Hatewatch Headlines 5/1/2017
Hate-crimes spike leads to talk of tougher penalties; Gorka out at White House over far-right ties; Trump considers giving Clarke a spot at DHS; and more.
: The spread of hate crimes spurs lawmakers to consider tougher penalties.
: Key Trump aide Sebastian Gorka is reportedly out at the White House over reports of far-right ties.
: Leading architect of anti-abortion legislation, onetime hate-group leader named to key health post.
: Trump’s rhetoric in speech to NRA mirrors the ‘Patriot’ views of Three Percenters.
: What are the roots of the new reactionary rage? Experts weigh in.
: Trump considering extremist Sheriff David Clarke for key post at Homeland Security.
: Legitimizing Fox News was a big mistake, but it pales next to the rise of Breitbart News.
: The Trump Internet keeps making fake hate symbols, and people keep falling for it.
: Milo Yiannopoulos announces $12 million in funding for a new media company he’ll head up.
: White nationalists hold a rally in small town of Pikeville, and are met by hundreds of protesters.
: Why is Squarespace helping to build white-nationalist websites for Richard Spencer’s ilk?
: Judge allows mostly white Alabama town to return to segregation, despite finding policy was overtly racist.
: Campbell Park principal placed on leave for ordering white students be segregated for their ‘comfort.’
: Liberal-hating attacker with machete on Transylvania campus asks affiliation before striking.
: Northern California man accused of multiple firebombings of black victims, attempted murder, hate crime.
: How the feds infiltrated the white supremacists in the Aryan Strikeforce next door.
: ‘Midnight Militia’ threatens Charlotte Latino leader ahead of May 1 march.
: Among the effects of Trump’s presidency is the tide of GOP candidates running on far-right extremist platforms.
: The white-supremacist group on Steam is in clear violation of community guidelines, but is still open.
: Erick Erickson opines that gay men should expect to be violently assaulted in bars.