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White Supremacists

Daily Comment

The Rise of Latino White Supremacy

At a time of increased racial violence, Latinos are potential perpetrators and potential victims.
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cultural Comment

The Flashing Warning of QAnon

The embrace of apocalyptic memes is a symptom of hyperconnected societies in distress.
Under Review

American Christianity’s White-Supremacy Problem

History, theology, and culture all contribute to the racist attitudes embedded in the white church.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
News Desk

The Racists Trying to Exploit the Parkland Shooting

Annals of Politics

The Fight Over Virginia’s Confederate Monuments

How the state’s past spurred a racial reckoning.