March 20, 2019 The U.S. Department of Education (DoED) recently announced that it will ignore a longstanding requirement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) limiting federally funded contracts, which provide schools with services such as special education or instruction, to secular vendors.  As a result, religious organizations, including houses of worship, are now eligible to be such contractors.  This decision is not legally required, will compel taxpayers to fund…

March 15, 2019 In the latest indication that violent white supremacists pose an international terrorist threat, an apparent white supremacist went on a shooting rampage at two mosques in central Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday, reportedly killing 50 people and wounding many others. Australian police have identified the alleged shooter as Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian-born man. This latest white supremacist violence underscores the fact that white…

March 06, 2019 Organizers of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) prevented some white supremacists from attending the event, which resulted in fewer extremist attendees than in years past. A number of extremists, however, were welcomed into the conference.  Peter Brimelow, a white supremacist who runs the racist, anti-immigrant site VDARE, was granted entry to CPAC.  Brimelow’s site publishes writing by  white supremacists such as Jared…

March 01, 2019 Legislation similar to North Carolina’s infamous anti-LGBTQ law – HB 2 –  recently passed the Business Subcommittee of the Tennessee House of Representatives.  Like HB 2, Tennessee House Bill 563 would immunize private employers and businesses from local laws that prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in employment, housing, or public accommodations. The legislation is stealth in nature because the terms sexual orientation or…

February 21, 2019 The Democrat-Reporter newspaper of Linden, Alabama, made news of its own mid-February when its editor and publisher, Goodloe Sutton, penned an editorial calling for the Ku Klux Klan to “ride again” to target politicians who are considering raising taxes in Alabama.[1] In a subsequent interview with the Montgomery Advertiser, Sutton clarified that he supported lynching: “We’ll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of…

February 18, 2019 Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam teamed up with a Holocaust denier and anti-Semitic ideologue to attack the Jewish religion and blame numerous ills of modern society on Jews, during the keynote event at the Nation of Islam’s annual Saviours' Day conference in Chicago. Speaking before a crowd of several thousand at the United Center and an unknown number on a livestream, Farrakhan was preceded by Michael A. Hoffman II, who suggested that ancient…

February 06, 2019 When Dylann Roof murdered nine people in a racially motivated shooting spree at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, reactions from fellow white supremacists were all over the map. While some praised the shootings, others claimed the attack was fabricated by the government or Jews to cast a bad light on white supremacists.  Some criticized Roof, believing he would attract negative publicity and unwelcome law enforcement…

by: Jonathan Greenblatt January 27, 2019 When the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution in 2005 declaring January 27th International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it was deemed a milestone for an organization whose record on Jewish matters was less than stellar, to say the least. The resolution not only called for a day of remembrance, but also for education about the Holocaust by governments around the world to prevent future genocides. As we approach this year's commemoration,…

January 15, 2019 White supremacist online forum Fascist Forge advertises itself as a “Home for the 21st Century Fascist,” and attracts some of the movement’s most extreme adherents.  Launched in May 2018, the forum is modeled after (and serves as homage to) the defunct fascist social networking platform “Iron March,” founded by Russian nationalist Alisher Mukhitdinov, aka Alexander Slavros.  Fascist Forge’s founder and moderator goes by the…

January 14, 2019 White supremacists have long been enamored of Rep. Steve King, (R-IA).  They love his anti-immigrant, nativist rhetoric and his embrace of extreme right-wing groups and individuals that promote white nationalism.  Last week, Rep. King went a step further to ingratiate himself with this crowd, asking, in an interview with the New York Times, "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization -- how did that language become offensive?" Some well-known white…

December 24, 2018 In the weeks and months following the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, reports have emerged of a series of attempted attacks against various synagogues and institutions across the country. While these attacks were thwarted, the Pittsburgh massacre remains a rallying cry for some hardened anti-Semites, who continue to celebrate the killings as “another holiday to add to the calendar.” ADL believes it is critical that the public and…