Sign in Subscribe

Fort Worth

Reporting on the far right in Fort Worth and Tarrant County — who's organizing, where they gather, and who's enabling them.

Between neo-Nazis and elected Republicans, Kelly Neidert is a bridge-builder

Between neo-Nazis and elected Republicans, Kelly Neidert is a bridge-builder

In the right-wing ecosystem of "suits and boots," Neidert excels at building bridges between some of the most and least respectable extremists—and leaving a trail of destruction in her wake.

An imposing beige wall with a small section of inset glass doors and windows.

Hyperlocal Hate: Paschal High's Legion of Doom

Hate group activity looked different in 1985. It was the era of isolated compounds, paramilitary training camps, pipe bombs, plots to poison the water supply, kill lists, armed standoffs, and vigilante "justice." In Fort Worth, it was the era of teenage neo-Nazis.

A video still shows a sign or bench with the words "Fort Worth" and the outline of a longhorn steer.

Fort Worth's New Nazi Fight Club

The Lone Star Active Club, prominently promoting Kieran Morris's participation, may mark an increasingly public connection between Patriot Front and active clubs. It also demonstrates that white supremacists increasingly see Fort Worth as a place to recruit, train, party, and hold public events.

Yellow wildflowers in the foreground in focus. In the background, an out of focus red brick building with arched windows.

Hyperlocal Hate: Klavern 101

A hundred years ago, white supremacists had no need to rent city facilities for their events. The Fort Worth Ku Klux Klan owned their own.

Downtown Fort Worth at sunset.

Hyperlocal Hate: Introduction

Explore the past and present of hate in a place once considered so chill that a panther could sleep undisturbed in the street. Behind the civic myth-making, the reality is of over 100 years of hate-motivated rallies, lynchings, bombings, animal mutilations, and other acts of violence.