Centuries of American history foreshadow Donald Trump’s strategy of destruction.
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Charlie Kirk and his organization connected students and the GOP in new and effective ways. But the slain conservative spread misinformation and thrived on outrage and intimidation.
The defiance of the pardoned Jan. 6 rioters puts them at risk of becoming repeat offenders and prime candidates for the president’s proposed exile program.
In 2020,the #StopTheSteal movement built over months of false claims of fraud, culminating in the violence of Jan. 6, 2021. Is the same foundation being laid by local GOP activists today?
Social media allows a political leader to direct the behavior of political movements, including engaging in violence and insurrection.
The 2024 U.S. presidential election should be about more than Donald Trump’s legal travails. It should be a choice between democracy and the further criminalization of American politics.
American history can partly explain why some Americans have come to believe only Donald Trump has their interests at heart, and will vote for him — and fight for him — despite his indictments.
Donald Trump’s legal woes will nourish and strengthen his rhetorical style, and his followers will continue to be persuaded by how he makes them feel, not by reason, facts or critical thought.
Before there was Jack Smith, there was the House January 6 committee. Its work and findings may provide a hint about what new charges Smith might lodge against former President Donald Trump.
It will take a lot of strategic ingenuity to fight the rise of populism. And it will get harder to do so as politicians rig the game with rules designed to reduce voting.
Conservatives have a long history of contorting the words of Martin Luther King Jr. to further political goals at odds with King’s vision of a colorblind society.
The sacking of key democratic institutions in Brasilia has parallels with the Jan. 6 assault on the US Capitol but was different in one key way: the position of the military.
The events of Jan. 6, 2021, have been called an insurrection. The same word has often been used to describe the mostly forgotten rebellions against plantation owners by enslaved people.
The US select congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol has wrapped up its nearly two-year probe of that day’s violent but unsuccessful insurrection.
A House panel made four criminal referrals in relation to Donald Trump’s alleged role in the attack on the Capitol. Convictions might make him an unpalatable candidate but wouldn’t bar him from running.
The former president made little mention of his personal legal battles as he announced his bid to retake the White House.
President Biden denounces white nationalism as once-democratic countries around the world are threatened by increasing political support for this ideology.
Thousands gathered to express their collective identity and desire to preserve the nation’s political and religious heritage – and to uphold what they saw as the rightful outcome of the 2020 election.
Before we can develop detection measures to effectively counter insider threats, we must understand what factors motivate insiders.
With the exception of a few states, dereliction of a duty is mostly used in military law and does not apply to citizens, including US presidents.
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Assistant Professor of Government, Smith College
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Professor of Political Science, Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Political Science and Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Visiting Research Scholar at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Professor of Law, United States Military Academy West Point
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics, York University, Canada
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Professor, Department of Global Studies, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
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Professor of Political Science and Founding Director, International Studies Program, Burman University
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Senior Fellow, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University
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Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Associate Professor of Communication, University of Arkansas