Hatewatch Headlines 6/1/2018
A look at the white nationalists seeking office; Rise of racism fuels free-speech fight; How Donald Trump normalizes racism; and more.
MSNBC.com: At least eight white nationalists are running for national office around the country.
Guardian: How the return of white supremacy in the U.S. sparked a war over free speech.
Washington Post: President Trump is normalizing racism, as the Roseanne episode illustrates.
Vice: John Bolton’s new chief of staff worked at a think tank labeled an anti-Muslim hate group.
Think Progress: Conservatives who crafted transgender military ban claim they’re the victims of bullying.
Salon: ICE is traumatizing children by separating them from their parents at the border.
Rappler: When should hate speech be regulated? Context matters, says United Nations expert.
Inc.: Facebook, Google and Twitter must censor the Web, investors are demanding because of liability.
Los Angeles Times: Audit faults police and other agencies for failing to identify hate crimes.
Huffington Post: This is why another Confederate monument won’t come down in Tennessee.
On Top: Anti-gay candidate Scott Lively shuts down his hate-group ministry in order to ‘shift perspective.’
Right Wing Watch: Alex Jones defends Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet by comparing himself to a gorilla.
First Coast News (Jacksonville, FL): ‘You don’t deserve American food’: Florida man attacks Egyptian students at McDonalds.
Global Dispatch: Hate groups’ audience is wider than you think.
The Charlatan: New research group aims to monitor hate groups in Canada.
