In 2015, former President Barack Obama hosted the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism.Photo Credit: Polarism   By: Lee Walter, Columnist In the wake of a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue and a series of pipe bomb mailings to high-profile political figures across the country, the Trump administration decided to cancel all future funding … Continue reading Wishful Thinking or Legitimate Alternative to Hard Power: Reevaluating CVE

White nationalist demonstrators used shields as they guarded the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Photo Credit: AP Photo/Steve Helber By: Lee Walter, Columnist This past January, Marcia Price of the Virginia House of Delegates proposed Virginia House Bill 1601, which would establish a state definition of what constitutes an … Continue reading An Unnecessary Evil: Why “Domestic Terrorism” Laws Are A Threat to Civil Rights