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KUNR held its first “Pints and Purple Politics” event on Wednesday. The panel discussion was moderated by Purple Politics Nevada host Lucia Starbuck and included reporters Bert Johnson, Jose Davila IV, María Palma and Natalie Van Hoozer. In this event recap, each reporter shares how local politics affect their respective reporting beats.
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A new report from the Anti-Defamation League found nearly 1,000 Nevadans have paid membership fees to the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia that attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
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The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was a mainstream conservative victory. But the fight against abortion access is a priority for far-right extremists, too.
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The Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit of antisemitic incidents counted more than 2,700 acts of harassment, vandalism and assaults targeting Jewish Americans – the highest number on record. Editor’s note: As a warning, this story contains discussion of a disturbing incident of antisemitic harassment.
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The number of hate groups in the U.S. fell last year, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. But researchers say that doesn’t mean extremist ideologies are losing ground – instead, they’re going mainstream.
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Court cases for the hundreds of Jan. 6th capitol rioters are ongoing. More than 40 of those charged are from the Mountain West.
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As far-right extremism surges, a Nevada Senate race is giving a platform to a controversial group of sheriffs who buck federal authority.
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The Biden administration has moved to crack down on violent domestic extremists over the past year. But it's given the Bundy family – whose militant actions presaged the Capitol insurrection, and who continue to illegally graze cattle on public lands – a pass.
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Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and two other Republican lawmakers could become the subjects of congressional investigations after Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-WA, filed requests with the House Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Ethics.
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Hate groups have a presence in every state in the Mountain West with Colorado registering the highest number. The Southern Poverty Law Center counts 17 hate groups in the Centennial State that range from neo-Nazis to groups that target Muslims and LGBTQ people. Montana, meanwhile, has the highest rate per capita of hate groups in the region.