white nationalism

A photo of firearms and ammunition that was in the motion for detention pending trial in the case against US Coast Guard officer Christopher Paul Hasson. (Maryland US District Attorney's Office via AP, File)

October 3, 2019, 8:42 am

US Coast Guard lieutenant expected to plead guilty in gun case

Prosecutors say Christopher Hasson, accused of stashing weapons, drafting hit list of Democrats and journalists, is domestic terrorist, but haven’t filed terrorism-related charges

By Michael Kunzelman

Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the 'Unite the Right"'rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

September 21, 2019, 1:28 am

Virginia man facing weapons charges is a neo-Nazi, FBI says

Feds say Andrew Thomasberg called Pittsburgh synagogue shooter a ‘saint,’ wished Poway attack had killed more Jews

By Matthew Barakat

Illustrative: The messaging app Telegram is displayed on a smartphone (AP Photo)

September 20, 2019, 11:57 pm

Suspected US neo-Nazis compiling names of Jews on Telegram app

List said to include both prominent and lesser known Jewish people who have criticized white supremacism, misogyny

By Cnaan Liphshiz

File: A menorah and flowers are seen outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service on the first night of Hanukkah, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, December 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

September 14, 2019, 6:28 am

Judge orders release of far-right extremist who called Pittsburgh killer ‘hero’

Jeffrey Clark served 10-month sentence for gun charges after relatives turned him in for his extremist rhetoric

By Michael Kunzelman

Members of the FBI and others survey the area on October 28, 2018 outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

August 25, 2019, 5:29 am

FBI seen stepping up efforts to counter right-wing extremists

At least seven people accused of plotting attacks arrested in recent weeks, as US investigators re-calibrate to tackle white supremacists following mass shootings

By Paul Handley

Yamileth Lopez with a photo of her deceased friend Javier Amir Rodriguez at a makeshift memorial for victims of a mass shooting which left at least 22 people dead, on August 6, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP

August 21, 2019, 3:58 pm

US authorities prevented multiple white nationalist attacks in recent weeks

Since El Paso shooting, at least 7 men arrested over plans to target Hispanics, Jews and LGBT people

By TOI staff and Agencies

Iowa Representative Steve King speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines, on January 24, 2015. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

August 12, 2019, 2:59 am

Northwest Iowa mulls whether to reelect King, accused of white nationalism

Staunch Trump ally has become a pariah in Washington over rhetoric, but still has support in deeply conservative area where he’s seeking a 10th term

By Michael Mathes

People pray beside crosses with the names of victims who died in the shooting to a makeshift memorial after the shooting that left 22 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall WalMart in El Paso, Texas, on August 5, 2019. (Mark Ralston/AFP)

August 6, 2019, 5:55 pm

8chan founder hopes El Paso shooting ‘final nail in coffin’

Fredrick Brennan says he sometimes regrets setting up unmoderated message board in 2013 that is now home to extremists, misogynists, conspiracy theorists

By AFP

From left, Melody Stout, Hannah Payan, Aaliyah Alba, Sherie Gramlich and Laura Barrios comfort each other during a vigil for victims of the shooting August 3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

August 4, 2019, 7:43 pm

After El Paso massacre, liberal US Jews say Trump fueling white nationalism

Reform leader accuses president of emboldening mass shooters by ‘demonizing asylum seekers and immigrants’

By Eric Cortellessa

A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, on October 29, 2018 in which eleven Jews were killed while at Shabbat services. (AP/Matt Rourke)

July 24, 2019, 7:14 pm

US extremist who wanted to kill ‘Jews and blacks’ pleads guilty to gun charge

Family reported concerns about self-described white nationalist’s rhetoric after Pittsburgh shooting; FBI agent says he defended murder of 11 at synagogue

By Michael Kunzelman

Roberta Kaplan of Integrity First for America speaks at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, California, October 2, 2018. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Fortune/via JTA)

July 4, 2019, 3:10 am

Jewish lawyer wants to break the back of the violent white nationalist movement

Roberta Kaplan seeks to deprive supremacist groups of free speech protections by proving incitement to violence, and deter them with massive financial penalties in a civil suit

By Ron Kampeas

White nationalists march on a street near the White House during an anti-immigration rally in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

July 1, 2019, 11:56 pm

Facebook to expand efforts to root out white nationalist content

Top exec Sheryl Sandberg vows social media giant will tighten its hate speech policy, after external audit faults it for not doing enough

By AFP

In this file photo taken on January 25, 2019, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks with reporters at the US Capitol in Washington, DC (WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

May 18, 2019, 3:12 am

Democrats charge GOP with refusing to acknowledge far-right anti-Semitism

Opponents accuse Republican leaders of focusing on anti-BDS policy for political gain, while ignoring more serious threat of white nationalism

By Ron Kampeas

Heavily armed San Diego police officers approach a house thought to be the home of 19-year-old John T. Earnest, the alleged shooter in the fatal attack at a synagogue in Poway on April 27, 2019, in San Diego, California. (John Gibbins/ The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

April 30, 2019, 4:13 am

How US Jewish communities can get trained to prevent shootings like Poway

Experts say American synagogues need to invest time in preparing their members, not just in hiring armed guards, in order to stay safe

By Josefin Dolsten

Vincent Vetromile appears in court in Rochester, New York, on March 7, 2019, charged with three others for plotting to attack an Islamic community in upstate New York. (Jamie Germano/Democrat & Chronicle via AP, Pool)

April 28, 2019, 10:57 pm

Twitter terror: Arrests show danger of online extremism

Four American youths, on trial for plotting attack on Muslims, stoked their fanaticism on social media

By ADAM GELLER