Jun 09 WATCH: Senate Homeland Security committee holds hearing on white supremacist violence By News Desk and Associated Press The Senate Homeland Security committee held a hearing Thursday on white supremacist violence in the aftermath of the racially motivated massacre in Buffalo, New York. Continue reading
May 28 Vice President Harris visits Buffalo as last funeral is held for victims of racist attack By Susan Haigh, Associated Press The funeral for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield — the oldest of the 10 Black people who were killed — included a speech by Vice President Kamala Harris, who attended the service at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Buffalo, New York. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 13:23 Brooks and Capehart on the Buffalo mass shooting, primary results, public opinion on Roe New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the reaction to the racially motivated massacre in Buffalo, the implications of primary results as the U.S. Continue watching
May 17 Republican Senate candidates promote 'replacement' theory By Steve Peoples, Associated Press A half-dozen mainstream Republican Senate candidates are drawing on the white "replacement" conspiracy theory to court voters this campaign season. Those Republicans promote the baseless notion there's a plot to diminish the influence of white people in America. Continue reading
May 17 Watch 7:11 In Buffalo, Biden condemns 'poison' of white supremacy By Cat Wise, Sam Lane, Mary Fecteau, Frank Carlson, Shoshana Dubnow President Biden offered both consolations and a call to reject racism, extremism and white supremacy Tuesday during a visit to Buffalo. The president delivered his remarks less than 72 hours after a white supremacist allegedly shot 13 people, killing 10,… Continue watching
May 17 In Buffalo, Biden says 'hate will not prevail' By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must "reject the lie" of the racist "replacement theory" espoused by the shooter who killed 10 Black Americans in Buffalo. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 9:35 Racist language may soon be gone from Alabama's constitution By Megan Thompson When Alabama’s state constitution was written in 1901 by 155 white men, their goal was to “establish white supremacy in this state.” The document has been hotly debated ever since. Earlier this month, the state legislature took an important step:… Continue watching
Jan 12 Senate passes bill to give Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and his mother By Associated Press The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch 8:12 How inoculating Americans against radicalization can fight domestic terrorism By Zachary Green The January 6th insurrection made clear the increasing dangers of domestic extremism in the U.S. But with social media spreading online disinformation at an alarming rate, how can law enforcement and experts hope to stop the flow of white supremacist… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch 9:04 Extremism in the ranks: some at the January 6 Capitol riot were police, active military By Simon Ostrovsky Right-wing extremists have infiltrated the ranks of the military and law enforcement, as watchdogs and counterterrorism experts have been warning for years — and some were present at, and later arrested for participating in, the January 6 insurrection at the… Continue watching