On November 16, eleven days after the presidential election, a dozen neo-Nazis from a group called Hate Club 1488 brazenly marched through Columbus, Ohio, carrying swastika flags and shouting racial slurs. State and national leaders, including President Joe Biden, condemned the march, as did community leaders and activists. On that same day, about 500 miles south, around eight masked neo-Nazis from several groups came together to hold a roadside demonstration in Decatur, Alabama. They brandished signs containing antisemitic, anti-immigrant, and generally racist statements. The demonstration in Decatur received no media attention'much less condemnation from the president. But researchers say that both rallies are part of a disturbing pattern of increasingly hateful demonstrations led by neo-Nazis who have been emboldened to use explicit Nazi imagery. WIRED compiled all reported instances of similar neo-Nazi demonstrations, gleaned from local news reports and social media, and counted...
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