Archives for November 2018

Washington (AFP) – Far-right US congressman Steve King came under growing political pressure Wednesday from his own Republican Party, after it took the rare step of publicly rebuking him over recent comments supporting white nationalism. The Iowa lawmaker’s “recent comments, actions, and retweets are completely inappropriate,” Steve Stivers, the chairman of the GOP’s congressional campaign […]

By Jeff Gruenewald and William Parkin | – The mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh exemplifies an increasingly deadly form of domestic terrorism committed by far-right extremists: the targeting of institutions and individuals due to their religious affiliation. Unfortunately, it’s not new for far-right extremists to vilify non-white, non-Anglo-Saxon and non-Protestant […]