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IREHR in the Kansas City Star: “A timeline of former K-State student Jaden McNeil’s white nationalist controversies” – May 12, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 12, 2022

IREHR in the Kansas City Star: “A timeline of former K-State student Jaden McNeil’s white nationalist controversies” – May 12, 2022

IREHR’s report, From Alt-Right to Groyper, was cited by the Kansas City Star; Judy Thomas, investigative journalist, writes “February 2020: The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, an organization that monitors extremists, issued a report saying McNeil’s new group was part of an effort by white nationalists to repackage…
IREHR in the Kansas City Star: “Kansas State student steps down from white nationalist organization amid rift” – May 12, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 12, 2022

IREHR in the Kansas City Star: “Kansas State student steps down from white nationalist organization amid rift” – May 12, 2022

Devin Burghart, President of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted by the Kansas City Star; “McNeil’s resignation doesn’t mean that he’s disavowed the white nationalist movement,” said Devin Burghart “He’s probably going to try to do like a lot of these other characters — move…
IREHR in the Inlander: “It’s Republican versus Republican in this week’s primary elections, but will voters choose old-school Idaho moderators or the farther-right to lead the Gem State?” – May 12, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 12, 2022

IREHR in the Inlander: “It’s Republican versus Republican in this week’s primary elections, but will voters choose old-school Idaho moderators or the farther-right to lead the Gem State?” – May 12, 2022

Devin Burghart, President of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in the Inlander; "There's not a lot of evidence that activism is astroturfed in any way," Burghart says. "These are local efforts, by and large funded by local individuals who don't have deep pockets." "There…
IREHR in The Paths to Understanding Podcast: “Wisdom From Our Neighborhood: Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights” – May 6, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 6, 2022

IREHR in The Paths to Understanding Podcast: “Wisdom From Our Neighborhood: Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights” – May 6, 2022

Devin Burghart, President of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was featured as a guest on The Paths to Understanding Podcast. “Today at the Institute we track 1,700 different COVID denial groups with over 2.4 million members. They’re fed a constant diet of conspiracy theories and far…
IREHR in the Daily Kos: “Far-right violence declined in 2021, study finds, but conditions suggest a calm before the storm” – May 4, 2022 IREHR Clips
May 4, 2022

IREHR in the Daily Kos: “Far-right violence declined in 2021, study finds, but conditions suggest a calm before the storm” – May 4, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in the Daily Kos. Burghart says, ““Over the past year, the Proud Boys have worked to embed themselves amongst local activists who haven’t been tarnished by the Jan. 6 insurrection. They’ve enmeshed themselves into…
IREHR in Mount Vernon Democrat: “How Far-Right Figures Like Ammon Bundy Contribute to Political Upheaval in The United States!!” – April 30, 2022 IREHR Clips
April 30, 2022

IREHR in Mount Vernon Democrat: “How Far-Right Figures Like Ammon Bundy Contribute to Political Upheaval in The United States!!” – April 30, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director at the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted by the Mount Vernon Democrat; “They’ve consistently demonstrated their ability to mobilize large groups of armed far-right activists to threaten, harass, and intimidate public authorities,”   IREHR’s report, “Ammon’s Army Marches On”, was cited…
IREHR in Daily Kos: “Far-right attacks on local politics drive off ordinary folks, but there’s a blueprint to fight back” – April 27, 2022 IREHR Clips
April 27, 2022

IREHR in Daily Kos: “Far-right attacks on local politics drive off ordinary folks, but there’s a blueprint to fight back” – April 27, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director at the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in Daily Kos: David Neiwert, Daily Kos Staff, writes “Those kind of results could point to a blueprint for pushing back against extremists at the local level, Devin Burghart of the Institute for Research…
IREHR in The Daily Beast: “Son of Far-Right Group Leader Charged with Child Sex Abuse” – April 22, 2022 IREHR Clips
April 22, 2022

IREHR in The Daily Beast: “Son of Far-Right Group Leader Charged with Child Sex Abuse” – April 22, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education Human Rights, was quoted in The Daily Beast. Devin Burghart says, “CSPOA is currently co-sponsoring a nationwide tour with an antisemitic QAnon conspiracist. Robert David Steele is a prolific purveyor of antisemitism who spews conspiracy theories about ‘satanic Zionists’…
IREHR in the Colorado Times Recorder: “Joe Oltmann’s Rise to Power in Colorado” – April 11, 2022 IREHR Clips
April 11, 2022

IREHR in the Colorado Times Recorder: “Joe Oltmann’s Rise to Power in Colorado” – April 11, 2022

Chuck Tanner, researcher at the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted by the Colorado Times Recorder. His article, “Reopen Colorado and the ‘Groyper Mommy’”, was cited as well. Chuck Tanner writes, “Playing on long-standing ideas with roots in anti-Semitism, such conspiracy ‘theories’ reduce complex political and…
IREHR in Raw Story: “Militia extremist Ammon Bundy shows how ‘emboldened’ America’s far right has become: journalist” – April 6, 2022 IREHR Clips
April 6, 2022

IREHR in Raw Story: “Militia extremist Ammon Bundy shows how ‘emboldened’ America’s far right has become: journalist” – April 6, 2022

Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights was quoted in Raw Story; “Ammon Bundy, with People’s Rights Network, was the first to grasp on to COVID-19 denial as a mobilizing vehicle. The first to galvanize militants to oppose COVID-19 restrictions and to meld…