Social media continues to be an echo chamber for those with strong political stances, and that will likely continue to contribute to our great national divide. However, a far more ominous concern is ...

After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist groups foment political violence in the U.S., and "they ...

Federal prosecutors have started describing some crimes as the work of "nihilistic violent extremists." One court filing described them as criminals who act "in furtherance of political, social, ...

“Out of Hiding, Extremist White Supremacy and How it Can Be Stopped” by Kathleen M. Blee, Robert Futrell and Pete Simi. (Routledge) Amid threats to elections officials, disinformation about the ...

A certain degree of "extremism" is necessary for survival, according to social psychologists, who argue the personality trait is behind positive social developments. Most people associate extremism ...

Material grievances—especially high youth unemployment—are a far greater breeding ground for extremism than religious or political beliefs. This is the conclusion of a major international study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Far-right extremists suffered a blow in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection. More than 1,000 people were charged and key leaders ...

For the second installment of the News Literacy Edition of the NPR Public Editor newsletter, we're exploring how NPR defines extremism and uses the word in its reporting. The threat of extremism is ...

“What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their ...

After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist groups foment political violence in the U.S., and “they ...