Long before the attempted coup by his supporters, Trump fanned the flames of white supremacy and domestic terrorism.
Category: Hate
Founder of New Mexico’s new militia was a neo-Nazi skinhead
Facebook took down hundreds of pages Wednesday in a crackdown on “movements and organizations tied to violence.” Among them was a right-wing militia.
Monumental lies
Civil War-era myths are kept alive at Confederate monuments with stories of “benevolent slave owners” and enslaved people “contented with their lot.”
Domestic terror in the age of Trump
A new database of domestic terror incidents shows attacks by far-right extremists have become far more lethal since Donald Trump became president.
An old hate goes viral
Attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have surged since the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. This hate has a deeper history.
Hundreds of cops are in extremist Facebook groups. Why haven’t their departments done anything about it?
More than 150 law enforcement agencies were notified of their officers’ ties to extremist groups. Only one has publicly taken any significant action.
American cops have openly engaged in Islamophobia on Facebook, with no penalties
Not a single department has said it disciplined an officer for Islamophobic posts or membership in an anti-Islam group.
These police officers were members of extremist groups on Facebook
We downloaded data from Facebook and asked a question: How many people were members of at least one extremist group and at least one police group?
The American militia movement, a breeding ground for hate, is pulling in cops on Facebook
Our analysis includes some of the most extensive evidence yet that militias are drawing support – and membership – from within U.S. law enforcement.
Hate is all around you
In the second part of Reveal’s series about hate, we look at how racism and white supremacy are institutionalized in America.