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The Militias Next Door

Things That Go Boom by PRX

Jan 20, 202529:48Government & Organizations

Amy Cooter has been studying US militias since 2008 when, as a graduate student in Michigan, she attended a public meeting of a group that was thought to be a cover for an underground neo-Nazi movement. As it turned out,...

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The Militias Next Door is an episode from Things That Go Boom by PRX. Amy Cooter has been studying US militias since 2008 when, as a graduate student in Michigan, she attended a public meeting of a group that was thought to be a cover for a...

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