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A scholar of extremism writes that the use of the term often obscures deeper societal issues such as rising political violence and is dangerously simplistic.
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and hampers law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
Trump’s claims of a white genocide happening in South Africa have been debunked by fact-checkers. But this is still the rationale for bringing white South African people to the US as refugees.
A historian of the Mauthausen concentration camp says US troops and the Spanish antifascists they freed were united in a common fight against authoritarianism.
South Africa’s government of national unity forged after the 2024 elections refutes the claim that there are two antagonistic political camps.
While 4 presidents have been killed, many others have been victims of plots to end their lives − sometimes because of political anger, but many other times for incomprehensible reasons.
Lone wolf attackers like Matthew Thomas Crooks pose the greatest security threats in the country – and are hardest to prevent.
In the 1850s, a fight over the speakership took nearly two months and 133 rounds of voting. But for nearly a century, the majority party in the House has unanimously supported its leader. No longer.
Since Facebook removed online hate groups and individuals from its platform, extremist groups are increasingly organizing in more discreet ways.
What deep-dive polls reveal at the political landscape of America as the 2022 midterm election approaches.
The rise in contemporary right-wing political extremism – and violence – can be traced back to events in the 1990s.
President Biden denounces white nationalism as once-democratic countries around the world are threatened by increasing political support for this ideology.
Vaccine hesitancy has been a subject of intense study in the field of scientific communication. Anti-vaxxers’ recent radicalization needs to be looked at.
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Director of Research, Academic Development and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
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Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director, Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Davis
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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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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Spanish, Amherst College
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Director, Center for Story, Shenandoah University