by Catherine Debelle On September 13 at Towson University in Maryland, a debate on whether right wing extremist group Youth for Western Civilization (YWC) would be officially recognized by student government was held. Over 150 students and faculty came to … Continued
Last week, Aaron Michael Heineman, a Utah Valley University student, was arrested by FBI agents for threatening e-mails he sent to several professors. One e-mail contained an offensive poem aimed at professors who openly expressed pro-immigrant views. The poem used … Continued
By Kathleen McCann A Kansas state representative’s apology Thursday may not be enough to save his job. Although the request is rare, top House Democrats called for Representative Virgil Peck’s resignation Thursday over a comment he made Monday during a … Continued
For years, anti-immigrant groups have had a field day in Arizona; using the state to test out the viability of racist legislation like SB 1070. Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and its legal arm Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) … Continued
After the brutal Suffolk County murder of Marcelo Lucero in November 2008, Roy Beck, executive director of anti-immigrant group NumbersUSA had a message for members: “WE SHOULD WATCH OUR LANGUAGE.” Beck warned NumbersUSA members against using hateful rhetoric and told … Continued
In the aftermath of today’s tragic events in Tucson, the motive of the shooter who killed six and injured over a dozen others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is still in question. What we do know is that the suspect, Jared … Continued
NumbersUSA deployed its counter-action to the immigration reform march in Washington D.C over the weekend. The plan, S.T.O.P Amnesty in four days, contained carefully crafted talking points that tea party and hard-core, anti-immigrant activists used to lobby state and federal … Continued
On September 15th and 16th the anti-immigrant group, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), hosted its “town hall of the airwaves” in D.C. to blast hate speech across the nation. The well-known hate group rounded up around 45 extremist radio … Continued
We have been keeping a close eye on the murder case of Raul Flores and his nine-year-old daughter, Brisenia. Jason Bush, Shawna Forde, and Albert Gaxiola broke into the Flores’ home on May 30th and shot them, point blank, in … Continued