In the 1980s, a pair of intimidating NRA leaders recast the organization in their own imposing images as the group... more

The Second Amendment may have begun as a Constitutional afterthought, but a late 20th-century ideological shift caused some to view... more

Mass shootings have plagued the U.S. for generations. But in 1999, when shots rang out in a suburban Denver school,... more

This season host Garrett Graff, in collaboration with The Trace, recounts how a very specific, carefully manufactured fear has driven... more

Emboldened by COVID lockdown protests and fighting Black Lives Matter demonstrators, far-right extremists and white power groups prepare to overthrow... more

After Trump’s election, far-right extremism explodes, and internet racism boils over into the real world. From Charleston to Charlottesville to... more

When the government seizes Cliven Bundy’s cattle over unpaid grazing fees, militias like the Three Percenters and the Oath Keepers—which... more

Using conspiracy theories and anger to amass enormous audiences in the 1990s, Rush Limbaugh and Bill Cooper pave the way... more

Experts claimed 1995’s Oklahoma City bombing was a lone-wolf event, but Timothy McVeigh’s act of retribution for the Waco siege,... more

The government lays siege to Ruby Ridge, Idaho, where Randy Weaver and his family are hiding out in the shadow... more