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Enrique Tarrio, center, stands with other Proud Boys at a 2019 rally in Portland, Oregon. AP Photo/Noah Berger

May 4, 2023

Proud Boys members convicted of seditious conspiracy – 3 essential reads on the group and right‑wing extremist white nationalism

Jeff Inglis, The Conversation

Who are the Proud Boys, what do they want and is there a path back into society for these extremists?

Domestic extremists were involved in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. AP Photo/John Minchillo

August 30, 2021

Why is it so difficult to fight domestic terrorism? 6 experts share their thoughts

Mikkel Dack, Rowan University; Colleen Murphy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Gary LaFree, University of Maryland; John Horgan, Georgia State University; Kurt Braddock, American University School of Communication, and Monika Nalepa, University of Chicago

Addressing American domestic radicalism will require new ways of thinking about the nation’s problems, and new ways of solving them.

Hundreds of ISIS militants are rumored to be disillusioned. Handout/Reuters

November 18, 2014

What makes a terrorist stop being a terrorist?

John Horgan, UMass Lowell

“Feet first”. That’s how one terrorist leader told recruits was the only way out. It makes sense. Allowing members to just walk away wouldn’t be good for the group’s image. And yet – at the same time as…

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