From a darling of white supremacists, a shrug and a “Who, Me?”: Bell Curve author Charles Murray wants students to know that he has nothing in common with Steve Bannon. Bannon’s decline isn’t the end of the White House’s “alt-Right”: Same white nationalism, different white nationalist. When “Western civilization” is code for white nationalism: To see what Steve King means by the term, watch how he uses it. White nationalist Matthew Heimbach sues Trump for inciting him to beat up protestors. Lawsuit: White supremacist’s trolls sent woman hundreds of threatening messages. David Futrelle goes inside the dangerous convergence of men’s-rights activists and the extreme alt-Right.
Reeves Wiedeman on the Duke lacrosse scandal and the birth of the alt-Right. Does the Religious Right’s decline help the alt-Right? There isn’t a strong relationship between religious observance and racial attitudes. InfoWars’ big alt-Right breakup with Richard Spencer — and the KKK. Dylan Matthews on why the alt-Right loves single-payer health care. White nationalist Richard Spencer gets his money from Louisiana cotton fields — and the US government. Nancy LeTourneau on countering the lies of white nationalists.
