White Supremacy
Thomas Woods, Assistant United States Attorney from the Western District of Washington, discusses the the neo-Nazi group AtomWaffen at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Thursday, Sept. 28, 203. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
September 28, 2023, 4:31 pm
Day 2 of Eradicate Hate Summit focuses on violent extremism
Summit turns attention to "individuals who have committed violence against other people because of who they are"
By David Rullo
Schenley Park was recently targeted by vandals. Schenley Park by luegmoudo, courtesy of flickr.com
June 19, 2023, 11:17 am
Vandals deface public property with messages of hate
Law enforcement is aware of the vandalism, which is a criminal violation of both state and city ordinances.
By David Rullo
(Image by Image by Gerald Altmann via Pixabay)
May 20, 2022, 9:46 am
‘They don’t care’: Why it’s so hard to take antisemitic websites off the internet
The site the alleged Buffalo gunman credited with teaching him about white supremacy is resistant to regulation, as are similar 'alt-tech' platforms
By Arno Rosenfeld
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rep. Paul Gosar at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building, Dec. 7, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
March 1, 2022, 3:27 pm
Mitch McConnell chastised Republicans Greene, Gosar and Rogers for speaking at white nationalist’s conference
The Republican Jewish Coalition said the lawmakers' participation was "appalling and outrageous" and called Fuentes a Nazi sympathizer.
By Gabe Friedman
Two scenes from the Jan. 6, 2021, rioting: A noose hung by pro-Trump insurgents and a man wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" jacket seen on Reddit. (Noose photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
January 8, 2021, 10:34 am
Neo-Nazis, QAnon and Camp Auschwitz symbols on display at Capitol riots
Here’s what you need to know about them and the movements they represent.
By Laura E. Adkins and Emily Burack
A man kneels to light a candle beneath a police cordon outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 2018. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
November 20, 2020, 4:18 pm
Number of hate crimes continue to grow in Pittsburgh and throughout U.S.
White supremacists active in area, according to FBI agent
By David Rullo and Ben Sales
Rabbi Avram Mlotek (right) interviewed Benjamin Hoss Mcdowell, a repentant white supremacist who for planning a violent attack against a Jewish community in South Carolina. (Photo from JTA)
November 4, 2020, 1:52 pm
What I learned about teshuvah when I sat down with a repentant white supremacist
"For me, Benji’s story is serving as a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of echo chambers, a reminder to Facebook of the heavy burden they now carry as a connector of people."
By Rabbi Avram Mlotek
US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during an NBC News town hall event at the Perez Art Museum in Miami on Oct. 15, 2020, and Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden participates in an ABC News town hall event at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Oct. 15, 2020. (Brendan Smalowski/Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
October 16, 2020, 10:51 am
Donald Trump denounces white supremacy but not QAnon
Trump declined to denounce QAnon, a movement that peddles a conspiracy theory that accuses Democrats of running pedophile rings and sees Trump as a secret savior.
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence applaud after their debate at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 7, 2020. (Morry Gash-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
October 8, 2020, 12:11 pm
Pence and Harris tussle over Trump’s record on white supremacists
Harris noted that Biden entered the race in part due to Trump’s equivocation when asked to condemn the 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville. Pence denied that Trump equivocated.
By Ron Kampeas
President Donald Trump speaks at an event honoring Bay of Pigs veterans in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 23, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
October 2, 2020, 11:15 am
Trump condemns Proud Boys and white supremacists in Fox News interview
“I’ve said it many times, let me be clear again, I condemn the KKK,” Trump said Thursday night. “I condemn all white supremacists. I condemn the Proud Boys."
By Ron Kampeas
Joe Biden, left, and Donald Trump went at each other during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2020. (Jim Watson, Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
September 30, 2020, 11:46 am
In first debate, Trump fails to condemn white supremacists
“It’s astonishing that, when asked a simple question, will you condemn white supremacists, POTUS responded — ‘The Proud Boys should stand back and stand by’,” the ADL's CEO wrote.
By Ron Kampeas
July 17, 2019, 10:31 am
Netroots panel equates Zionism and white supremacy
Panel titled "Racial Justice Has No Borders: Embedding Palestinian Rights in the 2020 Agenda" at gathering
By Jesse Bernstein
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