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First: gunshots, lockdown. The headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control campus in Atlanta was under attack. Dozens of my friends and colleagues were inside.

After the January 6 attack, federal surveillance programs expanded to counter white supremacist violence have made Black and brown communities their main target.

Law enforcement has taken little action as backers of Donald Trump aim stark threats at election officials. Reuters tracked down nine of the harassers. Most were unrepentant.

Calling out fascism after it succeeds would be like finally agreeing to be vaccinated while they’re hooking you up to a ventilator. Say. Its. Name.

We expect that extremists will come to see the events of Jan. 6 as just the opening skirmish in a modern civil war. These groups will continue to shift more and more to the extreme right, posing risks for acts of violence both large and small.

Civil rights advocates worry that moves to fight far-right extremism will be used against communities of color and leftwing activists

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Christian Picciolini discusses the mainstreaming of white nationalism, what it takes to de-radicalize far-right extremists, and why the problem is metastasizing.

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