White Supremacists
Daily Comment
The Rise of Latino White Supremacy
At a time of increased racial violence, Latinos are potential perpetrators and potential victims.
By Geraldo Cadava
Satire from The Borowitz Report
White Nationalists Give Mar-a-Lago Restaurant Disappointing One-Star Reviews on Tripadvisor
Neo-Nazis complained that the restaurant had “slow service,” “drab décor,” and “too many ethnic dishes.”
By Andy Borowitz
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Trump Says He Did Not Know Identity of Dinner Guest, Owing to White Hood
“I didn’t think it was very smart to be wearing white to dinner with me,” the former President said. “When I eat, a lot of ketchup goes flying.”
By Andy Borowitz
Infinite Scroll
The Online Spaces That Enable Mass Shooters
The eighteen-year-old who committed a racist killing spree in Buffalo last weekend spent many months developing his plans on the Internet.
By Kyle Chayka
The Theatre
Alex Edelman Gets Political in “Just for Us”
In his solo show at the SoHo Playhouse, the comedian delves into a world of neo-Nazi wannabes, to explore his whiteness—and his Jewishness.
By Alexandra Schwartz
Overdue Memorial
Searching for the Descendants of Racial Terrorism
In 1898, white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, staged a coup and murdered dozens of Black residents. More than a century later, a team of volunteers tries to track down every living relative of the victims.
By Lauren Collins
Daily Comment
Biden’s Vital but Fraught Battle Against Domestic Terrorism
The new Administration must crack down on violent extremism without infringing on civil rights or prompting a rush to join right-wing militias, as happened in the nineteen-nineties.
By David Rohde
Letter from Portland
In the Streets with Antifa
Trump is vowing to designate the movement as a terrorist organization. But its supporters believe that they are protecting their communities—and that confronting fascists with violence can be justified.
By Luke Mogelson
Cover Story
David Plunkert’s “Red Meat”
The artist’s cover for the October 12, 2020, issue of the magazine is inspired by President Trump’s appeals to extremists.
By Françoise Mouly
Cultural Comment
The Flashing Warning of QAnon
The embrace of apocalyptic memes is a symptom of hyperconnected societies in distress.
By Matt Alt
Under Review
American Christianity’s White-Supremacy Problem
History, theology, and culture all contribute to the racist attitudes embedded in the white church.
By Michael Luo
Daily Comment
William Barr, Trump’s “Law and Order” Enabler
The Attorney General, more than any other member of the Cabinet, has fulsomely defended the President’s response to the protests over George Floyd’s death.
By David Rohde
Books
What a White-Supremacist Coup Looks Like
In Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, the victory of racial prejudice over democratic principle and the rule of law was unnervingly complete.
By Caleb Crain
The Political Scene Podcast
Samantha’s Journey Into the Alt-Right, and Back
How did a woman go from canvassing for Obama to carrying a tiki torch in Charlottesville? A former white nationalist explains how she got in, and out, of the movement.
A Reporter at Large
The Undercover Fascist
A young Englishman got mixed up in a white-supremacist movement. Then he learned of a plot to kill a politician.
By Ed Caesar
On Religion
Evangelicals of Color Fight Back Against the Religious Right
The community is working to gain more influence in the church to counter racist and xenophobic Trump-era rhetoric.
By Eliza Griswold
Double Take
Sunday Reading: Extremism in America
From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces about the rise of extremism in our country—and how it might be resisted.
By The New Yorker
Annals of Politics
The Fight Over Virginia’s Confederate Monuments
How the state’s past spurred a racial reckoning.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Richard Brody
Dee Rees’s “Mudbound”: A Shocking Story of Racism, Told in a Pedestrian Way
By Richard Brody