In the American Revolution, the men who revolted were among the wealthiest and most comfortable people in the colonies. What... more

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

Out of the flames of a tragic government mishap—the 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas—the modern... more

The Ruby Ridge raid, the Waco siege at the Branch Davidian compound, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Jan. 6 insurrection…... more

Out now from Long Lead, The Depths She’ll Reach, the story of how Alenka Artnik emerged from mental health struggles... more

When we think about 9/11, we often only think of the tremendous loss of life on that day. But what... more

Fifteen of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia, which was also the home of al-Qaeda’s leader, Osama... more

Immediately after 9/11, investigators began piecing together the plot. In the flight manifests, they discovered a pattern: A team of... more

Before 9/11, FBI Special Agent John O’Neill kept setting off alarms about the emerging terrorist organization al-Qaeda and their mysterious... more

After the first two hijackings, the nation’s air traffic controllers quickly and efficiently grounded thousands of planes flying to and... more

With the Capitol under attack, the President on Air Force One, and the Defense Secretary missing, Vice President Dick Cheney... more

Every defense mechanism the U.S. government had on 9/11 failed except for one: the passengers and crew aboard United Airlines... more

After both towers of the World Trade Center were hit on September 11, 2001, first responders coordinated the largest emergency... more

Many of us watched the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 unfold right before our eyes. In the years since,... more