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US President Donald Trump walks with US Attorney General William Barr (L), US Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper (C), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley (R), and others from the White House to visit St. John's Church after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd June 1, 2020, in Washington, DC (Getty Images)

Trump’s purge of defense agencies comes at a vulnerable time for U.S. national security

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A right-wing demonstrator participates in the Denver March Against Sharia Law in Denver, Colorado on June 10, 2017. (Getty/Salon)

A “domestic terrorist” designation won’t stop right-wing extremism

Arie Perliger
Flowers and a Virgin Mary painting adorn makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, August 4, 2019. (AP/Andres Leighton)

Changes in the language of the far-right explain its current violence

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(AP/Chuck Burton)

Are many hate crimes really examples of domestic terrorism?

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White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" exchange insults with counter-protesters as they attempt to guard the entrance to Emancipation Park (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

The Charlottesville attack shows homegrown terror on the right is on the rise

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(University of Maryland Police Department via AP, File)

What’s behind the rise of homegrown terror on the right?

Arie Perliger