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Sophie Bjork-James, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology, Vanderbilt University

Fueled by virtually unrestricted social media access, white nationalism is on the rise and attracting violent young white men

White nationalist Dylann Roof appears in court on June 19, 2015, after his arrest in the mass shootings at a Black church in South Carolina. Grace Beahm-Pool/Getty Images)

White nationalists keep showing up in the hearings of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Evidence is mounting that white nationalist groups who want to establish an all-white state played a significant role in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five dead and dozens wounded.

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