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Right-Wing Extremist Violence is More Frequent and More Deadly than Left-Wing Violence − What the Data Shows

By Art Jipson and Paul J. Becker Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. We are grateful to republish it here. Paul Campbell, iStock / Getty Images Plus After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist...

In the Wake of the Fatal Shooting of Charlie Kirk: What’s Next for Turning Point USA, the Far Right, and American Evangelicalism?

by Tucker Hoffmann  Tucker J. Hoffmann is a Graduate Student at the University of Georgia achieving his master’s degree in communication studies through the Rhetorical Studies program. Tucker started studying Charlie Kirk and his organization, Turning Point USA,...

A Century After Scopes: Much Has Not Changed, and Much Has Changed

by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger Teacher John Scopes (left), and crowds outside the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee. Image via The Vintage News. Here we are, at the centenary of the Scopes Trial. And last week was very much a Scopes week. On Tuesday...

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism: A Review

By Andrew J. McNeely Andrew McNeely is a Ph.D. student in Theology at the University of Dayton. McNeely’s research interests include 19th and 20th century fundamentalism and evangelicalism at the intersections of theology, education, history, politics, and American...

The One Time an F is (Better than) Acceptable: Turning Point USA’s Dean’s List

by Tucker James Hoffmann Tucker James Hoffmann is an undergraduate student at the University of Dayton. Under the mentorship of Drs. Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger Jr., Tucker has written – among other works – “Gen Z Gen Free: The Rise of Christian Right...