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Europe's New Rising Tide: The Far Right

Mark Russell — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:52:43 CST

It's not just young American men who are getting kicked around in this era : Nationalism, immigration, and cultural identity have their European counterparts turning in droves to the arms of far-right politics, according to a new report. British think tank Demos used Facebook questionnaires to get information from 10,000...

We Can't Ignore Oslo Gunman as 'Lone Crackpot'

Kevin Spak — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:22:05 CDT

Glenn Beck wasn’t justifying murder when he likened the victims of the Oslo massacre to Nazis. “He was merely muddying the humanity” of Anders Breivik’s victims, writes Timothy Egan in the New York Times . But the comments on his website The Blaze were brimming with sympathy for Breivik. “You gotta...

Restaurant Adds Mandatory Tip for Non-English Speakers

Nick McMaster — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:12:00 CST

A restaurant in Hawaii is under review by the state's Civil Right Commission because of its policy of adding a 15% gratuity to the bills of patrons who don't speak English. The Waikiki eatery says the policy isn't xenophobic—it's just that many customers come from abroad where tipping isn't...

Angle Ad Campaign's Most Racist: Maddow

Emily Rauhala — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:00:00 CDT

Rachel Maddow has deemed an ad by Sharron Angle the most "overtly racist" spot of this down and dirty political season. Maddow blasted Angle on Meet the Press yesterday, criticizing the candidate for a television commercial that shows "a group of white college students being menaced by some tough-looking Latinos....

Dear Muslims: 'I’m Sorry'

Emily Rauhala — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 05:43:54 CDT

America has learned better than to make sweeping statements about Jewish people, Japanese Americans, and African Americans, so why, asks Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times , in the 21ist century is it OK to equate Muslims with terrorism? It's not, he says. Those who follow Islam are not a...

This Bigotry Is Not America

Emily Rauhala — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 05:43:39 CDT

Once in a while, Americans forget what makes them American and descend into bigoted craziness, writes Nicholas Kristof for the New York Times , noting our "shameful" internment of Japanese during WWII. And now with the editor of the New Republic openly questioning whether Muslims deserve First Amendment rights and a...

We Once Feared Catholics, Jews, Too

Emily Rauhala — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:22:00 CDT

The Islamophobic sentiment shaking America is rooted in fear, not bigotry, writes Nick Kristof for the New York Times . The "well-meaning worriers" of the " Not-at-Ground-Zero Mosque " movement genuinely believe Muslims "don’t share their values, don’t believe in democracy, and may harm innocent Americans." Of course, some Americans once felt the...

Hitler's Mein Kampf Banned in Russia

Harry Kimball — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:15:23 CDT

Russian authorities have just decided that Hitler’s anti-Semitic opus Mein Kampf is extremist, and have banned the book. The move comes as the country attempts to combat xenophobia in far-right circles, and prosecutors discovered that the book was freely available in a certain region. The government keeps a list of...

Small-Biz Owners Offer Obama Brilliant Ideas

Harry Kimball — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:14:39 CST

Valerie Jarrett might be questioning the wisdom of "ask and you shall receive" after the Obama adviser asked small businesses on LinkedIn what steps they think "government should take to help American businesses spur job creation." What she got, the Business Insider reports, is "a long list of responses from...