Richard Spencer

Tuesday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, conducted a subcommittee hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2019 budget request for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, Admiral John Richardson and Marine Corps Commandant General Robert Neller all appeared before Shelby’s committee for an update of U.S. Naval operations, and … Continued

Photo: Dakota Sumpter / The Auburn Plainsman By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter AUBURN— White nationalist leader Richard Spencer, known for coining the term “alt-right,” faced down the administrative opposition and hundreds of protestors to speak at Auburn University Tuesday night. Inside the event, Spencer, who became known nationally for being punched at an anti-Trump rally in January, … Continued

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter AUBURN— Controversial white nationalist leader Richard Spencer, known for coining the term “alt-right,” is planning to speak at Auburn University against the wishes of university administrators who canceled his previously scheduled speech. Spencer announced last week that he planned to make an appearance at Auburn to hold a talk and … Continued

Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter The Southern Poverty Law Center could be suing a self-described Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist website. On March 23, APR reported on a speech given at Troy University where SPLC Co-Founder and Chief Trial Counsel Morris Dees said the organization would be filing a lawsuit in April against a hate group. … Continued