Best of CRC Media Hits for August 2021
In August, CRC researchers not only broke new stories—see Parker Thayer’s Fox News hit on Zuckerberg’s cash finding its way into local DA races—but also kept the pressure on stories…
Black Lives Matter
The Radical Origins of Black Lives Matter
Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, joins Mark Bauerlein the podcast to discuss “dark money” and his First Things article, The Founders of Black Lives Matter, and the…
Antifa FAQs: What Is Antifa?
Some Answers to Questions About Antifa (full series) What Is Antifa? | Where Did Antifa Come From? What Does Antifa Want? |…
Antifa FAQs: Where Did Antifa Come From?
Antifa’s roots are primarily found in interwar Europe, especially within the tumultuous jockeying among the fascist, communist, and democratic political factions trying to fill the vacuum that was Weimar Germany…
Antifa FAQs: What Does Antifa Want?
Broadly speaking, Antifa is defined by opposition to an expansively defined concept of “fascism” combined with support for a comparatively narrow spectrum of far-left and anarchic ideologies. Opposition to fascism…
Antifa FAQs: Who Supports Antifa?
Very little is publicly known about how—and the extent to which—Antifa groups are funded. There are a few reasons for this. First, in many contexts it can be difficult to…
The Organizational Restructuring of Black Lives Matter: Movement for Black Lives
While the Black Lives Matter movement as a whole remains focused on largely unchanged issues—particularly policing and other criminal justice topics—these two organizations have undergone some fairly significant transformations in…
The Organizational Restructuring of Black Lives Matter: BLM Global Network Foundation
The year 2020 witnessed even more dramatic changes within the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM Global Network Foundation). The organization underwent a leadership change and experienced some internal…
Featured Video: What Martin Luther King Really Thought About Riots
Whenever a riot breaks out in America you are likely to hear Martin Luther King's quote: “a riot is the language of the unheard.” Many have taken his quote out…
The Founders of Black Lives Matter: Scott Walter on Issues, Etc.
On Issues, Etc., Scott Walker talks about his recent column in First Things on the founders of Black Lives Matter. They discuss how it began, the founders, and the myths…