How White Nationalists See What They Want to See in DNA Tests – The New York Times

  What happens when white supremacists on the hate site Stormfront learn that they’re not as white as they thought? Two researchers investigated. ImageMembers of the National Socialist Movement en route to a rally in Little Rock, Ark., last year. A new study looked at white nationalists’ responses to their sometimes surprising DNA test results.CreditCreditJim…

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This Italian Town Once Welcomed Migrants. Now, It’s a Symbol for Right-Wing Politics – The New York Times

The explosiveness of the migration issue in Italy is perhaps best seen in Macerata, a medieval town near the Adriatic Coast.CreditDmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times MACERATA, Italy — At the end of his shooting rampage as the police closed in, Luca Traini climbed the steps of a Fascist-era monument, wrapped himself in an…

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Man Charged After White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Ends in Deadly Violence – The New York Times

close story-meta Video The governor of Virginia declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville Saturday as white nationalists clashed with counterprotesters over a plan to remove the statue of a Confederate general from a city park. By AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER on Publish Date August 12, 2017. Photo by Matt Eich for The New York Times. Watch…

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Alt-Right Exults in Donald Trump’s Election With a Salute: ‘Heil Victory’ – The New York Times

Protesters marched in Washington on Saturday, outside a conference of alt-right writers, activists and supporters. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times WASHINGTON — By the time Richard B. Spencer, the leading ideologue of the alt-right movement and the final speaker of the night, rose to address a gathering of his followers on Saturday, the crowd…

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