A new study finds that doctors are hesitant to provide potentially lifesaving care for pregnant patients in states with abortion bans.
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
Since 2017, the FBI has warned US Congress that the rise of white nationalism and the violence of extremist militia groups is a dangerous domestic terrorism threat.
The followers of QAnon gained national notoriety for their support of former President Donald Trump. But QAnon members are influencing the GOP at the state and local levels, too.
In the 1820s, an anti-Masonic conspiracy theory dominated politics in the Northeast and even birthed its own political party.
Law enforcement officials aren’t trained in recognizing hate crimes, leaving national numbers on these attacks unreliable.
There’s still far too much we don’t know about hate crimes in the US – and that affects how we study and enforce these crimes.
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