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February 2021

PolitiFact: Tucker Carlson’s false claim downplaying role of white supremacists at Capitol riot
USA Today: Lack of domestic terrorism law creates an imbalance
New York Times: A small group of militants' outsize role in the Capitol attack
CBS: Psychologist details historic ties between pandemics and extremism
Washington Post: Eroding trust, spreading fear: The historical ties between pandemics and extremism
Politico: The problem isn’t just one insurrection. It’s mass radicalization.
Washington Post: Seeking to combat extremists in ranks, the military struggles to answer a basic question: How many are there?
NPR: How the FBI is responding to the rise in home-grown extremism
Al Jazeera: Biden is promising ‘unity’. But what does that mean?
Sydney Morning Herald: Accused North Korean agent’s missile diagrams ‘high school level’, court hears
New York Times: How the Biden Administration can help solve our reality crisis
Orlando Sentinel: Florida sees slight rise in organized hate groups as nation sees decline

January 2021

Five Thirty Eight: Our radicalized republic
Vox: Trump is gone. But the threat of right-wing violence that arose under his watch remains.
South China Morning Post: Tense times in Washington as US prepares for an inauguration like no other
MSN: Joe Biden's options for dealing with Donald Trump are worse than Watergate
Terp Magazine: Taken to extremes
MarketWatch: Makers of explosives push for end to overlapping regulations, while labor union voices concerns
Sinclair Broadcasting Group: Inaugural security heightened as officials seek to avoid a repeat of Capitol attack
NPR: With U.S. in turmoil, experts unsure what kind of extreme right may emerge soon
Orlando Sentinel: Central Florida, state brace for inauguration unrest. Experts say it won't stop there
National Geographic: Why do humans embrace rituals? Disease and danger may be at the root of the behaviors.
AFP: U.S. struggles to confront far right threat
Boston Globe: What drives the pro-Trump mob
Los Angeles Times: Far-right extremists want to attack more capitols, but are divided after D.C. riot

December 2020

The Conversation: Can Joe Biden ‘heal’ the United States? Political experts disagree
Washington Post: 2020 appears to be a good year for counterterrorism
Associated Press: Kenyan man charged with plotting 9/11-style attack on US
NPR: Right-wing embrace of conspiracy is 'mass radicalization,' experts warn
War Room: Hiding in plain sight: Radicals in the ranks
Small Wars Journal: No end in sight for the conflict in Syria: Who are winners and losers?

November 2020

PR Newswire: 2020 Global Terrorism Index: Deaths from terrorism reach five-year low, but new risks emerge
NPR: Kyle Rittenhouse, accused in Kenosha, Wis., shooting deaths, is released on bail
Foreign Policy: Trump abused U.S. sanctions and failed to get results. Biden can do better.
NPR: FBI report: Bias-motivated killings at record high amid nationwide rise in hate crime
NPR: Election dispute increases risk of political violence, analysts warn

October 2020

Washington Post: A man tied to white supremacists is running for office in a Black D.C. neighborhood
USA Today: QAnon crackdown: Facebook restricts Save the Children hashtag ahead of Election Day
The Conversation: Right-wing extremism: The new wave of global terrorism
Center for Global Policy: As U.S. elections near, the risk of extremist violence increases
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping conspiracy wasn't the first anti-government plot with Wisconsin ties
USA Today: Trump believes QAnon claim it's fighting pedophiles, refuses to disavow extremist conspiracy theory
PolitiFact: FBI director warned about white supremacist violence
Vox: Facebook and Twitter said they would crack down on QAnon, but the delusion seems unstoppable
Foreign Affairs: The death and life of terrorist networks
USA Today: Facebook cracks down on extremist conspiracy group QAnon for hijacking Save the Children movement
ABC News: Extremist group relishes in Trump's mention during debate
Vox: There are proven ways to keep protests peaceful. Trump is doing the opposite.

September 2020

USA Today: Save the Children? Extremist conspiracy movement QAnon fabricates pedophile claims against Biden as election looms
The Conversation: When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases