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VDARE

VDARE is an American far-right website that promotes opposition to immigration to the United States. It is associated with white supremacy, white nationalism, and the alt-right. Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia describes VDARE as "one of the most prolific anti-immigration media outlets in the United States" and states that it was "broadly concerned with race issues in the United States". Established in 1999, the website's editor was Peter Brimelow, who once stated that "whites built American culture" and that "it is at risk from non-whites who would seek to change it". The Southern Poverty Law Center describes VDARE as "an anti-immigration hate website" that "regularly publishes articles by prominent white nationalists, race scientists, and anti-Semites", including Steve Sailer, Jared Taylor, J. Philippe Rushton, Samuel T. Francis, John Derbyshire and Pat Buchanan. Brimelow acknowledged that VDARE published writings by white nationalists but said that VDARE was not a "white nationalist Web site". In July 2024, it was announced that VDARE would be suspending operations in response to legal and technical issues. Brimelow also stepped down as president of the VDARE Foundation. In September 2025, the state of New York sued to shut down the VDARE Foundation, alleging the non-profit was operated for the benefit of its owners Peter and Lydia Brimelow.

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VDARE is an American far-right website that promotes opposition to immigration to the United States. It is associated with white supremacy, white nationalism, and the alt-right. Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia describes VDARE as "one of the most prolific anti-immigration media outlets in the United States" and states that it was "broadly concerned with race issues in the United States". Established in 1999, the website's editor was Peter Brimelow, who once stated that "whites built American culture" and that "it is at risk from non-whites who would seek to change it". The Southern Poverty Law Center describes VDARE as "an anti-immigration hate website" that "regularly publishes articles by prominent white nationalists, race scientists, and anti-Semites", including Steve Sailer, Jared Taylor, J. Philippe Rushton, Samuel T. Francis, John Derbyshire and Pat Buchanan. Brimelow acknowledged that VDARE published writings by white nationalists but said that VDARE was not a "white nationalist Web site". In July 2024, it was announced that VDARE would be suspending operations in response to legal and technical issues. Brimelow also stepped down as president of the VDARE Foundation. In September 2025, the state of New York sued to shut down the VDARE Foundation, alleging the non-profit was operated for the benefit of its owners Peter and Lydia Brimelow.

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of death: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. date of establishment: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of death is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376123061

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.