Before a White man targeting Black Americans killed 10 people and wounded three others in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, late last week, 41% of U.S. adults said they worry “a great deal” about race relations. Another 29% worry “a fair amount,” while a combined three in 10 […] Read more »
The MAGA Formula Is Getting Darker and Darker
The chilling amalgam of Christian nationalism, white replacement theory and conspiratorial zeal — from QAnon to the “stolen” 2020 election — has attracted a substantial constituency in the United States, thanks in large part to the efforts of Donald Trump and his advisers. By some estimates, adherents of these overlapping […] Read more »
Most Voters Back Stricter Gun Control Measures After Buffalo — and Many See White Nationalism as a Critical Threat
Following Saturday’s mass shooting in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y., that authorities say was racially motivated, a new Morning Consult survey shows most voters continue to support stricter gun-control measures, though that level of backing has declined since President Joe Biden took office last year. What’s more, the […] Read more »
How white racism and anti-democracy elite rhetoric create the conditions for right-wing violence
… When a man walked into a grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, yesterday and shot 13 people, killing 10, he illustrated the extreme consequences of the same minoritarian, anti-democracy thinking that is used to justify things like ending Roe and the existence of the […] Read more »
A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P.
… At the extremes of American life, replacement theory — the notion that Western elites, sometimes manipulated by Jews, want to “replace” and disempower white Americans — has become an engine of racist terror, helping inspire a wave of mass shootings in recent years and fueling the 2017 right-wing rally […] Read more »
In California, campaigns ignore Latino voters who could tip Congress, poll finds
Latinos looking to mobilize the largest ethnic voting group in California around key progressive issues are raising the alarm over the lack of campaign outreach to a critical voting bloc. The Latino Community Foundation, a nonprofit running one of the largest campaigns to engage Latino voters in California, partnered with […] Read more »