In his new book, Eli Saslow, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at The Washington Post, has turned his attention to one of today’s most pressing issues: The resurgence of mainstream white nationalism. In Rising Out of Hatred, Saslow tells the story of Derek Black, son of the man who created the neo-Nazi site Stormfront, and godson of Ku Klux Klan figurehead David Duke. Heir apparent to the American white nationalist movement, Black experienced a radical transformation after being forced to examine his beliefs by his college classmates. With nuance and narrative verve, Saslow teases out how Black’s evolution from white nationalist to antiracist activist exposes the powerful grip white supremacy has over its adherents, as well as the ways America can resist and undo its harms. Saslow will be in conversation with The New Yorker's Andrew Marantz.

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