The Buffalo attack has raised new awareness of a racist conspiracy theory, the Great Replacement Theory. But what is it, and what is it not?
Author: Will Carless, USA TODAY
‘Replacement theory’ fuels extremists and shooters. Now a top Border Patrol agent is spreading it.
A conspiracy theory espoused by a law enforcement agent, as well as the alleged Buffalo supermarket shooter, raise concerns, experts say.
2021 saw highest-ever number of incidents targeting Jewish Americans: Report
A report from the Anti-Defamation League details a 34% increase in antisemitic incidents from 2020-2021 in the United States.
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees arrive at US/Mexico border
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are arriving every day at a makeshift refugee camp in Tijuana, Mexico on the border with San Diego, CA.
What is extremism? Does it include far-left? Far-right? Choosing a definition is fraught.
Think you know what “extremism” is? Don’t be so sure. The word has been debated, misunderstood and weaponized. Now scholars are trying to define it.
Vegas parking valet, Yale law graduate, unhinged Oath Keepers leader: Who is Stewart Rhodes?
Stewart Rhodes and 10 other Oath Keepers face 17 criminal counts including a seditious conspiracy charge, which carries a max of 20 years in prison.
‘Fringe ideas’ are going mainstream in US politics. That’s a danger to democracy, extremism experts say.
Sitting politicians and candidates for office are increasingly embracing white supremacist and other extremist messaging, according to two new studies
Far-right extremists look to bring vaccination opponents into their fold
Far-right extremist influencers and leaders have increasingly jumped onto the anti-vaccination bandwagon since COVID-19 took a deadly grip on the U.S.
13 investigations, no court-martials: Here’s how the US Navy and Marine Corps quietly discharged white supremacists
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have quietly kicked out white supremacists, offering them administrative discharges that leave no public record.
White supremacist threat remains, but experts see hope in combatting online extremism
Experts who track white supremacist and extremist movements say there is hope on the horizon, with new methods already having an impact.