"What Race Is Islam?" Racist Asks. "What Race Is Dickhead?" Australian Lawmaker Replies.
As Australian white supremacists surrounded an Iranian-born lawmaker at a pub in Melbourne, calling him a "monkey" and a "terrorist," a colleague stepped in.
Robert Mackey
Robert Mackey wrote about national and international news through the prism of social media for The Intercept. Before joining as a Senior Writer, he was a reporter and columnist for the New York Times, where he anchored the newspaper’s breaking news blog, The Lede, for five years, and wrote a news analysis column, Open Source, from 2014 to 2016. His work is focused on making sense of events through the close reading of firsthand accounts, photographs, and video posted on social networks by witnesses and participants.
His writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Slate, and The Guardian.
As a television producer, he has looked at the role played by soccer hooligans in the war between Serbia and Croatia for Britain’s Channel 4, and spent a year and a half making a series of video letters from refugees for a United Nations-sponsored program broadcast in Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade during the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
His writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Slate, and The Guardian.
As a television producer, he has looked at the role played by soccer hooligans in the war between Serbia and Croatia for Britain’s Channel 4, and spent a year and a half making a series of video letters from refugees for a United Nations-sponsored program broadcast in Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade during the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
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Britain's Top Diplomat Tries to Save the Iran Deal Before He Causes Another International Incident
U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson calls the Iran deal "a great achievement," but he just handed ammunition to hard-liners in Iran who want to scuttle it.
From Belgium, Catalonia Leader Dismissed By Spain Insists He’s Still in Charge
Four days after he was removed from office by the Spanish government, Carles Puigdemont insisted that he remains the legitimate president of Catalonia.
The Hero of “The City Always Wins,” a Novel of Egypt’s Stifled Revolt, Is a Real Political Prisoner, Alaa Abd El Fattah
Omar Robert Hamilton explains how he mixed fact and fiction to describe the counterrevolution in Egypt that has ensnared his cousin, Alaa Abd El Fattah.
Let’s Compare John Kelly’s Lie About Rep. Frederica Wilson With Reality
It is jarring to listen to Kelly's description of Rep. Wilson's speech and then hear the entirely respectful and generous remarks she actually delivered.
A German Intelligence Agent Was at the Scene of a Neo-Nazi Murder. He Can’t Explain Why.
The star of Germany's leading art festival this year was not an artist but an intelligence agent. Did he lie about witnessing a neo-Nazi murder?
Coughing Fit and Prankster Mar Theresa May's Speech, But She Didn't Joke About Dead Libyans, So That's Something
British Prime Minister Theresa May stumbled through a speech on Wednesday, beset by a coughing fit, a failing voice, and the intervention of a satirist.
Massive Protests in Catalonia as General Strike Is Observed
Catalans peacefully expressed their rage in the streets on Tuesday, but their tolerance was severely tested by a provocative speech from the king of Spain.
A Mix of Hope, Fear and Anger in Catalonia After Millions Vote for Independence From Spain
Amid protests over violence by Spanish police, the next steps after Catalonia's referendum are uncertain but may include a general strike.
Spanish Police Beat Catalan Voters, Deepening the Divide That Threatens Spain
Catalonia's independence referendum concluded Sunday amid deep uncertainty about everything from the integrity of the vote to the meaning of the result.