Watch: ‘The Path Forward – Personal Stories About Race and How We Can Make A Difference Panelists discuss white supremacy from the perspective of the organization Life After Hate, founded by former white supremacists who want to help others abandon the lifestyle.
Published December 30, 2020 •
Updated on January 12, 2021 at 5:53 pm
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In this edition of The Path Forward, NBC 5 s LeeAnn Trotter talks with panelists from an organization called Life After Hate, founded by former white supremacists who want to help others leave white supremacy.
Life After Hate offers outreach, consulting, interventions and support systems for individuals who have successfully disengaged from violent extremism, among other things.
the bloodshed from james foley of global post. brown: in the wake of the sikh temple shooting, we examine the scope, profile and power of homegrown hate. woodruff: ray suarez has part two of our energy series. tonight, he s in colorado, where natural gas battles coal for prominence, but it comes with a hefty price tag. taking a 60-year-old plant that s been generating electricity by burning coal and converting it to natural gas isn t cheap, and it isn t easy as flipping a switch. brown: margaret warner continues our look at congress unfinished business. tonight, solving the threat of cyber attacks on our critical infrastructure. woodruff: and poet priscilla uppall captures the olympic spirit. i just love it because it s really metaphorical. it s very playful. many of the sport terms are basically invented by teenagers and young people. wiidruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoi
prominence, but it comes with a hefty price tag. taking a 60-year-old plant that s been generating electricity by burning coal and converting it to natural gas isn t cheap, and it isn t easy as flipping a switch. brown: margaret warner continues our look at congress unfinished business. tonight, solving the threat of cyber attacks on our critical infrastructure. woodruff: and poet priscilla uppall captures the olympic spirit. i just love it because it s really metaphorical. it s very playful. many of the sport terms are basically invented by teenagers and young people. wiidruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. brown: egypt staged its first air strikes into the sinai peninsula to
interviewed a white car musician who served in the military specializing in psychological operations. on sunday, it was the same man wade michael page who attacked a sikh temple in wisconsin, killing six worshipers. we will speak with pete semi. it will also speak to journalist matt kennard, author of, irregular army: how the u.s. military recruited neo-nazis, gang members, and criminals to fight the war on terror. and then, former department of homeland security analyst daryl johnson and right wing resurgence. right wing resurgence: how a domestic terrorist threat is being ignored. in 2009, he issued a report warning about the increasing dangers of violent right-wing extremism. but under pressure from republican lawmakers and talk- show hosts, homeland security secretary janet napolitano withdrew the report and congress has refused to hold hearings on the white supremacist threat. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and
moved in on militants blamed for a surge in violence that climaxed in a dramatic cross- border raid on sunday. gunmen had already killed 16 egyptian guards before they commandeered this armored car. only a missile from an israeli aircraft brought them finally to a halt more than a mile inside this israeli territory. israel s prime minister called this a wake-up call for egypt to root out radical groups taking up residence in the sinai desert. we felt for the last year and a half that the sinai region has become the wild west. the wild west may have been fun in the movies, but in reality you see what happens. different terrorist elements come in, they sit down and they can use it because there s no one there to stop them, and that s a direct threat for us. reporter: today, security forces on both sides of the border were on high alert. the upsurge in violence along this border is a challenge to israel, but it s an even bigger problem for egypt s new islamist government, a