Nearly 1 in 7 white men under 30 in the US support white nationalism, and partisanship alone doesn’t explain who’s drawn to it.
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Indictments of a longtime extremism researcher and her former organization raise a crucial question for researchers in the field: What are the ethical limits on research about often-dangerous groups?
Extremist groups have pointed to the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center as proof that their worldview is correct.
More than 100 Black churches across the South were targeted from the 1950s-70s. Another wave of violence followed in the ‘90s – and there have been attacks in recent years, too.
The recently shuttered immigrant detention facility continued a long tradition of using alligators in ways that have reinforced demeaning racial stereotypes.
A new study examining online hate during the so-called March for Australia rallies found white supremacy was rife. But there are patterns we can see to help stop it.
18-year old Nolan Wells’ death in Mississippi has raised again the importance of ‘the talk’ that Black parents have with their children. But what do white parents tell their kids about race?
The men responsible for the bloodshed 150 years ago were never prosecuted; instead, they rose to South Carolina’s highest offices.
The imagery of Europe’s history is often invoked to justify white supremacist violence around the world.
This cultural trend is a politically meaningful symptom of broader structural inequalities.
The online Agartha trend blends occult pseudoscience with neo-Nazism and weaponised irony to open a doorway to radicalisation.
Australia, Canada and the US identified themselves as ‘white men’s countries’ in the early 20th century and coordinated immigration restrictions to keep them that way.
From the civil rights era of the 1960s until today, white victims of government violence have received disproportionate attention.
Police have charged a man with throwing a homemade bomb into a protest crowd. It’s the alleged result of an increasingly complicated style of terrorism.
Although thousands of Americans embraced fascist ideas during the interwar years, a new study examines why the US has had little appetite to remember that past.
Should all points of view be heard from? Defending certain values and ideas makes it a bit more complicated than simply listening to all sides.
His image is the watermark in South African passports, but he is not as widely known as leaders like Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
Several white nationalist groups such as Return to the Land have attempted to establish all-white communities across the country.
A growing international network of fitness-focused clubs for men is the newest iteration of the white supremacy movement.
Strict authority structures and notions of defence, fellowship and honour can be appealing to far-right extremists.
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Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Co-founder and director of Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa (HEIA) and director, Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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