Hatewatch Headlines 9/19/2018

Data and Society: Alternative influence: Study examines how the reactionary right has succeeded on YouTube.

Daily Beast: U.S. paid $1 billion to military contractor who imposed apartheid, abused dogs at Iraq air base it ran.

Mother Jones: New documents undermine Commerce Secretary’s claims about origins of census question on citizenship.

Miami New Times (FL): Florida gubernatorial candidate DeSantis slammed asylum seekers at event organized by a hate group.

Politico: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo raises eyebrows with appearance at FRC’s ‘Values Voters Summit.’

Right Wing Watch: World Congress of Families summit promotes anti-LGBT, anti-choice policies globally.

The Intercept: Yet another study demonstrates that Trump won not because of economic but racial anxiety.

Hechinger Report: Early evidence emerges of a ‘Trump effect’ that encourages bullying in schools.

OC Weekly (CA): Orange County school board candidate tied to white supremacists poised to get OC Republicans’ nod.

Denver Post: Colorado state trooper told Proud Boys to ‘stick around’ if they want to fight antifascists, video shows.

Think Progress: Racist mailer from local Republicans targets Asian-American candidate in New Jersey congressional race.

Salon: Tucker Carlson is much beloved among white nationalists, and other disturbing revelations in a new book.

Vice: Meet Derek Black, the white nationalist heir who rejected his dad’s legacy of vile bigotry.

The Root: A look at the resume of Oklahoma’s neo-Nazi police officer.

Union-Leader (Manchester, NH): NH white supremacist’s killer still at large months after parking-lot murder.

Oregonian: Woman assaulted in Portland park by teens wielding ice pick and shouting anti-LGBT slurs.

USA Today: Ancestry.com changed how it determined ethnicity, and now people are upset.

New York Times: Germany’s Merkel is tested as he chief spy becomes a cultural hero of the radical right.