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'Not A Paramilitary.' Inside A Washington Militia's Efforts To Go Mainstream

Friday, February 14, 2020

Matt Marshall, the leader of the Washington Three Percent, leads a nonprofit corporation. He serves on a school board. Now, a domestic terrorism scandal complicates his political ambitions.

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Washington State Militia Leader Wants To Go Mainstream

Thursday, February 13, 2020

The leader of the Washington State Three Percent, a "constitutionalist" group with militia ties, is running for office. Extremism trackers warn against normalizing paramilitary groups.

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FBI Announces That Racist Violence Is Now Equal Priority To Foreign Terrorism

Monday, February 10, 2020

FBI Director Christopher Wray says the agency has made hate-fueled violence a top national security priority, on par with foreign terrorist groups such as ISIS. What does that mean on the ground?

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Virginia Authorities Brace For Violence At Richmond Gun-Rights Rally

Monday, January 20, 2020

The mood in Richmond is tense as thousands of gun-rights activists arrive for a rally that's also attracting extremist factions. The annual event is part of a tradition known as Lobby Day.

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3 Alleged Members Of White Supremacist Group Arrested By FBI

Friday, January 17, 2020

The FBI says it has disrupted an armed neo-Nazi cell that discussed bomb-making and attacks. They were charged in connection with their membership in a group called The Base.

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'Boogaloo' Is The New Far-Right Slang For Civil War

Friday, January 10, 2020

The word "boogaloo" once represented a fusion of people and cultures. It was both a musical sound and a dance. Now, it's favored on the far right as shorthand for an uprising against the government.

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2019 Brought Stepped-Up Efforts To Counter White Supremacist Violence

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Extremism monitors say 2019 was the year the country started taking serious measures to address a growing far-right threat.

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2019 Marks A Turning Point In How The U.S. Confronts Domestic Terrorism

Thursday, December 26, 2019

This year marked a turning point in how the United States confronts domestic terrorism. The country began taking far-right extremism seriously amid a resurgence of white nationalist violence.

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Encore: How One Group Sees Extremism As A Public Health Emergency

Sunday, December 15, 2019

The nonprofit Parents For Peace wants Americans to see extremism as a public health emergency — one that cuts across race, religion and politics. The members are former extremists and their families.

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'We Were Blindsided': Families Of Extremists Form Group To Fight Hate

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Members of the nonprofit Parents For Peace came to Washington to show the human toll of violent extremism. They want Americans to see hate as a public health crisis.

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'They Wish Me Dead.' Convict In ISIS Case Faces Backlash For Helping Feds

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Abdirizak Warsame was among nine Minnesota men who planned to travel to Syria to join ISIS. When the FBI foiled their plot, each faced a decision that would influence their sentencing.

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Somali American Family Pays A Price For Cooperation With The FBI

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

In a tight-knit Minnesota community, a mother and son are outcasts because the son helped authorities in a terrorism case. The son was among nine men who sought to travel to Syria to join ISIS.

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Literary Journal 'Mizna' Celebrates 20 Years Of Arab American Writing

Sunday, November 03, 2019

Mizna, the nation's only Arab American literary journal, was founded by a group of friends in Minneapolis 20 years ago. Since then, it's become a springboard for Arab-American writers.

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Twitter Struggling To Shut Down Bot And Impersonation Accounts Created By ISIS

Friday, November 01, 2019

ISIS launched 145 bot and "sockpuppet" accounts across Twitter in a coordinated campaign in the wake of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death. Twitter is trying to stamp them out, but is struggling.

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ISIS Announces New Leader

Friday, November 01, 2019

Less than a week after President Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the terrorist group has issued a defiant message to the world.

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News Brief: Vindman Testifies On Trump Ukraine Call, ISIS, NCAA

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

An Army lieutenant colonel who listened in on the phone call between Trump and the president of Ukraine in July testified behind closed doors Tuesday. Also, an update on ISIS and the NCAA.

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What's Next For ISIS

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

The president announced the death of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. That's spurred a lot of speculation about Baghdadi's successor.

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Who Was ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

Monday, October 28, 2019

Who was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and how did he manage to turn ISIS into one of the world's most fearsome terror organizations? He made the organization completely at home in the digital age.

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Baghdadi's Role In The Modern Jihadist Movement

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Who was ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — and how did his leadership facilitate the astonishing rise of the terror group?

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ISIS Stands To Gain From U.S. Decision To Move Forces In Syria

Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Counterterrorism analysts warn that ISIS will likely strengthen in light of the Trump administration's decision to pull U.S. forces from the Turkish-Syrian border.

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