With a few notable exceptions, public monuments across the United States are overwhelmingly white and male. A movement is slowly growing to tell a more inclusive history of the American experience.
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Long overlooked in the West, the Byzantine Empire has recently picked up interest among far-right and conspiracist circles. A historian of medieval culture explains what white supremacists get wrong.
The FBI has long warned that white supremacist groups are seeking to infiltrate police, which makes the events of Jan. 6 all the more concerning.
Symbols of the Confederacy can be seen in Brazil, Ireland, Germany and beyond. While some people may not grasp their racist history, others clearly fly the ‘rebel flag’ to defend white supremacy.
Despite a growing list of reasons why business leaders might oppose the president or his policies, more than two-thirds have remained steadfastly neutral.
Like the death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, the murder of Richard Collins III was a symptom of violent extremism that should be treated accordingly.
Team owners’ defense of their players ‘taking a knee’ during the national anthem shows the vital role business leaders play in political discourse – one championed by Citizens United.
Efforts to kick extremists off the internet can’t succeed and might even have the unintended side effect of bolstering support for radical groups.
Two websites, one taken offline, the other still active, raise hard questions about how prepared Americans are to deal with free speech about white supremacy, in both monuments and domain names.
Far from the millions-strong mass movement of years gone by, today’s ‘Klan’ is really just a smattering of assorted local hate groups.
Doxing challenges traditional journalism. Its investigative role is circumvented by people disclosing information online quickly, and often inaccurately.
Barack Obama may have chosen Mandela’s words for his tweet precisely because they offered some distance from the political space in the US.
In defending white nationalists in Charlottesville, Donald Trump took aim at the founding fathers.
Displaying Confederate statues in a carefully curated museum would help end a toxic debate about the difference between remembering and venerating.
There’s talk of a new ‘Christian crusade’ – and it’s highly dangerous.
What WWII-era African-American protests reveal about the historical relationship between Nazism and white supremacy in the United States.
We have an ethical obligation to stand against fascists and racists in a way that doesn’t help them.
Trump’s former chief strategist has returned to his media roots. And he has more than a few grudges.
Two genocide and mass atrocity prevention scholars argue Trump’s response to the Charlottesville attack is a red flag.
To pitch an alternative timeline, you first have to believe a particular narrative of real history. That’s where things can go wrong.
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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