Aug 18 Charlottesville violence prompts ACLU to change policy on hate groups protesting with guns By Joshua Barajas After the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly, ACLU executive director Anthony Romero told The Wall Street Journal that the group will review legal requests from white supremacist groups on a case-by-case basis, assessing more closely whether… Continue reading
Aug 18 After Charlottesville, colleges brace for more hate attacks By Collin Binkley and Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press For many schools, the rally in Virginia served as a warning that these right-wing extremist groups will no longer limit their efforts to social media or to flyers furtively posted around campus. Continue reading
Aug 15 Years-long probe into Texas white supremacist gangs ends with 89th and final conviction By Joshua Barajas On Monday, a judge handed down the last in a series of prosecutions stemming from a 2013 probe that targeted members of various white supremacist gangs, including the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, selling drugs in the north Texas area. Continue reading
May 09 5 important stories you may have overlooked By Joshua Barajas, Iman Smith, Erica R. Hendry, Vanessa Dennis These stories that were buried in last week's political news are worth your time. Continue reading
Aug 11 Experts say white supremacists see Trump as ‘last stand’ By Paul Holston, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his campaign are expressing ideas similar to those espoused by white supremacists, legal, media and civil rights experts say. Continue reading