Tax-Exempt Status Restored for White Nationalist Group
The IRS has returned tax-exempt status to a white nationalist group that for years did not file tax returns, group leader Richard Spencer announced Thursday.
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PayPal Is Latest Platform to Ditch Alex Jones, Infowars
You won’t be able use PayPal anymore to buy fluoride-free toothpaste or a bottle of The Real Red Pill Plus from right-wing conspiracy promulgator Alex Jones.
Read moreJudge Rules White Nationalist Can’t Hide Identity
A woman accused of helping to coordinate violence at a deadly “alt-right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year can no longer hide her identity from victims, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read moreEx-KKK Leader Ordered to Hand Over Charlottesville Emails
Overruling the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard’s objections, a federal judge in Louisiana ordered David Duke to produce his communications with the organizers of last year’s deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Read moreHate Speech Is Free Speech, Neo-Nazi’s Lawyer Tells Judge
The attorney for neo-Nazi web publisher Andrew Anglin said Tuesday that although he abhors the comments his client launched last year against a Jewish real estate agent in Montana, defending the ability to make such racist comments is a cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution.
Read moreCharlottesville Car-Attack Witness Sues Alex Jones, Others
Infowars creator Alex Jones and other right-wing media personalities were sued Tuesday by a former State Department official who says they made him a target of harassment after he posted a video showing a car attack during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Read moreWhite Supremacist Sues City to Hold Another ‘Unite the Right’ Rally
A white supremacist organizer, has sued the City of Charlottesville, Virginia after the city manager denied his permit application to hold an “anniversary rally” in the same location as last year’s deadly Unite the Right rally.
Read moreMeme Creator Sues Info Wars for Copyright Violation
Alex Jones and his conspiracy website Info Wars, along with the alt-right, co-opted the cartoon figure Pepe the Frog to spread racist internet memes and now the original creator wants them to stop selling a poster that features the character next to alt-right heroes like Milo Yiannopoulos, and Ann Coulter, according to a federal copyright complaint filed on Monday.
Read morePreteen Trump Supporter Accuses Newsweek of Defamation
“Trump’s Mini-Mes,” the Newsweek headline blared. Now one of the 12-year-old conservatives profiled in the article wants punitive damages.
Read moreSimon & Schuster Hurdles Suit Over Milo Yiannopoulos Book
Milo Yiannopoulos dropped his $10 million lawsuit Tuesday against Simon & Schuster for jettisoning plans to publish the alt-right provocateur’s memoir.
Read moreAlt-Right Outlet Sued for Linking Michigan Men to Charlottesville Attack
A father and son forced to flee from their Michigan home and go into hiding after an alt-right news website linked them to the murder of a counterprotester at last year’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., sued the site for defamation.
Read more2017 Was Worst Year for Right-Wing Violence
Worshipers at an Islamic cultural center, a black Army lieutenant and a couple who tried to end their daughter’s relationship when they learned her boyfriend held neo-Nazi beliefs were among the 17 people killed by right-wing racists, the Southern Poverty Law Center says in a new report.
Read moreCourt Orders Neo-Nazi to Reveal His Location
Andrew Anglin, a neo-Nazi who says he can’t be sued for unleashing a troll storm on a Jewish woman from Montana because he belongs to “no state,” has until Feb. 16 to tell a federal court his whereabouts, the court ordered Wednesday.
Read moreOhio State Taken to Court for Rejecting Alt-Right Leader’s Event
A Georgia student claims in a federal lawsuit that the Ohio State University violated his free-speech rights by refusing to rent an available public room for a talk by controversial white nationalist leader Richard Spencer.
Read moreNever Again
On a warm, humid June day outside the Dachau concentration camp in 2015, I felt certain what happened during the Holocaust could never happen again. Humanity has progressed, we’re becoming better. The 2015 me did not envision the United States of America, circa 2017.
Read moreCity Sued for Yanking Far-Right Rally Permit
A man organizing a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, originally set for this weekend claims in federal court the city violated his free-speech rights by revoking his permit just days before the demonstration.
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CNN Fires Commentator Jeffrey Lord Over Nazi-Salute Tweet
CNN fired conservative commentator Jeffrey Lord on Thursday after he tweeted a Nazi salute at a critic.
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Milo Sues Simon & Schuster for Axing Book Deal
Demanding $10 million from Simon & Schuster for pulling his memoir, conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos says the publisher breached its contract in caving to backlash against him.
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Portland Stabbing Suspect Cries ‘Self-Defense’
The man accused of stabbing three people who confronted him for a racist tirade on a commuter train cried, “not guilty” in court Wednesday, claiming self-defense against the surviving victim.
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UC Berkeley Faces $23M Suit for Yiannopoulos Speech Riot
The University of California and Berkeley police allowed violent, masked protesters to attack an Oakland woman with pepper spray for supporting conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’ planned speech at UC Berkeley earlier this year, the woman claims in federal court.
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