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A Fever in the Heartland review: chilling tale of the Klan and a dangerous leader

Timothy Egan has written a meticulous and highly relevant account of the rise of the KKK a hundred years ago

The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2023

A Fever in the Heartland: how the KKK gripped the American midwest in the 20s

Timothy Egan’s new book recounts the mainstreaming of the racist group and its unraveling after one woman’s testimony

The Guardian - US · Apr 11, 2023

Review: 'A Fever in the Heartland,' by Timothy Egan

NONFICTION: How a depraved lout turned the KKK into a force in Jazz Age Indiana.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023

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How the politics of race will play a key role in Nikki Haley's 2024 campaign

Haley is a woman of color who led South Carolina in taking down the Confederate flag from its state capitol. That makes campaigning complex in the party of Trump.

WEKU · Feb 15, 2023

Family: Suspect in power grid plot embraced racist ideology

Relatives of a Maryland woman who allegedly conspired with a Florida-based neo-Nazi leader to plan a crippling attack on Baltimore's power grid say she has a long history of white supremacist beliefs

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Deep in storage in Kansas City’s Black Archives: Ku Klux Klan robes. Here’s why

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In the back storage area of the Black Archives of Mid-America, among rows of shelves, sits a box containing a chilling and eerie sight to behold: a set of Ku Klux Klan robes, complete with a pointy hood.

Tribune News Service · Feb 7, 2023

Tory councillor who compared David Lammy to KKK standing in local elections

Councillor David Burgess-Joyce will now be running in Heswall after he was selected by local party members there

Liverpool Echo · Feb 3, 2023

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The KKK's Push for Compulsory Schooling and a Federal Education Department

In the early 20th century, the Klan's virulent nativism and anti-Catholicism fueled its interest in education policy.

Reason · Jan 23, 2023

Alito "jokes" of Black kids in KKK hoods

Alito later joked about Ashley Madison, a dating site that helps people have affairs

Salon · Dec 6, 2022

Justice Samuel Alito under fire for KKK joke during Supreme Court oral arguments: ‘You can’t make this up’

Observers called his comments ‘really upsetting’

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Antifascist Spies on East Texas Nazi Conference with Drone

A veteran's surveillance of the Aryan Freedom Network prompted a lawsuit filed by a notorious lawyer for the far right, Jason Lee Van Dyke.

Texas Observer · Nov 7, 2022

Florida official appointed by DeSantis resigns after KKK costume photo emerges

Local faith leaders demand now-former county commissioner come forward to address allegations

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

DeSantis appointee quits over KKK photo

Photo shows Jeffrey Moore "wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood"

Salon · Sep 28, 2022

Alabama sidesteps compensation for survivor of '63 KKK blast

Sarah Collins Rudolph lost an eye and has pieces of glass inside her body from a Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed her sister and three other Black girls inside an Alabama church 59 years ago

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

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The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Panel: West Point should rename Lee Barracks, nix KKK art

A commission created by Congress is recommending changes at West Point when it comes to commemorating Robert E

The Guardian - US · Sep 1, 2022

West Point’s Ku Klux Klan plaque should be removed, commission says

Panel is tasked with recommending which US military assets should be renamed, to remove associations with Confederates

WEKU · Aug 31, 2022

A plaque with the words 'Ku Klux Klan' still hangs on a building at West Point

The marker, depicting a hooded figure, was highlighted in a recent report by a special commission looking into U.S. military assets with names tied to the Confederacy.

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022

Congressional panel says it cannot call for removal of KKK plaque at prestigious West Point military academy

Panel conducting review of Confederate-US military links called on Defense Department to go further

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The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2022

Missed warning signs, failings, and lessons learned: What happened during the Parkland massacre

As the sentencing trial continues for Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, Rachel Sharp investigates what led up to the massacre and what’s happened since

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022

Missed warning signs, failings, and lessons learned: What happened during the Parkland massacre

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022

Alabama Republican group apologises for posting KKK imagery

The Lawrence County Republican Party says it posted the image accidentally

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Black flight attendant sues Delta for firing her after she posted a meme of Trump in a KKK hood

Leondra Taylor alleges she was discriminated against ‘because of her race’

Texas Observer · Aug 8, 2022

‘The Fishermen and the Dragon’ Uncovers Racist Conflict in Galveston Bay History

A new nonfiction book reveals dark details of a clash between white and Vietnamese shrimpers, corporate polluters, and the KKK in Texas.

The Conversation · Aug 2, 2022

Fueled by virtually unrestricted social media access, white nationalism is on the rise and attracting violent young white men

White nationalists keep showing up in the hearings of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022

Missed warning signs, failings, and lessons learned: What happened during the Parkland massacre

As the Parkland community braces for the sentencing trial for Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, Rachel Sharp investigates what led up to the massacre and what’s happened since

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