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Man charged with hate crime over cross burning in Chicago park

Merlin Lu faces felony and misdemeanor charges after police released images of a suspect fleeing the scene

The Guardian - US

Chicago officials search for suspect after burnt cross found in Grant Park

Police released photos of person of interest in Tuesday’s cross burning, often linked to white supremacy and racism

The Guardian - US

6-foot burning cross discovered in downtown Chicago sparking fears of hate crime

A large, burning cross has been discovered at a Chicago park

The Independent UK

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More on the Southern Poverty Law Center Allegedly Funding the American Nazi Party and Other Racists

"[The National Socialist Party of America leader] used [SPLC] donors' money to, among other things, travel to extremist rallies, host extremist rallies, donate money to leaders of other extremist organizations, recruit new members into his extremist organization, publish racist and extremist material for the purpose of recruiting new members, both…

Reason

Trump administration’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center breaks with norms – and may lack evidence of criminal wrongdoing

The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on April 21, 2026, on federal fraud charges. The Justice Department alleges that the civil rights group known as the SPLC improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist and extremist groups for…

The Conversation

Civil rights groups condemn Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment and prepare for legal fights

The Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment is sparking outrage among civil rights leaders

The Independent UK

Why was the Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges?

Charges alleged the center paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups without disclosing payments to donors

The Guardian - US

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Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church

Manhattan church led by Norman Vincent Peale was known for opposing presidency of JFK – and Catholics in general

The Guardian - US

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety uncovers rare KKK artifacts in one of its offices

A notebook with meeting minutes and a ledger are among the Ku Klux Klan-related items found recently when a Mississippi government office was cleared out

The Independent UK

Hannity and Democrat get into wild on-air argument and accuses Fox host of hanging out with ‘pedophiles and perverts’

Justin Jones brandished a picture of the Ku Klux Klan and compared the White supremacist group to ICE agents

The Independent UK

Mississippi synagogue congregant shares story of 1967 Ku Klux Klan bombing

Beverly Geiger Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed her synagogue in 1967

The Independent UK

Ubisoft reportedly canceled an Assassin's Creed game featuring a Black Assassin confronting the Ku Klux Klan during the 1800s due to Yasuke backlash and the political climate in the US

Ubisoft reportedly canceled an Assassin's Creed game featuring a Black protagonist during the post-Civil War period due to the political state of the US and Yasuke backlash.

TechRadar

Assassin's Creed fans react to reports of canceled Civil War-era game that would've had players take on the Ku Klux Klan, saying Ubisoft shouldn't be "caving to the 1% of people who got in their fe-fes about Shadows"

"Sad it has come to this."

GamesRadar

Canceled Assassin's Creed game was set in post-Civil War America, but was reportedly axed due to Assassin's Creed Shadows Yasuke backlash and US political climate: "Too political in a country too unstable"

"They are making more and more decisions to maintain the political 'status quo' and take no stand"

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Jerry Seinfeld Compares Free Palestine Movement To The Ku Klux Klan

Jerry Seinfeld has sparked backlash after comparing the Free Palestine movement to the KKK during an appearance at a University this week.

The Guardian - US

Jerry Seinfeld compares Free Palestine movement to Ku Klux Klan

Comedian denounces Palestinian rights movement as antisemitic in unannounced appearance at Duke University

Reason

The Supreme Court, Education, and the KKK in the 1920s

My new article, The Supreme Court, Education, and the KKK in the 1920s, is about to be published in Western… The post The Supreme Court, Education, and the KKK in the 1920s appeared first on Reason.com.

Euronews

Under the hood: The true story of Spain's Nazarene capirote and the Ku Klux Klan

Although the origin of the Spanish Holy Week is medieval, at the end of the 19th century white supremacists in the United States began to wear costumes very similar to those of the Nazarenes. Popular historian and TV presenter David Botello tells Euronews about the reasons why.

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The Guardian - UK

‘We need to set the terms or we’re all screwed’: how newsrooms are tackling AI’s uncertainties and opportunities

Amid angst over the technology, a consensus is emerging about its capabilities – but there is an elephant in the room

The Conversation

The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed

Donald Trump is the third U.S. president to pardon a large group of insurrectionists. His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew…

The Independent UK

Candi Staton: ‘I told him, If you kill me, you’ll die too’

INTERVIEW: The 84-year-old soul stalwart has survived alcoholism, segregation, a dramatic mid-career trough, and a relationship in which she accuses a man of once holding a gun to her head. Ahead of a new documentary paying tribute to her career, she talks to Craig McLean about going on the road…

The Guardian - US

Long-lost anti-fascist mural from 1930s restored and back on show in Mexico

Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish’s The Struggle Against Terrorism revealed as some fear resurgence of fascism

The Independent UK

Cruise line insists staff weren’t in Ku Klux Klan gear after fancy dress mishap

The cruise line said staff in controversial white costumes were dressed as ‘upside-down snow cones’

The Independent UK

Passengers stunned as cruise workers appear on deck in Ku Klux Klan-like costumes

According to cruise organisers, the staff were meant to be dressed as ‘snow cones’ for a Christmas party

Reason

Defendant "Admitted to Wearing the White Hood and Saying the Racial Slur," but Claimed "He Had Worn the White Hood Because It Was Cold Outside"

From Whitaker-Blakey v. State, decided two weeks ago by Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Rudolph Pyle III, joined by Judges… The post Defendant "Admitted to Wearing the White Hood and Saying the Racial Slur," but Claimed "He Had Worn the White Hood Because It Was Cold Outside" appeared first on…

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