A report claims left-wing terrorism is rising. The data paints a complicated picture

The report's claim comes with caveats. Its critics say it does more to reveal issues around collecting and analyzing domestic ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

JD Vance blames the left for political violence. Decades of data tell another story.

The vice president pointed to a six-month snapshot of rising left-wing attacks. The longer trend tells a very different story.
NPR

After a wave of horrific shootings, gun violence trends put recent attacks in context

On a visceral level, it feels far too common. A week ago, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at a college in Utah. That same day, a student opened fire at a Colorado ...
CNN

The data doesn’t back up Trump’s claims that the left is more violent

President Donald Trump has justified his ramped up threats against the American political left by citing its supposed unusually violent nature. He has launched an increasingly broad crusade against ...
PBS

Analysis: What data shows about political extremist violence

This article was originally published by The Conversation. After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist ...