Calls from far-right figures to 'cleanse' Europe of Muslims and commit a 'Srebrenica 2.0' are now symbolically reinforced by the backdrop of Israel's war on Gaza Participants onstage applaud as the Patriots for Europe, the European Parliament’s largest far-right bloc, concludes its meeting under the slogan “Make Europe Great Again” at a hotel in Madrid on 8 February 2025 (Thomas Coex/AFP) In the 1990s, Europe's post-fascist and post-Nazi political parties were clear in reject

Rep. Ford Carr, D-Wichita, walks through the House chamber on Feb. 25, 2025. [Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector] Kansas Republicans sent an unmistakable message to Democratic Rep. Ford Carr this week: Mess with us, and we’ll destroy you. The Wichita-based representative, who is Black, filed a complaint in February against Republican Rep. Nick Hoheisel, who is white. This week a disciplinary panel deadlocked along party lines when considering Carr’s complaint. But members had a n

The treatment of South Africa's white minority population has come under increased scrutiny // EPA A South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as "clearly imagined" and "not real", undermining comments made by US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk. The ruling came as the court blocked a wealthy benefactor's donation to white supremacist group Boerelegioen. Grantland Michael Bray wanted to bequeath $2.1m ( £1.7m) to the group to

Federal workers alarmed at Heritage Foundation-backed watchdog’s list of civil servants in health equity roles The watchlist of federal employees in healthcare is the third such catalogue that the conservative group has published in the past four months. (J David Ake | Getty Images) On Tuesday evening, a federal government employee was shocked to find a watchlist that included the names, photos and work history of 57 mostly Black employees from a number of healthcare agencies