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Books

Andy Campbell: We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism.

Alexandra Minna Stern: Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right Is Warping the American Imagination.

2023

January 4.   Tess Owen: Five Proud Boys are facing up to 20 years in prison on seditious conspiracy charges for their roles in planning the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

January 10.  Lawfare: Proud Boys Trial Diary.

January 12.   The Washington Post: U.S. says Proud Boys ‘did not stand back,’ sought to keep Trump in office.

January 13.   Tess Owen: FBI Informants Who Marched With Proud Boys on Jan. 6 Will Testify for Their Defense.

January 24.   Hannah Allam: For one Proud Boys tracker, trial offers long-awaited accountability: For years, Megan Squire warned about the Proud Boys’ mobilization to violence. Now, she’s watching them stand trial over the U.S. Capitol attack.

January 24.   Brandi Buchman: An expectation of civil war and ‘second thoughts’ on Jan. 6: Former Proud Boy testifies at trial.

February 15.   The Washington Post: Proud Boys leader learned of upcoming arrest from D.C. police officer.

March 6.   Spencer S. Hsu: Alleged Three Percenter who marched with Proud Boys on Jan. 6 pleads guilty.

March 7.   Spencer S. Hsu: In video, Proud Boys leaders discussed plan to meet Alex Jones at Capitol.

March 29.   Greg Walters. This Black Church Is Demanding $22 Million From the Proud Boys.

April 6.   Holmes Lybrand & Hannah Rabinowitz: Proud Boys juror raises concern she’s being followed.

April 24.   The Washington Post: Proud Boys saw themselves as ‘Trump’s army,’ U.S. says in trial closings.

April 24.   Jordan Fischer: ‘A fighting force lined up behind Trump’ | Prosecutors say Proud Boys came to D.C. ready for war on Jan. 6.

April 26.   Brandi Buchman: THE BIG FINISH: The Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial goes to the jury.

April 27.   CBS News: Jury deliberates for second day in Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case.

May 4.   By Alan Feuer & Zach Montague: Four Proud Boys Convicted of Sedition in Key Jan. 6 Case.

May 5.   Alan Feuer: After Jan. 6 Sedition Convictions, Far-Right Threats Remain: The Justice Department has been successful in holding leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to account, but threats from other groups and radicalized individuals are on the rise.

May 5.   NPR: Hate-fueled violence is growing even as Proud Boys are convicted for extremism.

May 8.   Aymann Ismail: There’s a Deeper Threat Than the Proud Boys: The “seditious conspiracy” verdicts are historic. They are far from a cure.

May 19.   The Washington Post: D.C. police officer arrested, accused of leaking info to Proud Boys leader.

May 25.   Maya Yang: Florida mother behind ban on Amanda Gorman poem has Proud Boys links.

June 12.   Tess Owen: Proud Boys Too Upset About Bud Light to Care About Trump’s Indictment: All indications suggest the far-right gang remains focused on targeting the LGBTQ community, and have so far brushed off the charges against Trump.

2022

January 4.   PBS: Mainstream presence of Proud Boys, other extreme groups creates mass radicalization fears.

January 5.   Tess Owen: The Proud Boys Changed Tactics After Jan. 6. We Tracked Their Activity. The far-right street-fighting gang looked to whitewash their reputation in 2021 by latching onto hyperlocal right-wing culture war issues.

February 15.   Jordan Green: Why accelerationist Proud Boys latched on to big conservative rallies in DC last month.

March 8.   Spencer S. Hsu & Devlin Barrett: Longtime Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio charged with conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol: Arrest shows prosecutors are moving beyond the scene of the crime toward anyone who directed or planned such violence.

May 11.   David Gilbert: Irish Proud Boys Try to Hide It, But They’re Just as Racist as Their US Counterparts.

May 31.   Peter Smith: Former Canadian Proud Boys Behind Neo-Nazi Propaganda Network: We spent over a year inside the network uncovering the identities of former Proud Boys as they built a propaganda channel with 42,000 plus followers and networked with other fascists and a white power gang.

June 2.   Alan Feuer & Patricia Mazzei: How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party: It was once Jeb Bush’s base of power. But an influx of far-right activists and the radicalization of other members brought turmoil.

June 6.   Tess Owen: Proud Boys Leaders Were Just Charged With Sedition Against the United States.

June 7.   Military.com: Veterans Make Up Most of Proud Boys Members Indicted on Sedition for Jan. 6 Violence.

June 10.   Cameron Joseph: Key Trump Allies Were Talking to Proud Boys Before Jan. 6, Committee Says: Here’s what we know about the connections between the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and key members of former President Trump’s orbit.

June 15.   Ryan J. Reilly: Court document in Proud Boys case laid out plan to occupy Capitol buildings on Jan. 6: “The goal is to ensure there is an entry point for the masses to rush the building,” states the nine-page document, titled “1776 Returns.”

July 12.   Tess Owen: Congress Has Roger Stone’s Encrypted Chats With Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

August 24.   Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling: Photos Show Proud Boy Working at Miami Polling Station.

September 15.   Tess Owen: A Proud Boy and Michael Flynn Were Elected to a Republican Executive Committee in Florida: The far-right street-fighting gang has been making inroads into local politics ever since coming under scrutiny for their role in the January 6 riot.

September 18.   Adam Hochschild: The Proud Boys and the Long-Lived Anxieties of American Men: Andy Campbell details the history of an ascendant far-right group.

September 19.   Ed Pilkington: Proud Boys memo reveals meticulous planning for ‘street-level violence’.

September 26.   Tess Owen: Proud Boys, Neo-Nazis, and White Nationalists Protested ‘Drag Bingo’ at Texas Church: About 100 far-right protesters were met by 100 counterprotesters at a Texas church hosting a drag event. Participants from both sides had guns.

October 25.   Tess Owen: What Really Happened at the Penn State Protest Against Proud Boys Founder Gavin McInnes:For weeks, students had been demanding the school cancel a right-wing “comedy” event on campus. The school eventually did, minutes before it was meant to happen, as tensions mounted between protesters and uniformed Proud Boys.

October 26.   Cynthia Miller-Idriss: The Proud Boys at Penn State was never going to end well:Penn State played right into the hands of the far-right’s long-term strategy of using college appearances to platform hate.

November 30.   Jordan Green. J6 rioter with a pattern of sexual assault went from rallying with the Proud Boys to recruiting for the Base.

December 14.   Tess Owen: Proud Boys Abruptly Shifted Focus to Anti-LGBTQ Action in 2022: VICE News tracked Proud Boy activity over the year, showing the far-right street fighting gang’s change in tactics as the GOP pushed a new culture war.

December 23.   Tess Owen: Proud Boys Leader Told Jan. 6 Investigators Oath Keepers Dropped His Name for Clout.