracy Theories

From Antifa to UFOs, One Joke Can Spawn a Thousand Conspiracies

What happens when a prank or spoof sparks a real belief?

Jesse Walker | 7.12.2020 6:00 AM

Screen Shot 2020-06-09 at 11.20.12 AM | Screenshot via ABC

Antifa

Citing Misleading OANN Story, Trump Claims Injured Buffalo Protester Could Be 'ANTIFA Provocateur'

There's no evidence to support the claim that 75-year-old Martin Gugino is part of antifa.

Robby Soave | 6.9.2020 11:41 AM

trumpgarden_1161x653 | Sipa USA/Newscom

George Floyd

Trump Says He'll Use Military Force To Restore Order in the States

Law enforcement, on his orders, violently dispersed nearby peaceful protesters.

Scott Shackford | 6.1.2020 7:49 PM

rollcallpix128167 | Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

Antifa

Trump Can't Designate Antifa a Domestic Terrorist Group, and It's a Bad Idea Anyway

The radical left is an occasionally violent nuisance, not an existential threat.

Robby Soave | 6.1.2020 9:00 AM

Glenn Beck Start Screen

Glenn Beck

Stossel: Glenn Beck vs. Big Tech

Glenn Beck says social media outlets are biased against conservatives.

Maxim Lott and John Stossel | 10.1.2019 8:15 AM

I don't know how I was able to write this blog post given how much my eyes were rolling the entire time. | Keiko Hiromi/Polaris/Newscom

Protests

Boston Judge Turns Stupid Straight Pride Parade Fighting Into Bizarre Constitutional Drama

An attempt by the district attorney to drop charges against nonviolent protesters was overruled.

Scott Shackford | 9.5.2019 1:50 PM

Andy Ngo | Screenshot via Youtube

Media Criticism

The Media Claimed Andy Ngo Was Complicit in a Far-Right Attack on Antifa. But the Video Doesn't Support That.

“There’s some merit in some of the criticisms of things that I’ve gotten wrong,” admits the former Quillette reporter.

Robby Soave | 9.3.2019 11:47 AM

Antifa | Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA/Newscom

Campus Free Speech

Professor Forced to Resign Because He Supports Antifa

By punishing Jeff Klinzman, Kirkwood Community College has dealt a blow to free speech.

Robby Soave | 8.26.2019 8:38 AM

Portland Protest | Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA/Newscom

Protests

Proud Boys and Antifa Playact Protest in Portland

“It was healthy discourse in a controlled environment,” said one Proud Boy. But was it?

Nancy Rommelmann | 8.19.2019 1:30 PM

DSA | Screenshot via Youtube

Antifa

Democratic Socialists of America Voted To Establish an Anti-Fascist Working Group. It Was Controversial.

Some DSAers were worried about being associated with antifa, but the motion passed 521–493.

Robby Soave | 8.7.2019 4:09 PM

sipaphotoseight200528 | Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA/Newscom

Antifa

Ted Cruz Wants Antifa Investigated by the FBI

This is a bad idea—and even the director of the FBI says so.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.24.2019 4:50 PM

Andy Ngo | Screenshot via Oregonian

Antifa

Antifa Mob Viciously Assaults Journalist Andy Ngo at Portland Rally

Masked activists attacked the Quillette editor with fists and milkshakes, sending him to the emergency room.

Robby Soave | 6.29.2019 9:30 PM

Large image on homepages | Nick Gillespie, Reason

Reason Podcast

Donald Trump and Social Justice Warriors Are 'Unmaking America': Podcast

Noah Rothman says the right and the left are using appeals to victimization and identity politics to gain political power.

Nick Gillespie | 2.13.2019 3:20 PM

Large image on homepages | John Rudoff/Sipa USA/Newscom

Protests

Portland City Council Rejects Mayor's Constitutionally Dubious 'Emergency Ordinance' on Protests

Believe it or not, authorities can maintain the peace while also respecting the First Amendment.

Joe Setyon | 11.15.2018 11:10 AM

Large image on homepages | Screenshot via Youtube / Mark Bivins

Antifa

This Liberal Carried an American Flag to Protest Fascism in Portland. Antifa Cracked His Head Open With a Bat.

Masked Antifa agitators told Welch, a Hillary voter, to hand over the flag. He resisted. They attacked.

Robby Soave | 8.21.2018 8:55 AM

Large image on homepages

Reasontv

What We Saw at the Unite the Right II Protest

No more than 30 far right rally goers showed up at what turned into a gathering of the far left.

Austin Bragg, Mark McDaniel, and Todd Krainin | 8.13.2018 1:15 PM

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