Our Consensus Reality Has Shattered
A whirlwind of uncertainty landed on us this year, and it’s stirring up extremism.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Strategy of Violent White Supremacy Is Evolving
The failed approach of “leaderless resistance” gets a second chance in the information age.
Jim Urquhart / Reuters The Dangerous Spread of Extremist Manifestos
By sharing the writings of terrorists, media outlets can amplify their impact.
Virginia Mayo / AP Trump Is the Glue That Binds the Far Right
An analysis of 30,000 Twitter accounts provides a map of online extremists—and reveals that support for Trump is what holds them together.
Andrew Harnick / AP The Difference Between a Killer and a Terrorist
Two mass murders reveal how difficult—and important—it is to correctly identify terrorism when it occurs.
Carlo Allegri / Reuters What the Next Round of Alt-Right Rallies Will Reveal
Protests scheduled in nine American cities for Saturday will provide a sense of where the movement is headed.
Joshua Roberts / Reuters London and the Clash of the Extremists
The violence ISIS carries out in the west provides fodder for anti-Muslim attackers, and violence against Muslims feeds back into the ISIS narrative.
Neil Hall / Reuters Alt History
How a self-published, racist novel changed white nationalism and inspired decades of violence
STR New / Reuters ISIS Is Not Winning the War of Ideas
The Islamic State isn’t succeeding because of the strength of its narrative. It’s succeeding because it can mobilize a microscopic minority.
Reuters How ISIS Succeeds on Social Media Where #StopKony Fails
Even with fewer clicks
