In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life.

Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors.

On our new show, Sources and Methods.

NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people,

helping you understand why distant events matter here at home.

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And we are following breaking news in Minnesota where the manhunt is now underway for the person who was shot and killed a

lawmaker and her husband. A second lawmaker and his wife were also shot.

Breaking news out of Utah. Conservative activist Charlie Kirk gunned down during a campus speech.

On to more news now, a break-in and arson at the Pennsylvania governor's residence has cast scrutiny on its security measure.

Chaos as gunfire rings out at an elementary school in Yuvaldi.

People take into the hospital more than a dozen children killed.

The deadly shooting inside a Charleston, South Carolina church, is being investigated as a hate crime.

A shooter opened fire during a prayer meeting in the church Wednesday night. Those were just a few of the incidents of extremism and

mass violence we've seen in the U.S. over the last few years. In the days, weeks and months after

these acts, we seek motives. We try to understand why violence is perpetrated

in hopes of preventing it in the future. One expert argues that in that search for answers,

we're missing something crucial, something that keeps us from addressing this violence and

extremism head on. That blind spot? Misogyny. Cynthia Miller Idris is a sociologist. She's also the founding

director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, or Peril, at American University.

She's also the author of Man Up, the new misogyny and the rise of violent extremism. It's out now.

Cynthia joins us after the break to discuss her new book and how misogyny relates to violence.

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