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White Nationalists

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Capitol Riot

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.

Scott Shackford | 1.20.2021 2:25 PM

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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

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Diversity

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.

Robby Soave | 8.13.2020 4:30 PM

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Media Criticism

Madison Cawthorn, Nazi?

A Jezebel hit piece unfairly smears a 25-year-old Republican candidate for Congress.

Robby Soave | 8.11.2020 1:01 PM

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Stephen Miller

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

Billy Binion and Shikha Dalmia | 1.2.2020 2:20 PM

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Charlottesville

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.

Billy Binion | 9.17.2019 1:35 PM

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White Nationalists

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.

Steven Greenhut | 8.23.2019 7:55 AM

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White Nationalists

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.

Steven Greenhut | 8.16.2019 12:30 AM

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White Nationalists

White Supremacy Is Alien to Liberal and Libertarian Ideals

People are important as individuals, not as extensions of some faceless mass.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.7.2019 5:05 PM

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Identity politics

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.

Steven Greenhut | 7.26.2019 8:00 AM

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Ilhan Omar

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

Robby Soave | 7.25.2019 4:15 PM

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Twitter

Was Chris Pratt Criticized for a 'White Supremacist' T-shirt? Not Really

A handful of dumb tweets do not a story make.

Robby Soave | 7.17.2019 11:18 AM

Charlottesville

Charlottesville

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.

Zuri Davis | 7.15.2019 2:55 PM

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Charlottesville

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.

Billy Binion | 5.3.2019 12:15 PM

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Charlottesville

5 Questions Ahead of Alleged Charlottesville Killer's Murder Trial

James Fields' defense team reportedly plans to argue self-defense.

Joe Setyon | 11.26.2018 4:45 PM

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Nazis

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.

Joe Setyon | 9.19.2018 1:05 PM

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Video Games

Fortnite Probably Won't Make Your Child a Neo-Nazi

But that's the story major news sites used.

Zuri Davis | 9.11.2018 12:20 PM

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Radical Right

Vietnam and the Rise of White Power

A new book ties racist reactionary politics to the war, but overreaches when it comes to militias.

Amy Cooter | 9.6.2018 6:00 AM

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Republican Party

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.

Steven Greenhut | 8.24.2018 12:30 AM

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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.

Joe Setyon | 8.15.2018 2:35 PM

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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."

Joe Setyon | 7.2.2018 11:25 AM

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Hate Speech

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.

Justin Monticello and Zach Weissmueller | 2.16.2018 3:19 PM

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Alt-Right

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.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.29.2018 2:45 PM

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Culture

Charlottesville and the Perils of Collectivism

Eric Boehm | 10.8.2017 11:00 AM

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Economics

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.

Sheldon Richman | 8.20.2017 8:30 AM

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White Nationalists

White Supremacy Is a Dead End For White People

Courtesy will get you farther than tiki torches.

Mike Riggs | 8.18.2017 8:00 AM

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Charlottesville

Despite the President's Pandering, White Nationalists Are Still Losing

As Trump learned this week, pandering to white nationalists means alienating most other Americans.

Steve Chapman | 8.17.2017 12:00 AM

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Police Abuse

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.

Ed Krayewski | 8.15.2017 4:15 PM

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Charlottesville

Don't Let Fascists Steal Free Speech [Podcast]

Reason editors talk white supremacy in Virginia, free speech, the controversial Google memo, and more.

Andrew Heaton and Ian Keyser | 8.14.2017 5:00 PM

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White Nationalists

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.

Ronald Bailey | 8.13.2017 5:33 PM

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Old Times There Are Best Forgotten

Why government-funded agencies should display Confederate symbols only at historic sites or museums

Ronald Bailey | 5.16.2017 4:15 PM

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