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Talia Lavin is the author of
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April 20, 2025
Talia Lavin
Why Neo-Nazis Are Obsessed With the Occult
The Nazis themselves were murder nerds. Now their successors are LARPing as wizards of racial superiority as they commit very real atrocities—as seen in the recent parent killing in Wisconsin.
May 17, 2021
Talia Lavin
The U.S. Military Has a White Supremacy Problem
What is the Biden administration going to do about it?
January 6, 2021
Talia Lavin
The Violent Crescendo of the MAGA Conspiracies
Trump’s cultists truly believed the 2020 election would be overturned. With those hopes dashed, the putsch is on.
October 14, 2020
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My Life as an Anti-Fascist Catfisher
Or how I found a violent white supremacist’s Achilles’ heel: online dating
September 29, 2020
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QAnon, Blood Libel, and the Satanic Panic
How the ancient, antisemitic nocturnal ritual fantasy expresses itself through the ages—and explains the right’s fascination with fringe conspiracy theories
February 13, 2020
Talia Lavin
To Dream of a Jewish President
What would it mean for Bernie Sanders, America’s most famous Jewish politician, to become its commander in chief?
March 19, 2019
Talia Lavin
The Death of Fascist Irony
What the Christchurch mass shooter's manifesto reveals about the way jokes and memes are used on the racist right
February 26, 2019
Talia Lavin
Age of Anxiety
America seems to be in the midst of a full-blown panic attack. Is there anything we can do about it?
February 1, 2019
Talia Lavin
The Fetid, Right-Wing Origins of “Learn to Code”
How an online swarm has developed a sophisticated mechanism to harass and gaslight journalists—and to get mainstream media outlets to join in.
September 6, 2018
Talia Lavin
A Memoir of Disillusionment
I was raised to revere Israel. Then I moved there.
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