The Normalization of American Politics’ Rapid Descent Into Violence

The threat of political violence is not new. Ronald Reagan told a lot of jokes about his own near-death experience in 1981, but in the published volume of Reagan diaries, which follow a concise ... Read More

Political Violence Is Part of the American Story. It Is Also Changing.

Political violence can encompass a broad range of actions, from torching Tesla charging stations to premeditated sniper attacks, making it difficult to quantify. Read More

What’s Driving Political Violence in America? - Greater Good

The good news is that four out of five do not approve of political violence. It’s also important to note one study that has criticized these results: When a team of researchers based at Dartmouth and ... Read More

The Long Simmer of Political Violence in America

For the past several years, American politics have heated to a rolling boil. Members of Congress have been shot, an intruder attacked the House speaker’s husband in their home with a hammer, and ... Read More

Fears of political violence rise in a divided nation before election - Los Angeles Times

The U.S. faces the specter of political violence heading into the election. The rancor that provoked the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has not subsided. Read More

USD researchers concerned over normalization of political violence - MSN

The second apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has political experts concerned over a normalization of political violence. Angular roughshark: The pig-faced shark that ... Read More

Minnesota killings spread fear in country riven by violence against politicians

Political violence is hardly new or confined to one party. In 2017, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) was shot during a Republican baseball practice in Virginia by an attacker motivated by anger ... Read More

Trump’s pardon talk is ‘an appalling effort to normalize political violence,’ says legal analyst - MSNBC

NBC News' Tom Winter and legal analyst Barbara McQuade join Morning Joe to report on President Trump’s controversial commutation of former gang leader Larry Hoover, described by prosecutors as ... Read More