Three key factors that drive far-right political violence — and two that don’t Stephen C. Nemeth and Holley E. Hansen - January 8, 2021 Rhetoric like Donald Trump’s is often a main driver.
What Nikki Haley gets wrong about the Confederate flag Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston, and Logan Strother - December 7, 2019 It was the fight against civil rights that brought the flag back.
The Christchurch shooting suspect comes from an extreme online culture Henry Farrell - March 15, 2019 People gather at a vigil for Christchurch shooting victims at
Should Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect, be called a terrorist? Idean Salehyan - November 1, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79683" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People embrace in front of a
Almost all news coverage of the Barcelona attack mentioned terrorism. Very little coverage of Charlottesville did. Muhammed Idris, Fouad Pervez, and Bryan Arva - August 31, 2017 The recent attacks in Charlottesville and Barcelona both involved perpetrators
In 2015, Donald Trump said the Confederate flag should go in a museum. Here’s what changed. Michael Tesler - August 18, 2017 Two days after Donald Trump announced his presidential candidacy, Dylann
Here’s what social science can tell us about the Alexandria shootings E.J. Graff - June 15, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59944" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.), center,
The Confederate flag largely disappeared after the Civil War. The fight against civil rights brought it back. Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston, and Logan Strother - June 12, 2017 http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/new-orleans-reacts-to-the-removal-of-confederate-statues/2017/05/11/2b3b9916-3684-11e7-ab03-aa29f656f13e_video.html Last week, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu oversaw the
Does the death penalty target people who are mentally ill? We checked. Betsy Neill - April 3, 2017 [caption id="attachment_56339" align="alignleft" width="960"] A gurney in the execution chamber
U.S. executions and death sentences dropped dramatically in 2016 — except in a few hotspots Emily Williams and Arvind Krishnamurthy - January 27, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52971" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Dylann Roof appears via video link
How racism came to be called a mental illness — and why that’s a problem Carson Byrd and James Thomas - June 7, 2016 [caption id="attachment_41713" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Demonstrators in downtown Chicago call for
Born that way? ‘Scientific’ racism is creeping back into our thinking. Here’s what to watch out for. Carson Byrd and Matthew Hughey - September 28, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29893" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] A scene from "Call the Midwife"
Born that way? ‘Scientific’ racism is creeping back into our thinking. Here’s what to watch out for. Carson Byrd and Matthew Hughey - September 28, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29893" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] A scene from "Call the Midwife"
White support for the Confederate flag really is about racism, not Southern heritage Spencer Piston and Logan Strother - July 1, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26806" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] A handout photograph posted
What happened the last time South Carolina debated the Confederate flag? Hate, but also hope. Timothy Ryan and M. Glaser - June 29, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26439" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Protesters hold a sign during a
Would "concealed carry" have stopped Dylann Roof's church shooting spree? - June 22, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26365" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] This Feb. 4, 2013, photo illustration
Would “concealed carry” have stopped Dylann Roof’s church shooting spree? David Fortunato - June 22, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26365" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] This Feb. 4, 2013, photo illustration