Thirty years ago today, on April 19, 1993, 76 people died at the conclusion of a 51-day siege outside Waco, Texas. The dead, including 25 children, were members of the Branch Davidian sect, some of whom federal agencies were pursuing for firearms offenses. At the time of the siege, sect leader David Koresh was also accused of child abuse.
Hard-right movements are based on exclusion and the construction of hierarchies.
鈥淚t鈥檚 to be expected. St. Louis is the gateway of institutionalized racism, so you know, I call all my strength from the ancestors,鈥 said St. Louis-based artist De鈥橨oneiro Jones. 鈥淭he ancestors are with me, and I will continue to talk about what happened, and tell the truth.鈥
Judges in Kootenai County, Idaho, have issued arrest warrants for five members of white nationalist hate group Patriot Front, and the men have been added to a wanted list circulated by that county鈥檚 sheriff.
The white nationalist hate group Patriot Front formed in 2017 in Texas and is one of the most active operating in the U.S. Over the years, numerous Hatewatch investigations have revealed the group鈥檚 racist intent and the destructive behavior of the violent young men the group attracts.
Hard-right 鈥渃onstitutional sheriff鈥 Charles 鈥淐huck鈥 Austin Jenkins of Frederick County, Maryland, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week for breaking federal gun laws.
The New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) hosted a pro-Trump gathering headlined by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday in New York City, where speakers struggled to be heard over raucous counterprotesters.
Following four days of deliberation, a jury handed radical-right activist Douglass Mackey a guilty verdict on Friday, March 31, asserting that he interfered with the 2016 election through his infamous 鈥淩icky Vaughn鈥 pseudonym.
Now, more than ever, we must work together to protect the values that ensure a fair and inclusive future for all.