In 1992, hundreds of armed federal agents surrounded a family of white separatists in a ramshackle mountaintop cabin. Eleven days later, three people were deadāand the story of Ruby Ridge was just beginning. Journalist Ruth Graham explores a tragedy thatās become a foundational myth for the modern right, and finds some frightening lessons about power and paranoia.Ā
In 1992, hundreds of armed federal agents surrounded a family of white separatists in a ramshackle mountaintop cabin. Eleven days later, three people were deadāand the story of Ruby Ridge was just beginning. Journalist Ruth Graham explores a tragedy thatās become a foundational myth for the modern right, and finds some frightening lessons about power and paranoia.Ā ...