How the Texas Shooter’s RWDS Patch Became a Meme
I’ve been photographing the far right’s insignia since 2017’s Unite the Right rally. It’s not surprising that the latest neo-Nazi mass shooter wore a common symbol of rightwing hate.… READ MORE
Zach D. Roberts
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 co-produced Greg Palast's films The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Vigilante: Georgia's Vote Suppression Hitman. Roberts is a Palast Investigative Fund Fellow and Puffin artist grant recipient.
Vote Vigilante Group ordered to
Trial in Georgia
In May 2022, Donald Trump launched the film 2000 Mules, accusing literally hundreds of Black men (the “mules”) of stuffing ballot dropboxes in Georgia and elsewhere causing Trump his re-election. Problem: Every single person accused by True the Vote, the makers of 2000 Mules, has been proven innocent — every one. Now, True the Vote’s operatives will face civil action in federal court and could pay heavily for their… READ MORE
Unite the Right Marcher Kills Himself Before Drug Trafficking Trial
Tiki torch-wielding Unite the Right rally participant Teddy Von Nukem committed suicide on January 30, 2023. Von Nukem, was about to go on trial for drug trafficking, but shot himself behind a shed at his home in Missouri on the day he was due to appear in court. Von Nukem was also involved in a brutal attack on a Black assistant school teacher, DeAndre Harris, however… READ MORE
Voting rights warriors take a night to go to the movies
The special Atlanta screening of Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman
[Oct 5, 2022: Atlanta, GA] Greg Palast’s new film, Vigilante: Georgia’s Voter Suppression Hitman, played to a packed house at a very special preview impact screening event at the Regal Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia on… READ MORE
Proud Boys indicted for Seditious Conspiracy
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
GOP frontrunners — from Jan 6 Riot to Governor’s Mansion?
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
2,000 Mules: Belly Laughs, Belly Aches from Film’s “Proof” that Trump Won
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
West Virginia protest calls out Manchin’s dirty coal profits
16 people arrested after blocking entrance to Grant Town Power Plant
[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
White nationalists gather with GOP officials
[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 the Line: The Fight for Abortion Rights
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
Oath Keepers, Proud Boys sued by D.C. Attorney General
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 throws fellow Capitol insurrection instigators under bus
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
