The Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violent confrontations, is gaining increased national scrutiny as academics and advocates have warned the group has ties to white supremacy.

White boys from workingclass homes are worse ... insisting that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds were, as a group, catching up with their wealthier peers, and improving at a quicker rate ...

“The FBI categorizes the Proud Boys to be an extremist group with ties to white nationalism,” wrote ... McCabe, who runs internal affairs, training, background investigation and courthouse ...

Armed members of the far-right Proud Boys groups stand guard during ... of 19 others when a self-identified white supremacist deliberately drove into a group of counter-protesters.