One of the few organizations in the United States that’s dedicated to helping people leave far-right white-extremism groups of the type that rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, this weekend had its funding halted by the White House less than two months ago.
Life After Hate is a Chicago-based non-profit whose group of co-founders includes Christian Picciolini, a prominent former neo-Nazi. Since last November, when Donald Trump was elected, Life After Hate has seen a 20-fold increase in requests for help, Picciolini told Politico. In June, however, the group learned that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had decided to halt a $400,000 grant that the outgoing Obama administration had allocated to it in mid-January.
Life After Hate is a Chicago-based non-profit whose group of co-founders includes Christian Picciolini, a prominent former neo-Nazi. Since last November, when Donald Trump was elected, Life After Hate has seen a 20-fold increase in requests for help, Picciolini told Politico. In June, however, the group learned that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had decided to halt a $400,000 grant that the outgoing Obama administration had allocated to it in mid-January.
