Stories by David Neiwert
David Neiwert is a freelance journalist based in Seattle and the author of five books, including most recently (with John Amato) Over the Cliff: How Obama's Election Drove the American Right Insane. He is also the managing editor of CrooksandLiars.com and writes for the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch blog.
Posted on Jan 16, 2011, Source: Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute
The Right bears the lion's share of the blame for creating a toxic environment in which unstable people come to believe their political opponents are pure evil.
Posted on Nov 21, 2010, Source: AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute
In places like rural Montana, the Tea Party is working hand-in-glove with Patriot movement radicals -- including some with close ties to white supremacists and armed militias.
Posted on May 26, 2010, Source: PoliPoint Press
For huge numbers of dedicated right-wing Americans, November 5, 2008, was the end of the world. Or at least, the end of America as they knew it.
Posted on Nov 13, 2009, Source: Orcinus
They're being much more public in their full-on expressions of racism, nativism, and xenophobia.
Posted on Nov 7, 2009, Source: Orcinus
Eliminationism much, Pat?
Posted on Oct 24, 2009, Source: Orcinus
A knee-slapper indeed.
Posted on Oct 9, 2009, Source: Orcinus
Gun shows represent a bus-sized loophole in the law.
Posted on Jul 18, 2009, Source: Orcinus
A couple of months ago, a newly formed militia reared its head in a familiar place -- the Panhandle of Northern Idaho.
Posted on Jul 12, 2009, Source: Orcinus
Whoa, that's some old-school eugenics right there.
Posted on Jun 30, 2009, Source: Orcinus
An undercover ATF sting raided white supremacists in at least three states last Thursday.
Posted on Jun 23, 2009, Source: Orcinus
When right-wingers attack "evil progressivism," it sounds like they yearn for the days when American workers were indentured servants to the wealthy.
Posted on Nov 3, 2008, Source: Orcinus
Where is the outrage when neo-Nazis plot to murder a black man running for President -- and 102 other people of the same race?
Posted on Oct 17, 2008, Source: Orcinus
These are the people who give John McCain so much pride.
Posted on Sep 23, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
Sarah Palin has some far-right fringe friends back in Wasilla, Alaska.
Posted on Aug 21, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
So much for that 'respectful campaign' From Ol' McNasty.
Posted on Aug 19, 2008
A great victory for the U.S. comes from a citizen right-wingers would want to deport.
Posted on Aug 19, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
Thousands of children are dumped into squalor after being deported from the United States.
Posted on Aug 18, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
Oh, how awful it is (whine whimper) that NBC and Andrea Mitchell aren't being "fair and balanced."
Posted on Aug 14, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
Obama Nation vs. The Real McCain: A Study In Contrasts
Posted on Aug 13, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
McCain seems to be copying quite a bit these days.
Posted on Aug 7, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
Heaven help us if we become as paranoid as they are. And the funny thing is, they keep proving that we ought to be.
Posted on Jul 30, 2008, Source: Orcinus
White supremacists see their imminent defeat as a good thing.
Posted on Jul 28, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
James David Adkisson attacked a church, killing two people and wounding seven more, all because of it's liberal views.
Posted on Jun 16, 2008, Source: Orcinus
Militia bust reveals right-wing plans for race war.
Posted on Jun 11, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
In the media's eyes, only brown people are terrorists.
Posted on Jun 10, 2008, Source: Orcinus
Fetishists want guns as accessories, "like iPods."
Posted on May 26, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
What happens when the immigration raids in Iowa spread to other cities and states?
Posted on May 22, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
In California, homeless middle-class women are banding together and sleeping in their cars in parking lots.
Posted on May 16, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
Workers bear the brunt of government enforcement while business owners get off scott-free.
Posted on May 14, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
The refusal of Republicans to treat immigrants humanely will cost America in more ways than one.
Posted on Apr 30, 2008, Source: Orcinus
Dave Neiwert digs in to the deeper meaning of the Reverend Wright "scandal."
Posted on Apr 25, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
The results of the Pennsylvania primary show that racism is a problem that still plagues the Democrats.
Posted on Apr 24, 2008, Source: Orcinus
McCarthyism never dies. It just redefines itself.
Posted on Apr 21, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
Unsurprisingly, hints of graft raise more questions about anti-immigrant hate group.
Posted on Apr 16, 2008
Why are patriotic Americans echoing language of tragedies past?
Posted on Mar 31, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
Among its more awful provisions, are "verification" measures that require every citizen to get an OK from the government whenever they change jobs.
Posted on Mar 21, 2008, Source: Firedoglake
You don't get to watch Moon's "hateful" and "anti-American" remarks being replayed endlessly on CNN and Fox.
Posted on Oct 2, 2007, Source: TomPaine.com
What passes for "conservatism" these days is a theater of scapegoating that fuels not just the anti-immigrant right but also the anti-gay, anti-black, anti-Muslim, anti-liberal rhetoric.
Posted on Sep 12, 2007
David Neiwert: One of her white captors told her, "That's what we do to niggers around here," as they beat her repeatedly.
