U.S. sees steady rise in violence by white supremacists
"We're seeing an increase in the propaganda"
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"We're seeing an increase in the propaganda"
A manifesto posted online that may have been written by the New Zealand attacker called for violence against immigrants. CBS News senior national security analyst and former White House Homeland Security adviser Fran Townsend joined CBSN with more on violent white nationalist ideologies and some words of caution about the manifesto.
"The defendant is a domestic terrorist, bent on committing acts dangerous to human life," prosecutors wrote
Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, said the increase coincided with Donald Trump's campaign and presidency
Group called "reprehensible in its admiration for Nazi imagery and racist views, but even more alarming are the crimes and violence perpetrated by these defendants"
House Republicans will block Iowa Rep. Steve King from serving on any committees in the new Congress as punishment for his remarks about white supremacy. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced the move against King on Monday. He denounced King's remarks as "beneath the dignity of the Party of Lincoln and the United States of America."
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?”
"The attacks today on my wife [Zina] are repulsive," U.S. Attorney John Bash wrote on Twitter. "Everyone tweeting this vicious conspiracy theory should be ashamed of themselves"
John Daniel Carothers, 53, is charged with murder in the death of 40-year-old Robert Miller
Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and White House adviser, said there is no place for white supremacy and neo-Nazism in America. She made the comments on the one year anniversary of violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Errol Barnett reports.
White nationalists, counter-protesters gathered near the White House a year after violent clashes in Charlottesville
One year after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, resulted in a woman's death, activists are holding a "Unite the Right" rally in Washington, D.C. "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan spoke with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia; Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina; and Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker for more on racial divides in the U.S. and what has changed since the deadly rally. She joined CBSN to discuss her interviews.
German court found Beate Zschaepe guilty in killing of 10, mostly migrants, gunned down over 7 years
The rally is being held by the National Socialist movement, which holds rallies every year to mark Adolf Hitler's birthday
Anti-Defamation League says 34 extremist-related killings were committed in 2017
Taylor Wilson allegedly tried to derail an Amtrak train in Nebraska with 175 passengers on board
Why forgive a man who committed violence in the name of white supremacy? 60 Minutes asks that question of two men on either side of a racially-charged incident
The bestselling author and essayist, who has become a lightning rod for his writing about race in America, says he wants readers to be haunted by his words
The pictures are reminiscent of Katrina, but chances are you've never seen them
Decades before a horrific stabbing on a Portland train shocked the country, another white supremacist murder shook the city
Experts point to a few pivotal events in Oregon's history that set the scene for events that transpire today
The march is organized by Women's March on Washington, Color of Change, Indivisible, Repairers of the Breach and the Movement for Black Lives and more
"At the time he began ministry here in 1993, the diocese learned of his past," a spokesman for the Arlington diocese said
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called for Trump to take lead