Unite the Right rally
Coverage of Unite the Right rally in the Nexus archive.
- White nationalists march at Union Station and on Capitol Hill
White nationalists marched at Union Station and Capitol Hill on July Fourth, chanting anti-immigrant slogans and carrying Confederate flags. The group is linked to a white supremacist organization that originated from the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. D.C. police and the National Guard monitored the event.
- DR. BEN CARSON: I know how bad the SPLC was, it came after me and put me at risk
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) faces an 11-count DOJ indictment for fraud and money laundering, with allegations it funded hate groups like the KKK and Nazi Party. Dr. Ben Carson claims the SPLC falsely labeled him a 'dangerous extremist' in 2014, endangering his family, and argues the organization profits from spreading bigotry under the guise of civil rights advocacy.
- DAVID MARCUS: The law comes for Southern Poverty Law Center's ideological vigilantes
The Department of Justice indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for allegedly running a spy ring and funding white supremacist groups, including contributing to the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. The article criticizes SPLC for decades of ideological vigilantism, labeling conservatives as hate groups without clear definitions, and enabling social and professional blacklisting through its influence in academia, media, and publishing.