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The Sweet East Is a Phantasmagorical Tour of Fringe America
In this bizarre East Coast road trip story, there's no American mainstream, just fringes and subcultures.
Getting Cozy With the Too Online 'New Right' Hasn't Worked Out for DeSantis
After firing the staffer blamed for a video that borrowed Nazi imagery, is Ron DeSantis finally backing away from the authoritarian edgelords?
Oppression in the South Was Not an Expression of Freedom
Freedom's Dominion argues Southern history was animated by "racialized radical anti-statism." The case is lacking.
Republicans Shouldn't Be Shocked at Trump's Creepy Dinner With Ye and Nick Fuentes
The GOP will get what it deserves if, as predicted, Trump burns down the party if he doesn’t get the 2024 nomination.
TikTok 'Hatescape' Hype Ignores Important Details
A new analysis reportedly showing a huge proportion of TikTok content is racist tells us nothing about the overall prevalence of extremist and bigoted content on the app.
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
More than 100 Civil Rights Groups Agree: We Don't Need New Domestic Terrorism Laws
Their letter to Congress warns about inevitable abuses against religious and racial minorities.
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.
National Nuclear Lab's Employees Sent to Seminar That Claimed 'Rugged Individualism' and 'Hard Work' Are 'White Male Culture'
The seminar for Sandia Labs executives also involved writing apology letters to marginalized people.
Madison Cawthorn, Nazi?
A Jezebel hit piece unfairly smears a 25-year-old Republican candidate for Congress.
Critics Want Immigration Advisor Stephen Miller Fired Over His Alleged White Nationalism
A new dump of emails shed light on Miller's agenda and motivations
Judge to Charlottesville: You Can Put a Statue Up, but You Can't Take It Down
A judge has ruled that the town's Confederate monuments must stay.
When Governments Act on Fear and Panic, Injustice Is Often the Result
It's necessary to confront the threat of white nationalism on the political right, but it must be done without handing new powers to law enforcement and government.
Yes, America Faces a Threat From White Nationalists. No, More Laws Won't Fix That.
If your neighbor were unbalanced, armed to the teeth and busy posting social-media messages about how much he hates you, you'd certainly support measures to disarm him. But you'd feel more secure if he didn't hate you in the first place.
White Supremacy Is Alien to Liberal and Libertarian Ideals
People are important as individuals, not as extensions of some faceless mass.
White Identity Politics, Not Trump's Racist Tweets, Is National Conservatism's Real Problem
The debate over Donald Trump's "go back" tweets regarding four minority Democratic members of Congress has centered on the unmistakably bigoted words that he wrote, but has missed the deeper point.
Video of Rep. Ilhan Omar Allegedly Calling for People to 'Be More Fearful of White Men' Is Fake News
The viral clip was misleadingly edited, and stripped of important context
Was Chris Pratt Criticized for a 'White Supremacist' T-shirt? Not Really
A handful of dumb tweets do not a story make.
The White Nationalist Who Drove His Car Through Charlottesville Protesters Gets Another Life Sentence
James Alex Fields Jr., who killed Heather Heyer in the fatal Charlottesville car attack, is sentenced to life plus 419 years.
It's Time for Charlottesville To Remove Its Confederate Monuments
They belong in the dustbin of history, but a state law stands in the way.
5 Questions Ahead of Alleged Charlottesville Killer's Murder Trial
James Fields' defense team reportedly plans to argue self-defense.
Virginia Republican Announces Senate Campaign to Protest Corey Stewart
"If you surround yourself with white supremacists and Nazis, then you're telling me that you're one of them," Winsome Sears tells Reason.
Fortnite Probably Won't Make Your Child a Neo-Nazi
But that's the story major news sites used.
Vietnam and the Rise of White Power
A new book ties racist reactionary politics to the war, but overreaches when it comes to militias.
Resurgent White Nationalism Needs Hearty, Conservative Rebuke
The Republican Party should take a more forceful and public stand on behalf of freedom and opportunity for all.
Two Dozen Sad Nazis Cost D.C. at Least $2.6 Million
White nationalists were vastly outnumbered by counterprotesters at Sunday's Unite the Right II rally, but the whole affair cost the District millions.
Charlottesville White Nationalist Sues 'To Bring Civility Back,' Wins $5 in Damages From Woman Who Cursed Him Out
A woman screamed "fuck you" and "fuck you, asshole," at the white nationalist, in addition to calling him a "murderer" and a "crybaby."
Is It OK To Punch a Nazi? We Asked Berkeley Students
A year after fiery political protests erupted on campus, we visited to find out when students think it's OK to respond to words with violence.
The New York Times Is Now a Nazi Paper. Wait, What?
If everything problematic is evil, silencing and punishing everything problematic becomes a social necessity.
Tribalism and Economic Nationalism Are Cut from the Same Cloth
Antiglobalism and anticosmopolitanism might flow purely from economic ignorance, but it is hard to believe that's all it is for many people.
White Supremacy Is a Dead End For White People
Courtesy will get you farther than tiki torches.
Despite the President's Pandering, White Nationalists Are Still Losing
As Trump learned this week, pandering to white nationalists means alienating most other Americans.
Illinois Legislators Urge Cops to Designate Neo-Nazis as Terrorists. They Should Be More Concerned With White Supremacists in Police Ranks.
State and local governments have made it possible for cops to largely act with impunity.
Don't Let Fascists Steal Free Speech [Podcast]
Reason editors talk white supremacy in Virginia, free speech, the controversial Google memo, and more.
White Nationalist Jason Kessler Flees His Press Conference in Charlottesville
Extremists on both the left and the right are valorizing and defending tribes, not individual liberty.
Old Times There Are Best Forgotten
Why government-funded agencies should display Confederate symbols only at historic sites or museums
