Return to the Land
Coverage of Return to the Land in the Nexus archive.
- Inside a group's push for whites-only communities "heritage communities"
A white separatist group called Return to the Land (RTTL) is establishing whites-only 'heritage communities' across rural America by structuring them as private membership associations to avoid legal challenges under the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The group operates in regions like the Ozarks and Appalachia, leveraging recent Supreme Court decisions and the Trump administration's civil rights policies to advance its agenda, with a focus on creating 'parallel societies' for people of European ancestry.
- Suit targets whites-only Arkansas community over applicant rejected for Jewish roots, Black husband
A discrimination lawsuit has been filed against a whites-only Arkansas community called "Return to the Land" for rejecting an applicant based on her Jewish heritage and her Black husband. The settlement in Ravenden, Arkansas is accused of racial and religious discrimination in its membership policies. Eric Orwoll and Scott Thomas are among the defendants named in the suit.