The Alt Right - Type Investigations

Investigations

Breitbart News, boasts Donald Trump’s new campaign chief, is “the platform for the alt-right”

Sarah PosnerMother JonesAugust 22, 2016

The Trump campaign has made common cause with ethno-nationalist political parties across the Atlantic.

Josh HarkinsonMother JonesAugust 25, 2016

Will they help win over voters?

Sarah PosnerMother JonesSeptember 3, 2016

The Republican nominee for president has not disavowed any of them.

David Neiwert & Sarah PosnerMother JonesSeptember 21, 2016

The full story of his connection with far-right extremists.

Sarah Posner & David NeiwertMother JonesOctober 14, 2016

Trump's campaign has legitimized Richard Spencer's movement — and Spencer couldn't be happier about it.

Sarah PosnerRolling StoneOctober 18, 2016

Why the alt-right is celebrating Trump's win.

Sarah PosnerRolling StoneDecember 1, 2016

Listen to Sarah Posner and David Neiwert on Fresh Air, the Leonard Lopate Show, Al Jazeera, CNN, KCRW, and Democracy Now! here and here.

The investigation, especially Sarah Posner’s explosive interview with Steve Bannon at the Republican National Convention, has been widely covered, by MSNBC, Vox, the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, and even Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

Sarah Posner and David Neiwert of The Investigative Fund and Mother Jones win the Sidney Award for their “prescient and groundbreaking analysis of how Donald Trump’s presidential campaign brought hate groups into the mainstream of national politics.”