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Government Efforts to Fight Far Right Extremism

Image: President Biden in the Oval Office, promising to crack down domestic extremism. From “Inside the Biden Administration’s Uphill Battle Against Far-Right Extremism.”

Will Carless: Federal agencies promised to tackle extremism. Years later, experts see efforts sputtering out.

CNN: How GOP attacks on ‘wokeism’ helped lead the Pentagon to abandon its effort to combat extremism in the military.

Lawfare: Section 875 Is Having Its Moment: The Justice Department has found its new favorite statute to address domestic extremism.

Mary B. McCord: Congress Can and Should Address the Threat from Unauthorized Paramilitary Activity.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss: How Extremism Went Mainstream: Washington Needs a New Approach to Preventing Far-Right Violence.

NPR: White House summit kicks off efforts to help communities address hate-fueled violence.

PBS: How a Washington state plan to fight domestic extremism could be a model for the nation.

Eric Tucker: Justice Dept. creating unit focused on domestic terrorism.

The White House:

Odette Yousef: Homeland Security is trying to root out domestic violent extremism in the U.S.