Alt-right's roots are in the 1920s Ku Klux Klan

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The rise of the alt-right during the 2016 presidential campaign caught many off guard. After the election, the media scrambled to explain this surprising new power in American politics.

But was the alt-right really "new"?

Nearly 100 years ago, an organization rose up in the heart of America with an agenda almost identical to the alt-right's. It was fueled on paranoia and hate — paranoia that white men were losing control of their country, and hatred of immigrants, blacks, and elites.

Its nam...