Zach D Roberts is an investigative photojournalist who covers far-right extremism, and voter suppression in America. He covered the Unite the Right Rally in Chalottesville and his work there helped put four white extremists in jail. He also co-produced Greg Palast's The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and is a Palast Investigative Fund Fellow.
Five members of the leadership of the violent Proud Boys hate gang, which helped plan the January 6th insurrection in 2021, have now been indicted for seditious conspiracy by a federal grand jury. Members of the extremist armed militia group, the Oath Keepers, who co-planned events on January 6th, are already facing … READ MORE
State Senator Doug Mastriano, Donald Trump’s pick in the Republican Primary for Governor, spent thousands to lead a busload of protesters to the January 6 “protest” at the Capitol in … READ MORE
In his film 2000 Mules, Dinesh D’Souza sets out to prove a giant criminal conspiracy to stuff ballot boxes with fraudulent votes. The proof? Well, you can see it with your own eyes: There’s a BLACK man and he is dropping off BALLOTS in a ballot drop box. Case closed! You can laugh now. But crying time is coming. I predict … READ MORE
[April 9, 2022: Grant Town, WV] A group of more than 50 activists convened on a West Virginia coal power plant, which burns pricey waste coal bought from Sen. Joe Manchin’s company. Calling for the polluting plant’s closure, 16 people were arrested after … READ MORE
[Feb 25, 2022: Orlando, FL] On Friday night, around 1,000 Christian white nationalists and neo-Nazis gathered in the Cypress Ballroom at the Marriott Orlando World Center. Just hours before, down the road at The Rosen Shingle Creek, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference was finishing up its … READ MORE
On December 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the latest case that seeks to chip away at abortion rights across the country. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the state of Mississippi urged the Supreme Court to ban abortions after the first fifteen weeks of pregnancy, which would essentially … READ MORE
After the success of the Integrity First for America-led civil suit, brought against the organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, the Attorney General of the District of Columbia has filed a similar case. D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine’s complaint brings action against the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, and dozens of individuals for “conspiring to terrorize the District by planning, promoting, and participating in the violent January 6… READ MORE
Ali Alexander, founder of the Stop the Steal organization, is today giving testimony behind closed doors to the January 6th Commission. As was suspected, he’s throwing everyone else under the bus (except his Stop the Steal accomplices), saying in a memo leaked… READ MORE
Ali Alexander, the founder of the far-right Stop the Steal organization, has announced that he will submit to a deposition by the January 6th Commission.
Alexander and his Stop the Steal group spent months spreading ‘The Big Lie’ that Trump won the election and organized the march on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, with the intention of disrupting the… READ MORE
Right now, there are multiple trials and judicial reckonings happening simultaneously across the US. Let’s do a quick update on each … READ MORE
Famed indigenous human rights lawyer, Steven Donziger, had been under house arrest for over 800 days when he reported to prison on October 27, 2021 to begin a six-month sentence. His crime: winning the largest single pollution judgment in history, $9.5 billion, for… READ MORE
[Oct 25, 2021: Charlottesville, VA] Jury selection began today for the civil trial of the organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. The rally ended with the murder of Heather Heyer and injuries to dozens of … READ MORE
Human rights lawyer Steven Donziger has been sentenced to prison for 6 months, despite an order to release him by the United Nations Human Rights Commission judicial panel. The prosecution for Contempt of Court is Donziger’s punishment for winning a $9 billion judgment against Chevron for destroying the Amazon with oil sludge — and literally killing Cofan indigenous people, Donziger’s clients … READ MORE
On the eve of his sentencing, human rights lawyer, Steven Donziger, who fought Chevron oil and its destruction of the indigenous lands of the Amazon spoke to me about why, despite being destroyed by the oil company, he is… READ MORE
[Sept 18, 2021: Washington, D.C.] It was a spectacular fizzle. While Washington’s Capitol Police had prepared for a massive, potentially violent gathering of supporters of the imprisoned January 6 rioters, only a few dozen showed up—outnumbered five to one by… READ MORE
Fences are going back up around the US Capitol in anticipation of yet another MAGA rally in D.C. this weekend. This time around Trump will not be in attendance, but many of his current and former supporters will be there. The organizer of the planned September 18, 2021 rally, Matt Braynard, is a former data director for the 2020 Trump campaign, and has organized … READ MORE
Across the country, Trump supporters are still showing up at state capitols to spread conspiracy theories and demand the 2020 election results be overturned. But with little hope of reinstating the former guy, the Make America Great Again crowd has found a new reason to gather in public places with firearms and… READ MORE
[Aug 28, 2021: Washington, D.C.] On Saturday, thousands marched and rallied in Washington, D.C. in support of voting rights. The day also marked the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s seminal March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, during which he gave his iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. On one side of the National Mall, Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III… READ MORE
