Broadcast: October13, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
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Recent winner of an Edward R. Murrow Award, Long Lead presents 'Long Shadow: Rise of the American Far Right'. With rich archival sound and interviews, this special examines a history thread vitally relevant to our current political climate.
Journalist and historian Garrett Graff explores how the modern domestic extremist movement grew from a fatal shootout on a mountaintop in Idaho to a riot on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
How did America get the far right so wrong? What will it take now to get it right?