Social Justice Does the Media Need to Report on Extremist Manifestos? An extremism scholar discusses the ways in which journalism has been hijacked by bad faith actors in the wake of the Poway and Christchurch shootings. Brianna Provenzano
News in Brief U.K. Support for Political Extremism Is Higher Among Whites, a Study Shows Whites were twice as likely to sympathize with violent protests and/or terrorist acts as native Pakistanis. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief The Coast Guard Lieutenant’s Arrest Fits a Pattern of Terrorism Linked to Anti-Government and White Nationalist Extremism The arrest of a heavily armed white nationalist in Maryland on Wednesday follows another year of deadly far-right extremism. Jack Herrera
Footnotes News in Brief Synthesizing the News Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes Is Suing Over a Hate Group Designation McInnes is suing the Southern Poverty Law Center over its decision to include the Proud Boys on its list of hate groups. Jack Herrera
News in Brief Russian Propaganda Bots Have Helped Amplify Right-Wing Extremism Online After Charlottesville The Internet and social media provide Russia cheap, efficient, and highly effective access to foreign audiences with plausible deniability of their influence. Isaac Arnsdorf