
Betsy Schmidt, Professor of Practice in Public Policy, published a new article in the Conversation titled "IRS Granted Tax-Exempt Status to Extremists, Including an Oath Keepers Foundation – Here’s Why That’s not as Surprising as it Sounds." The May 18 article explains why the IRS may have given tax exempt status to extremist groups like the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters, whose members have been convicted of storming the U.S. capitol on January 6, 2021.