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Mark Potok

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The Death Of White Supremacist Tom Metzger Marks The End Of An Era

  • Mark Potok
  • January 20, 2021
The American radical right is thick with opportunists, men who spend their days milking their mailing lists, engaging in petty crime for profit, and bloating their egos by endlessly seeking…
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Farrakhan Calls the Vaccine the White Man’s ‘Death Plan’

  • Mark Potok
  • January 6, 2021
As distribution of the coronavirus vaccine picks up speed around the country, medical experts are increasingly worried about vaccine skepticism among African Americans, who have endured far higher infection and…
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  • 5 min
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What will happen when America goes to the polls?

  • Mark Potok
  • November 1, 2020
The United States is at a crossroads. As the nation faces elections on Nov. 3, its voters are being presented with one of the starkest, most consequential choices in memory.…
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GOP Lawmaker’s Celebration Of KKK Leader Forces Racial Reckoning In Alabama

  • Mark Potok
  • September 1, 2020
The backlash to Alabama State Rep. Will Dismukes’s celebration of the 1st KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest marks a shift in the state — or at least a beginning.…
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  • 6 min
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NO BARGAIN: Why Don’t Bad Cops Get Fired? The Power of Police Unions

  • Mark Potok
  • June 24, 2020
We know that problem cops are tough to fire. The reason—their unions. That has to change. Now. As an expert on the radical right over the last 25 years, I’ve…
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  • 6 min
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Anti-Asian Racism Amid COVID-19 Echoes US History Of Blaming Immigrants For Disease

  • Mark Potok
  • April 14, 2020
President Trump, Republican lawmakers, and right-wing pundits’ blame of China for COVID-19 has resulted in a surge of anti-Asian hate crimes in America. The Center for Immigration Studies bills itself…
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  • 6 min
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The Radical Right’s Violent Hatred of Women

  • Mark Potok
  • April 6, 2020
While bigotry and white supremacy are core tenets of the radical right, underlying it all is a deeply ingrained misogyny that has manifested in violence. Once upon a time, almost…
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  • 5 min
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Why Prosecuting Jussie Smollett Is Important

  • Mark Potok
  • March 2, 2020
The evidence that Jussie Smollett staged his attack is overwhelming, but it doesn’t detract from the fact very few hate crimes are hoaxes. It highlights it. Earlier this month, actor…
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CARR Research Insight Series: Two Americas: The Radical Right, Then and Now

  • Mark Potok
  • February 27, 2020
In the first CARR Research Insight, Mark Potok considers the resurgence of the radical right in the United States. This piece explores this resurgence in the context of ethnic and racial hatred and political backlash…
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Virginia Gun Rally Was Only Peaceful Because Of Preventative Measures

  • Mark Potok
  • February 6, 2020
The Richmond rally wasn’t “mainstream” as right-wing media claims. It was a prime example of how extremism has become common. In the end, no one was shot. But it wasn’t…
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