Raphael Cohen-Almagor (Hull): Countering Hate on the Internet. Call it Big Hatred meets Big Data: Stormfront members complain about minorities’ speaking different languages and committing crimes — but what is most interesting were the complaints about competition in the dating market. Emma Green on a library of white-supremacist hand gestures: The Anti-Defamation League has published an online catalog of the symbols, flags, and slogans used by hate groups. Christian right secession fantasy: Spooky neo-Confederate talk grows louder at the fringes. Why did Maine's governor conspire with “sovereign citizen” extremists? An excerpt from As Maine Went: Governor Paul LePage and the Tea Party Takeover of Maine by Mike Tipping. Brother of “sovereign citizen” who reportedly shot BLM ranger traces a loved one’s transformation. Cliven Bundy's War: Zach Baron goes inside the rancher's independent sovereign republic — did you know there was a revolutionary war fought on American soil earlier this spring? (and more) Cliven Bundy wasn't a one-off: New report shows far-right militias are growing, and more fear of home-grown terror. The meltdown of the anti-immigration minuteman militia: Tim Murphy on why the the self-appointed border patrollers are nowhere to be seen. Armed Right-wing militias are amassing along the Texas border with state lawmaker's blessing. White night: Hate groups are benefiting from squabbles over immigration. Esther Yu-Hsi on how the Ku Klux Klan is seizing on anti-immigrant sentiment to draw new members. Let’s not ignore the overt calls for violence from the League of the South. Before it was a joke, #WarOnWhites was a meme for racists (and Christopher Ingraham on how white people are winning the war on whites). American white nationalists to hold conference with Russian and European Far Right.
