J. Lester Feder
Contact this reporter at lester.feder@buzzfeed.com
The World Mourned When Notre Dame Burned. But Some Saw It As An Opportunity To Make France Catholic Again.
With the help of billionaires, President Emmanuel Macron raised $1 billion for the reconstruction of Notre Dame, but what about France’s huge shortage of mosques?
One Of Steve Bannon's Top Allies In Italy Is Under Investigation Over Alleged Corruption
Senator Armando Siri was the first Lega politician to meet Bannon when he began courting links to the far-right party in 2018.
The Far-Right Group The Christchurch Suspect Donated To Held An Anti-Immigrant Protest In France. Now It's Facing New Calls To Be Banned.
Generation Identity is facing fresh calls to be banned in France, days after Austria said it could try to dissolve the group.
Italy Is Ground Zero For The War On Women — Which Is Why These Far-Right Groups Are Meeting There
An alliance of far-right Italian politicians, Putin-affiliated Russians, and anti-LGBT activists from the US are gathering in an Italian city at the heart of the war on women.
France Has Recruited Facebook To Help Solve Its Anti-Semitism Problem
“Don’t ask the fox how to take care of the chickens,” one privacy advocate said about Facebook’s cooperation with the French government.
Thousands Of Teens Have Gone On Strike From Schools Across Europe To Demand Action On Climate Change
After the UK prime minister said 15,000 UK students who boycotted school to demonstrate “wastes lesson time,” the 16-year-old girl who inspired the protest movement replied, “political leaders have wasted 30 [years] of inaction.”
A Huge Climate Change Movement Led By Teenage Girls Is Sweeping Europe. And It’s Coming To The US Next.
Students are going on strike around the world to demand action on climate change, in a movement led almost entirely by teenage girls.
There’s A Civil War Brewing Within The Yellow Vests
An argument over whether Yellow Vests should stand for election threatens to tear the protest movement apart.
Protesters Are Losing Eyes And Hands To Police Brutality In France
“When you lift the curtain, what happens in France is exactly what you see in America…It’s the same violence. We’re also dying.”
German Police Have Raided The Homes Of Suspected KKK Members
More than 100 weapons were confiscated during the nationwide raids, and 40 people are now under investigation.
German Intelligence Is Looking Into Suspected Extremism From The Largest Far-Right Party
The domestic intelligence agency's probe will examine the Alternative for Germany party and two affiliated organizations.
She Called Out The Yellow Vests. Then She Was Bombarded With Sexist And Anti-Semitic Abuse.
“Every day. Complaints filed. Again,” wrote French Equalities Minister Marlène Schiappa.
Italy's New Sanctuary Movement Will Challenge An Anti-Immigrant Law In Constitutional Court
The law strips legal immigration status from tens of thousands of people already in the country.
Prosecutors Dispute A Far-Right Party’s Account Of A Street Attack On A Politician
German prosecutors told BuzzFeed News CCTV footage showed no weapon was involved in the assault on Frank Magnitz, contrary to what the far-right Alternative for Germany party had claimed.
A Syrian Man Has Been Charged Over The Stabbing That Sparked Huge Anti-Immigrant Riots In Germany
The fatal stabbing in Chemnitz last August led to massive protests in the eastern German city.
The World Bank Head Is Stepping Down Early And Donald Trump Will Likely Appoint His Successor
Jim Yong Kim, named head of the World Bank Group in 2012, still had three years left in his second term when he stepped down.
A Sanctuary City Movement Is Beginning In Europe
Mayors of several large Italian cities are vowing to defy a new “security decree” with measures targeting migrants in the country.
A Bannon Ally Went To South Africa And Did Firearms Training With A White Nationalist Group
Petr Bystron, a German lawmaker, was on an official trip to South Africa when he met with the Suidlanders, a white nationalist group with a leader who marched in the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally.
The Far Right Has Been Rising For Years. The Left Is Finally Looking To Fight Back.
As Europe’s right wing bands together, the left is splintering. Yanis Varoufakis wants to be the one to unite them — but can that be done?
This Small Town Was Once A Progressive Fairy Tale. But In 2018, It’s Living A Far-Right Nightmare.
A crumbling medieval village was rebuilt by a mayor who welcomed immigrants with open arms. That’s made him a target of Italy’s populist government, and a reluctant hero of the left.