Concern grows over feds' sluggish response to rise of right-wing extremism
Law enforcement veterans told CBS News federal authorities have struggled to keep up with the rising threat
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Law enforcement veterans told CBS News federal authorities have struggled to keep up with the rising threat
Alabama Democrat Sen. Doug Jones says white nationalism is on the rise in wake of the deadly terror attack in New Zealand last week. During an interview Monday with CBSN's Elaine Quijano on "Red & Blue," they discussed Jones' new book: "Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church bombing that changed the course of civil rights."
"It's on the rise and it's a little scary I think for folks," says Democratic Sen. Doug Jones
King added his own caption to the post, writing: "Wonder who would win" with a winking emoji
President Trump said white nationalism is not a rising threat, but rather a small group of people with very serious problems. Republican strategist and CBSN political contributor Michael Graham and Democratic strategist Joel Payne joined CBSN to discuss the president's response.
Brenton Tarrant, an Australian national, was charged with murder Saturday. He's accused of killing dozens in a shooting rampage fueled by white nationalism and anti-immigrant ideology. Forty-nine people died in the attack New Zealand's deadliest shooting since 1990. Dozens more victims are hospitalized. The patients are as young as two-years old. The oldest are in their 60s. Ben Tracy reports.
The ACLU has been supporting free speech for decades—even if that speech is hateful. But was Charlottesville a turning point?
"The defendant is a domestic terrorist, bent on committing acts dangerous to human life," prosecutors wrote
GOP Utah Sen. Mitt Romney called on King to resign from Congress and Democrats introduced motions to censure the Iowa Republican
In a New York Times interview, the Iowa Republican said, “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?”
Hate incidents targeting Jews, involving vandalism, online attacks, incitements to violence and mass shootings, have increased dramatically – and the bigotry may get worse
Pet food and dairy giants say they'll no longer donate; AT&T quiet on its support of lawmaker tied to white nationalists
The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter branded his social media profile with the biblical passage John 8:44, but experts say it was taken out of context for anti-Semitic reasons
Dairy giant rebuked for making political contribution to GOP lawmaker linked with white nationalists
Hate speech and extremist views online may inspire violent acts, such as the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, but there are limits to what law enforcement can do
White nationalists are expected to rally in Washington, D.C, just one year after deadly violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia. As both cities brace for opposing demonstrations, President Trump condemned "all types of racism and acts of violence." Tony Dokoupil reports.
The president tweeted that "we must come together as a nation," but did not specifically call out white nationalists who are planning to demonstrate
Since unrest last year in Charlottesville, at least 27 cities have removed Confederate monuments, but more than 700 still stand nationwide
Third-party sellers of child backpacks and infant onesies violate retailer's policy against goods that "glorify hatred"
The Traditionalist Workers Party said its founder, Matthew Heimbach, plans to speak at Knoxville campus later this month
Anti-Defamation League says 34 extremist-related killings were committed in 2017
The northern California hate group called Identify Evropa said on its Twitter account it put up the memorial Friday
Scott, the Senate's only black Republican, had been critical of the president's response to white nationalist demonstrations
Prosecutors planned on showing video of Cantwell at the Aug. 11 torch rally from Vice News and from his own website
American Civil Liberties Union obtained video of a white nationalist protester firing his handgun toward a black counter-protester