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5 months ago
‘I did my job’: Fired Tennessee teacher who taught white privilege
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with teacher Matthew Hawn who was fired from a rural Tennessee High School after teaching mostly white high school kids about white privilege.
5 months ago
6 months ago
$25 million awarded in case against white supremacists responsible for 'Unite the Right' in Charlottesville
A jury awarded $25 million to those harmed by the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
6 months ago
6 months ago
White supremacist, neo-Nazi organizers found liable for violence
A jury found white supremacist and neo-Nazi organizers a part of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville liable and awarded over $25 million in damages to nine victims.
6 months ago
6 months ago
Attorney: Charlottesville organizer sought to mislead police
Messages presented in a federal court Monday appear to show an organizer of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville instructing supporters to mislead law enforcement about the potential size of the 2017 protest
6 months ago
6 months ago
Newly released FBI tapes show white supremacist members of 'The Base' plotting terror attacks
Newly released FBI tapes show white supremacist members of "The Base" plotting terror attacks that they hoped would ignite a racial civil war.
6 months ago
7 months ago
Civil trial draws white nationalists back to Charlottesville
Jury selection is scheduled to get underway in the high-profile civil case in the U.S. district court in Charlottesville against organizers and certain participants of the "Unite the Right" rally.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Vendor sells Nazi gear at motorcycle rally
She called them a tribute to World War II veterans who helped defeat the Germans
7 months ago
9 months ago
Looking back on deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville 4 years later
The rally and death of protester Heather Heyer were wakeup calls for law enforcement to the threat of white supremacist domestic terrorists.
9 months ago
1 year ago
Judge considering moving 'Unite the Right' civil trial
Organizers of the deadly 2017 Unite the Right in Virginia were sued.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Ku Klux Klan membership records made public in Denver
History Colorado has debuted an online archive this week of 1,300 pages.
1 year ago
1 year ago
'My life as a hater': The dire warning from a white power leader's son
With hate on the rise, the self-admitted ex-racist says it's time to speak out.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Aloha shirts on 'boogaloos' link symbol of peace to violence
The movement promotes violence and a second U.S. civil war.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: Podcasts
Major social platforms are cracking down on misinformation, conspiracy theories.
1 year ago
2 years ago
How the Oklahoma City bombing has influenced white supremacists: Part 1
Before killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more in the bombing, Timothy McVeigh supported the ideology of white power groups like the National Alliance, led by William Pierce.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Chief: Indiana police recruit fired for ties to neo-Nazis
A department investigation found he was involved in a neo-Nazi online chat forum
2 years ago
2 years ago
Conservatives staging free speech rally attacked by critics
Free speech demonstration activists quickly fell apart in downtown San Francisco
2 years ago
2 years ago
21 members of white supremacist orgs charged for guns, drugs
Court records say they distributed guns and drugs.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Son of white power group’s leader tries healing from hateful past: Part 2
Kelvin Pierce visits the former National Alliance headquarters. The group is slowly starting to rebuild years after its former leader, his father William Pierce, died.
2 years ago
2 years ago
2 charged in Michigan plots served in US Marines
Marine Corps confirms that two charged in the plots spent time in the military.
2 years ago
2 years ago
White supremacists encouraging their members to spread coronavirus to cops, Jews, FBI says
The alert was sent to local police agencies by federal officials.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Justice Department announces nationwide arrests of members of neo-Nazi Atomwaffen group
The arrests come as the bureau has put a spotlight on neo-Nazi groups.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Inside the neo-Nazi hate group 'The Base,' which is the center of an FBI investigation
The FBI's investigation into alleged members of the neo-Nazi group 'The Base' has revealed new details about the militant organization's inner workings and structure.
2 years ago
2 years ago
More alleged members of neo-Nazi group called 'The Base' arrested
The arrests were announced just before the Virginia Supreme Court upheld a gun ban ahead of a rally where the FBI says several alleged members of the white supremacist group were planning to attend.
2 years ago
2 years ago
FBI arrests 3 alleged members of neo-Nazi group who reportedly discussed Virginia gun rally
The FBI has arrested three men with suspected ties to a neo-Nazi hate group who planned to travel to a pro-gun rally in Virginia next week.
2 years ago
2 years ago
White nationalist who ran for Senate arrested in Florida
Jail records described Augustus Sol Invictus as an “out of state fugitive.”
2 years ago
3 years ago
Democrats call for Stephen Miller to resign after leak of emails promoting white nationalism
Democrats are calling for Stephen Miller to resign after a cache of emails promoting white nationalism were leaked.
3 years ago
3 years ago
White nationalists seen filming at lynching victim memorial
Men carrying a white nationalist flag were recorded on security cameras.
3 years ago
3 years ago
2 Proud Boys members sentenced to 4 years over NYC melee
Two members of the far-right Proud Boys have each been sentenced to four years in prison for their part in a street fight that followed a speech last year at New York's Metropolitan Republican Club
3 years ago
3 years ago
Mother of Charlottesville car attack victim sues murderer
The mother of a woman killed when a man rammed his car through a crowd of anti-racism protesters in Virginia is suing the convicted murderer for wrongful death
3 years ago
3 years ago
Ohio white nationalist, anti-Semite arrested for threatening to shoot up Jewish community center, police say
An Ohio man has been arrested for making threats toward a local Jewish community center in New Middletown.
3 years ago
3 years ago
White supremacist group member seeks release pending appeal
He was sentenced to more than three years in prison for attacking protesters.
3 years ago
3 years ago
3 sentenced for violence at Virginia white nationalist rally
The men are members of a white supremacist group.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Man sentenced to 2nd life term in Charlottesville car attack
An avowed white supremacist has been sentenced to life plus 419 years on state charges for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a rally in Virginia
3 years ago
3 years ago
Charlottesville car rammer gets sentenced to life plus 419 years
The man who killed a female counterprotester when he rammed his car into a crowd at a 2017 Charlottesville rally will spend the rest of his life in prison.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Charlottesville car rammer James Alex Fields gets life plus 419 years for state charges
Based on a new sentencing issued Friday, James Alex Fields was sentenced to many lifetimes in prison.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Mother of woman killed in attack at white nationalist rally reacts to sentencing
The mother of Heather Heyer spoke out at a press conference after the sentencing of Alex Fields - the man who rammed his car into a crowd in Charlottesville and killed her daughter in 2017.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Charlottesville car rammer sentenced to life in prison
James Alex Fields had his sentencing hearing in federal court in Virginia, in the same town where his 2017 car ramming led to the death of a female counter-protester, Heather Heyer.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Charlottesville car rammer James Alex Fields sentenced to life in prison
James Alex Fields, who slammed a car into a crowd during white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, received his life sentence today for his federal charges.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Sentencing looms in Charlottesville attack; man seeks mercy
He's asking a federal court for mercy, punishment shorter than a life sentence.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Calif. district judge tosses US case against members of white nationalist group
The government suffered a loss this week in a case against members of a militant white nationalist group accused of inciting violence at political rallies.
3 years ago
3 years ago
White supremacist gets life for running down black man
A white supremacist ran down and killed a young black man in Oregon in 2016.
3 years ago
3 years ago
White-power symbol found near fire at social justice center
Symbol was spray painted near where a fire destroyed a building there.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Charlottesville car rammer changes his plea to guilty in federal hate crimes case
James Alex Fields has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes after the fatal crash during the protest in Charlottesville.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in fatal Charlottesville incident
James Fields, a self-proclaimed neo Nazi, drove into a group protesting a white nationalist rally in Virginia, killing one woman and injuring dozens in 2017.z
3 years ago
3 years ago
Prosecutors slam 'free speech' argument in riot case
Two indicted on federal riot charges in Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville
3 years ago
3 years ago
Teen arrested over 'ethnic cleansing' threat that closed Charlottesville schools for 2 days
This isn't the Virginia city's first brush with race-based issues.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Online threat closes Charlottesville, VA schools
Schools in the district are closed for the second consecutive day.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Charlottesville schools closed over 'racially charged' online threat
The Charlottesville City Schools include seven elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and one education program for young patients at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Report: White supremacist propaganda efforts soar off campus
Supremacist groups in the U.S. are picking targets beyond college campuses.
3 years ago
3 years ago
Charlottesville rally lawsuit to proceed despite Nathan Damigo's bankruptcy filing
A lawsuit against organizers of the 2017 Charlottesville rally will proceed despite a bankruptcy filing, judge rules.
3 years ago