The U.S. labeled a white supremacist group as ‘terrorists’ for the first time. It’s less significant than you think.

On April 6, the State Department announced it would designate the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) as terrorists. This marks the first time that the United States has officially applied the “terrorist” label to a white supremacist organization.

Anna Meier (@annameierPS) is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.