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Kyle Rittenhouse
August 2, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Crazed Trump Is Annoying Even His Most Rabid Fans
Donald Trump’s support is starting to slip.
June 9, 2023
Alex Thomas
The Right Has a Vigilante Fetish
Daniel Penny takes his place in conservatives’ growing pantheon of violent “heroes.”
December 1, 2021
Alex Shephard
Kyle Rittenhouse’s National Campaign for Right-Wing Martyrdom
With murder acquittal in hand, he’s touring conservative media to reinvent himself as a victim of the culture war.
November 20, 2021
Aaron Miguel Cantú
Kyle Rittenhouse, Black Lives Matter, and the Idea of Self-Defense
As Kyle Rittenhouse walks free, Black people sit in prison for resisting the deadly conditions of their lives.
November 18, 2021
Maya Wiley
Three Trials, One Lesson: Race, Injustice, and Fear Still Rule
How about we worry a little less about post-verdict demonstrations and a little more about the fascistic hate that is on the rise in the United States?
November 18, 2021
Molly Osberg
Why Kyle Rittenhouse Is a Right-Wing Hero and Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Are Not
Both trials involve armed white men who deputized themselves to kill, but the disparate response to the two cases is deeply revealing.
August 31, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
Far-Right Militias Are Learning Impunity From the Cops
Trump’s supporters in law enforcement and government play Kenosha as both a threat of what’s to come and an invitation to join in.
August 28, 2020
Matt Ford
The Violent Delights of the Trumpian Right
In the end, it was always going to be about blood and soil and gun-toting vigilantes.
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