Tag: Extremism
Some online conspiracy-spreaders don’t even believe the lies they’re spewing
H. Colleen Sinclair, Louisiana State University
There has been a lot of research on the types of people who...
Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in...
Jeff Inglis, The Conversation
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison...
A string of assassinations in Afghanistan point to ISIS-K resurgence –...
Andrew Mines, George Washington University and Amira Jadoon, Clemson University
Since returning to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the...
Why did women vote for Hitler? Long-forgotten essays hold some answers
Sarah R. Warren, Florida State University; Daniel Maier-Katkin, Florida State University, and Nathan Stoltzfus, Florida State University
The rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party...
Many hate crimes never make it into the FBI’s database
Sophie Bjork-James, Vanderbilt University
The FBI’s latest numbers showed a 17 percent increase in reported hate crimes in 2017.
But what does this actually say about...
The UK’s plan to deny terrorists ‘safe spaces’ online would make...
Molly Land, University of Connecticut
In the wake of the recent attacks in Manchester and London, British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on social...
EXPLORING NATURE
Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the...
Peter A Noble, University of Washington and Alex Pozhitkov, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope
