In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, how political violence has been organized in other areas of the world that can help us anticipate the future of right-wing extremism.
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The social media giant’s third-party review panel upheld Facebook’s ban on Donald Trump. A corporate governance expert explains why Facebook created the Oversight Board.
Online abuse is often dismissed as "just online." But the rise of QAnon and similar groups demonstrates the very real consequences of online speech.
When social media platforms banned Donald Trump they acknowledged that sometimes social good is more important than shareholder profits.
Long overlooked in the West, the Byzantine Empire has recently picked up interest among far-right and conspiracist circles. A historian of medieval culture explains what white supremacists get wrong.
If history is a guide, expanding police powers to address current white nationalist threats could result in future repression of activists of color.
Given the current, often erroneous, use of the term ‘fascist’ to describe political movements and leaders, it’s important to determine what fascism is and is not.
Elections are getting less safe in democracies and nondemocracies alike. Last year was the bloodiest year for elections in decades, with 54% of all national votes marred by some kind of violence.
Some 5,000 National Guardsmen will stay in Washington to protect the Capitol into March, according to the Pentagon. The Guard is seen as a reliable peacekeeping force – but it wasn’t always that way.
The word ‘patriot’ has a particular meaning to many Americans. But some of them took their idea of patriotism a bit far on January 6.
If the new U.S. administration can show that it’s taking action to address widespread grievances, it should be able to move forward from this period of sustained mass protest.
In the end, Republicans could not convict the former president for inciting the January 6 Capitol riots without implicating themselves.
The vote to acquit former President Trump for inciting the attack on the Capitol is a symptom of the dramatic decline of the US constitutional system, which is being eroded from within.
The domed neoclassical Capitol building was inspired by European cathedrals and the Roman Pantheon – shrines to imperial power, not rule by and for the people.
The 45th president of the United States used a specific technique to tell different versions of the very same story, of a nation under threat and a man working to save it.
Deplatformed groups can all too easily flock to alternative platforms to coordinate.
The time has come to deal with hateful extremism before it manifests as violent extremism. This includes having a public register of hate incidents.
Language affects behavior. When words champion aggression, make violence acceptable and embolden audiences to action, incidents like the insurrection at the Capitol are the result.
Civilian peacekeepers are trying to stop violence before it starts.
To repair the public’s dwindling trust in the federal government, politicians must recommit to the impartial cooperation that bolsters political institutions.
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of History, College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Lecturer in Security Studies, Macquarie University
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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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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Vanderbilt University
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Assistant Professor of Geography, Columbus State University
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Research Affiliate and Senior Analyst, University of Central Florida
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Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Research Lead, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
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Lecturer in Old English, University College Cork
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Assistant Professor of Public Communication, American University School of Communication
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Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University
