extremism

GOP Weaponizes Debt Ceiling To Slash Welfare

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jan 18, 2023 The Treasury Department is prepared to take emergency measures to prevent the U.S. from breaching the debt ceiling. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

Kevin McCarthy Allows Extreme Republicans To Hold the Climate Hostage

Zoya Teirstein / Grist Jan 17, 2023 Kevin Mcarthy's capitulation shows that progress on climate isn’t going to happen with Republicans in the majority. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Ukrainian woman in a winter coat looks down at her large brown and black dog as they stand in front of a small pink house that has been damaged by artillery fire with debris from the destroyed housing surrounding them.

Books

When Peace Had a Chance in Ukraine

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies Nov 1, 2022 "The Minsk II Accords", excerpt from "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict" by Media Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies. Looks at the backstory to the launch of Russia's war. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Africa Starts Decade Battling Hunger, Extremism, Ebola

ANDREW MELDRUM / The Associated Press Jan 1, 2020 Two major cyclones in Mozambique in 2019 also prompt worries that the country may be prone to more storms as a result of climate change. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bigots Welcome on America’s Police Forces

Will Carless / Reveal Oct 1, 2019 Hundreds of cops across the country are members of extremist Facebook groups, yet their departments refuse to take disciplinary action. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

YouTube to Remove White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi Videos

RACHEL LERMAN / The Associated Press Jun 5, 2019 The company toughens its policies to an outright ban on content from extremists and those who promote hoaxes like Holocaust deniers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

White Nationalism’s Most Powerful Accelerant

Dan O'Sullivan / Truthdig Mar 22, 2019 Big Tech is serving up hate on an industrial scale, radicalizing scores of young white men. Atrocities like Christchurch's are the result. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Texts Show Police and Far-Right Extremist Collusion: Oregon Official

The Associated Press Feb 14, 2019 A Portland councilwoman says reported friendly exchanges between a lieutenant and Patriot Prayer leader points to "broken policing system." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

France Shooting: 4 Dead, Several Wounded in Strasbourg

SYLVIE CORBET, LORI HINNANT and ELAINE GANLEY / The Associated Press Dec 11, 2018 A terrorism inquiry is launched into the incident near a famous Christmas market. The gunman has been identified and a manhunt is underway. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Terrorist Motive’ Alleged in Attack on Americans in Amsterdam

MIKE CORDER / The Associated Press Sep 1, 2018 A 19-year-old Afghan citizen is in custody after he allegedly stabbed two U.S. tourists at the Dutch capital's main train station before being shot by police. The unidentified victims suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Congress Welcomes an Actual Fascist as Nazi Violence Rages in Ukraine (Video)

Max Blumenthal / The Grayzone Project Jul 3, 2018 American organizers legitimize Andriy Parubiy, the speaker of Ukraine’s parliament, who is at the heart of the extremism plaguing his country. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Caliphate of Trump

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch May 9, 2018 With the rise of a new kind of American death cult, our president might be considered the superpower version of Islamic State's leader. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )