Hatewatch Headlines 8/31/18
Remembering the scene where Heather Heyer was killed; a Trump-backed politician administered a racist Facebook site; how the Kremlin influences the West, and more.
Ron DeSantis, the Trump-endorsed congressman who won this week’s GOP gubernatorial primary in Florida, was an administrator on a Facebook group sharing racist, conspiratorial posts.
A former employee of the anti-immigrant organization FAIR alleges that another employee offered to play the role of an undocumented immigrant in a propaganda video by smearing mud on her face.
Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington once took far more radical positions on immigration and multiculturalism than any prominent voice in today’s Republican Party.
Police in Charleston, West Virginia, have reversed themselves and now say bias was a motivator in an assault last week on a transgender woman.
The Justice Department criticizes Harvard admissions in case alleging bias against Asian Americans.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins agrees with President Trump’s unsubstantiated belief that Democrats will become “violent” if they win midterm elections.
Fight clubs, neo-Nazi soccer hooligans and motorcycle gangs serve as conduits for the Kremlin’s influence in Western countries.
A member of the neo-Confederate group League of the South posts a video showing fellow members setting fire to an Israeli flag, a copy of the Talmud and “The Communist Manifesto.”
A touching video of the scene in Charlottesville, Virginia, where Heather Heyer was killed a year ago at the violent Unite the Right rally.
The Bank of America is accused of freezing or threatening to freeze customers’ accounts after asking about their legal status in the United States.