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A yellow boy stares down a pipeline with an innocent smile on his face, eager to explore; the pipeline looks old, and grey, and rusty, the phrase "alt-right" looking almost scratched into the metal. The sun looks down with a concerned face from a clear blue sky, as white clouds give way to a dark storm front.

Alt-Right Algorithms

Vera Pavlovich, Loyola University Maryland

Despite the decrease in popularity of the original alt-right YouTube influencers, the alt-right pipeline is still alive and thriving.…

May 28, 2024

In an article about the Alt-Right Pipeline, an image of a man holding a sign protesting racism.

The Point of No Return: The Threat of the Alt-Right Pipeline

Zach Terrillion, Oberlin College

The YouTube phenomenon starts out with innocuous jokes and memes but can quickly turn into fascist ideologies and bigoted tendencies.…

August 19, 2021

A screenshot of Borat in "Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm"

Is ‘Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm’ Offensive or Genius?

Emily Jewett, University of San Diego

The sequel to the 2006 film has many outrageous scenes, but they're lined with satire and criticism of today's America.…

November 9, 2020

‘Feels Good Man’ Explores the Strange History of an Iconic Meme

Luke Gair, Sewanee: The University of the South

The documentary follows an artist as he works to reclaim his character, Pepe the Frog, who has been purloined by 4chan, the Republican Party and everything in between.…

October 9, 2020

‘We Are the Wave’ and the Subtle Rise of Extremism

Carli Moses, Union University

Loosely inspired by true events, this German drama paints a complex portrait of teenage radicals that resists interpretation.…

November 20, 2019

Okay So … What Are Internet Bloodsports?

Jonathan Christian, Northwest Vista College

Nobody dies, but trust me, they are just as bad as they sound.…

August 30, 2018

Alt-Righters Gathered in Washington, D.C., and Were Swarmed by Counter-Protesters

Katie Sheets, University of Vermont

The Unite the Right 2 crowd drew only a tenth of its estimated number of attendees.…

August 13, 2018

Antifa Protestors Attack Alt-Right Speaker at King’s College London

Erin Alexander, Middle Tennessee State University

One protestor left a note reading, ‘The guy moderating the talk is on my course and he'll have a difficult time once the strike is over.’…

March 9, 2018

Why Letting a Nazi Speak on Campus Is a Danger to Democracy

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

PC culture might be able to save us from the alt-right and their Nazi leaders, and it's time for college campuses to put their foot down.…

December 7, 2017

Trouble in a European Paradise

Shashank Rao, University of Michigan

Why we should all be terrified of the rise of the European far right.…

November 13, 2017

The Alt Right’s Fear of Getting ‘Cucked’

Otis Roffman, Beloit College

The far right’s favorite insult is a reflection of what scares them most.…

July 23, 2017

The Misguided Rise of the Antifa Movement

Devin Ross, Middle Tennessee State University

Created largely in response to counter alt-right violence, the ARA and other groups only escalate the fraught political atmosphere.…

May 19, 2017

The Alt-Right Movement: An ‘Intelligently New’ Form of Populist, White Supremacist Thinking

Terry Nguyen, University of Southern California

With the induction of Donald Trump into office steadily approaching, a movement for white, working class males is on the rise.…

December 5, 2016

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