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- Dismantling White Supremacy
How community leaders and officials in two states took on election deniers
This is the final piece in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are affecting the election process.
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Cottage Industry of Conspiracy Theorists Peddles Mistrust of Elections
Editorâs note: This is the second in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are impacting the election process.
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Election disinformation harms communities and democracy
Editorâs note: This is the first in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are impacting the election.
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Anti-Abortion Rhetoric on 4chan Stretches Beyond Single-Issue Extremism
Content warning: This article contains graphic language, including racist, antisemitic, homophobic and misogynistic slurs, as well as references to sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised.
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Debunking ADFâs âDebankingâ Conspiracy Theory
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is engaged in an ongoing crusade to force private businesses to adhere to conservative Christian theology, in part by spreading the false narrative that private sector banks have been dropping conservative religious clients since the Obama administration. The conspiratorial claim, which ADF calls âdebanking,â has arisen out of…
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âViewpoint diversityâ advocacy promotes white nationalist talking points
Far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is pushing to entrench racist and exclusionary corporate policies under the guise of a socially conscious-sounding phrase: âviewpoint diversity.â In 2023 and 2024, ADF used its definition of âviewpoint diversityâ in a lobbying and litigation campaign to push anti-pluralist policies in corporate boardrooms and statehouses across the…
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How Racist Misogyny Shapes Online Male Supremacist Communities
Ten years ago, a misogynist incel declared âwar on womenâ before embarking on a deadly rampage in the beachside community of Isla Vista, California. On the evening of May 23, 2014, Elliot Rodger stabbed his two housemates and their friend to death before traveling to his ultimate target: a UC Santa Barbara sorority house. In his…
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Far Right Uses Antisemitic George Soros Trope To Attack Campus Protests
Amid ongoing campus protests advocating for a cease-fire in Gaza, a concerning trend has emerged: Right-wing activists, mainstream media, and politicians have begun to recycle decades-old antisemitic tropes to denounce the protests as inherently antisemitic.
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Holocaust Education: A Mixed Bag in U.S. Schools
The Holocaust stands as an indelible chapter in human history, characterized by unimaginable suffering, persecution and the systematic extermination of millions of people. It is a haunting reminder of the depths of human cruelty and the perils of unchecked racism and discrimination.
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Anti-Trans Rhetoric Helps the Right Pivot to Gun Violence Myths, Sell Guns
America is in the grip of a gun violence epidemic. On average, American young people know at least one person who has been injured or killed by a gun, according to a 2024 report from SPLC, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL). Data from the Centers for Disease…