![A person wears a hat supporting those arrested for participating in the January 6 US Capitol attack during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on February 22, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cpac-getty.jpg)
I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t
From the lobby, I watched neo-Nazis and other far-right figures waltz unimpeded into the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Feb 27, 2024 / Editorial / Amanda Moore
![Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republican Club, speaks to members of the media during a rally outside the New York County Criminal Court in New York City, on Monday, March 20, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/trump-protest-getty.jpg)
The War Within the Young Republican Party The War Within the Young Republican Party
At the Young Republican National Convention, far-right figures made few inroads—but they did read my Nation investigation.
Aug 29, 2023 / Amanda Moore
![Amanda Moore poses with a Donald Trump statue at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Moore-golden_Trump-ftr.jpg)
Undercover With the New Alt-Right Undercover With the New Alt-Right
For 11 months, I pretended to be a far-right extremist. I discovered a radical youth movement trying to infiltrate the Republican Party.
Aug 22, 2023 / Feature / Amanda Moore