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‘We feel this incredible tension at all times’: what happened to small-town USA when extremists moved in In his new book, Michael Edison Hayden captures the bitter saga between the founders of far-right publication VDare and the residents of a West Virginia town

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social was interviewed by @theguardian.com about his new book, Strange People on the Hill, out now from Bold Type Books: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

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096: Strange People on the Hill (Live in DC, 4/11/26) Podcast Episode · Posting Through It · April 13 · 1h 10m

We’ve got audio from our event at Politics and Prose up on the feed this morning. Thanks again to everyone who came through and packed the place

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Fascists and would-be fascists divide us — turning neighbors into enemies to secure their own power. The toll on our mental health is profound.

Major theme in so many conversations I've had these past few weeks:
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Strange People on the Hill A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrati...

Buy your copy today: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...

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Michael Edison Hayden — Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town - with Jared Holt — at Conn Ave A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrating how radical changes in American politics impact our psyches and divide our communities When the white nationalist group VDARE used dark money to purchase a historic castle overlooking Berkeley Springs in West Virginia, America’s “cold civil war” spilled into this scenic tourist town. From behind the imposing stone walls of their castle, VDARE’s Peter and Lydia Brimelow spread propaganda focused on the “great replacement” conspiracy theory, sowing discord in the once-peaceful town below. In an attempt to restore civility, a group of neighbors banded together to oppose VDARE’s presence in Berkeley Springs. Strange People on the Hill urgently demonstrates how extreme reactionary ideology and the national politics that embody it disrupt the lives of everyday Americans while highlighting the intimate relationship between violent, racist radicalism and what now passes for mainstream conservatism. Through extensive on-the-ground reporting, renowned researcher and investigative reporter Michael Edison Hayden shows how the politicized culture wars manifest in deeply personal dramas and conflicts in a moving narrative about how the people of Berkeley Springs are bravely standing up against hate and division and forging a community built on inclusivity, respect, and neighborliness.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social will be speaking about his new book, Strange People on the Hill, at @politicsprose.bsky.social in Washington D.C. on Saturday April 11! politics-prose.com/michael-edis...

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Today is the last day to apply for the Robert Masur Fellowship!

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Hardcover edition of Strange People on the Hill as seen in my office. Out today!

Strange People on the Hill is out today!

If you feel this cultural moment—the “cold civil war”—has taken a toll on your psyche, this book will speak to you: www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/micha...

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Happy publication day to @michaelehayden.bsky.social's STRANGE PEOPLE ON THE HILL!

A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when a white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrating how radical changes in American politics divide our communities.

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"Strange People on the Hill" is out today!

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Strange People on the Hill A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrati...

"Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town" by @michaelehayden.bsky.social is out tomorrow from Bold Type Books! Pre-order your copy today: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...

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Are Big Companies, Not Locavorism, the Best Hope for American Food? Small, local growers have long been hailed as the way to improve food. But large companies have the scale to make a bigger impact.

Small, local growers have long been hailed as the way to improve food. But large companies have the scale to make a bigger impact.

Type Investigations reporting fellow @adamfederman.bsky.social for @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/2084...

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Applications for the 2026 Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties at Type Media Center are due in one week, on April 8th.
Apply here: typemediacenter.submittable.com/submit/34909...

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2026 Stepanski Family Lecture featuring Lisa Graves - Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion featuring legal expert Lisa Graves on her book, Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights. “A devastating, passionate takedown of Chief Justice John Roberts’s Supreme Court by a Washington insider,” according to journalist Jane Mayer, Without Precedent seeks to reveal Roberts’s role in the “rightward” transformation of what Graves calls the most corrupt, and corrupted, Supreme Court in American history. The author will be in conversation with longtime New York Times editorial board member and legal affairs journalist, Roosevelt House advisory board member Dorothy Samuels. The third Stepanski Family Lecture at Roosevelt House, this discussion will consider the machinations behind some of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most controversial decisions over the last two decades—including the decisions to curtail voting rights, undermine anti-corruption measures, encourage political gerrymandering, restrict the regulation of guns, and end the constitutional right to control one’s reproductive choices. As Graves so convincingly argues, these rulings are part of a transformation that was orchestrated—not by a fair-minded institutionalist, as Roberts is often made out to be—but by “a billionaire-backed reactionary political movement,” whose interests Roberts has been all too willing to serve. As previous Stepanski Family Lecturer and Senator from Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse has said, “Lisa Graves is a dazzlingly brilliant sleuth of the dark-money apparatus that has corrupted the Supreme Court.” Informed by her experience working on judicial issues for all three branches of the federal government, and based on years of intensive research, Without Precedent seeks not only to expose Justice Roberts as a “reactionary politician in robes,” but to deliver a vigorous plan of judicial reform that she believes would end the divisive, anti-democratic inclinations of the Roberts court.

Lisa Graves will discuss her book, Without Precedent, with Dorothy Samuels for the 2026 Stepanski Family Lecture at Hunter College's Roosevelt House. RSVP to attend in person or watch online here:
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The Trillion-Dollar War Machine That Barreled Toward Iran Author William Hartung explains why the United States seems perpetually drawn into conflict.

William Hartung, author of The Trillion Dollar War Machine, was interviewed in @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/2076...

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Trump wants more detention centers. These towns don't : Trump's Terms The Trump administration's unprecedented expansion of migrant detention facilities is igniting fierce opposition in communities across the political and geographic spectrum. NPR’s Jasmine Garsd and Ka...

The Trump administration's unprecedented expansion of migrant detention facilities is igniting fierce opposition in communities across the political and geographic spectrum.

Type Media Center fellow @jasgarsd.bsky.social for @npr.org:

www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...

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Introducing Our 2026 Springboard Project Partners - Type Investigations

Type Investigations is pleased to announce three new Springboard Project partnerships for 2026: India Currents @indiacurrents.bsky.social, Puente News Collaborative @puente-news.bsky.social , and South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social. www.typeinvestigations.org/2026/03/18/i...

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Strange People on the Hill A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrati...

Pre-order your copy today: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...

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A White Nationalist Publication Took Over a West Virginia Castle. I Got Inside. This excerpt is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...

"Strange People on the Hill" by @michaelehayden.bsky.social publishes on April 7 from Bold Type Books. You can read an excerpt at @talkingpointsmemo.com: talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/a-white...

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Trump’s Reckless Gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau As the cost of living continues to spiral upward, the White House is dismantling the government agency built to protect Americans from financial ruin.

As the cost of living continues to spiral upward, the Trump Administration is gutting the government agency built to protect Americans from financial ruin.

Puffin Foundation fellow E. Tammy Kim for @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

Puffin Foundation fellow @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was interviewed by @nytimes.com : www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

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How Military Schools Have Shaped American Masculinity: PW Talks with Jasper Craven The journalist’s ‘God Forgives, Brothers Don’t’ (One Signal, May) spotlights a brutal strain of American masculinity that dates back to the country’s founding.

Type Media Center fellow Jasper Craven was interviewed by @publisherswkly.bsky.social about his upcoming book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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As we face the unfolding horror of Trump's war of aggression against Iran, these two books from Bold type Books will help contextualize the past and present of U.S. militarism and empire. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/willi... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jerem...

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As Trump dismantles asylum programs, Russians and Ukrainians fear for future The Trump administration has been sending asylum seekers from Ukraine and Russia back to a warzone. One family in Minnesota says they fear for their lives.

As Trump dismantles asylum programs, Russians and Ukrainians fear for future

Type Media Center fellow @jasgarsd.bsky.social for @npr.org:
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Strange People on the Hill A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrati...

You can pre-order "Strange People on the Hill," out in April from Bold Type Books, here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...

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Strange People on the Hill A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrati...

How extremists reconquered Idaho—and how some locals are fighting back.

@michaelehayden.bsky.social, author of "Strange People on the Hill," for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Type Media Center Welcomes Six Journalists As Fellows - Type Media Center

We are excited to announce that Rachael Bedard, Jasper Craven, Jasmine Garsd @jasgarsd.bsky.social, Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social, Ryan “R.L.” Nave @rlnave.bsky.social, and Katie Rose Quandt will be joining the Type Media Center fellowship program: typemediacenter.org/2026/02/24/t...

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Type Media Center Welcomes Six Journalists As Fellows - Type Media Center

We are excited to announce that Rachael Bedard, Jasper Craven, Jasmine Garsd @jasgarsd.bsky.social, Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social, Ryan “R.L.” Nave @rlnave.bsky.social, and Katie Rose Quandt will be joining the Type Media Center fellowship program: typemediacenter.org/2026/02/24/t...

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Type Media Center Welcomes Six Journalists As Fellows - Type Media Center

Very excited to announce that Rachael Bedard, Jasmine Garsd, Tanvi Misra, Jasper Craven, Ryan “R.L.” Nave, and Katie Rose Quand are now fellows at Type Media Center. typemediacenter.org/2026/02/24/t...

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