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June 2019

National Geographic: Surrounded by chaos, Niger is a nation on the edge
The Conversation: Boko Haram deploys lots of women suicide bombers. I found out why
NPR: After Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, The Challenges Of Putting 'Stronger Than Hate' Into Practice
Yahoo News: White nationalist attacks should be prosecuted as terrorism, lawmakers say

May 2019

New Republic: Racial Terror and the Second Repeal of Reconstruction
NBC: Inside the U.S. military's white supremacy problem
Politico: Close race ahead in Lithuania's presidential election
Macdonald Laurier Institute: Do we really want to give the Christchurch killer what he wants?
San Francisco Chronicle: ‘American Taliban’ fighter John Walker Lindh from Marin released from federal prison
NPR: 'American Taliban' To Be Released From Prison Thursday
Bustle: White Supremacist Terrorism In The US Is On The Rise, The FBI Found
Associated Press: 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh to Be Released
Forbes: Three Problems With The Word 'Bust' During Real-Time Weather Threats
Medium: Is Iran the biggest state sponsor of terrorism?
Eos: Tornado Warnings Don’t Adequately Prepare Mobile Home Residents
BBC Future: The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
The National Interest: Who Was behind Sri Lanka’s Easter Terrorist Attacks?
Newsweek: Domestic terrorism hearings focus on social media regulation
USA Today: US army could help Venezuela with nonviolent resistance against Maduro
San Diego Union-Tribune: What parents need to know about online radicalization
The Trace: What to Do About the Threat of White Supremacists With Guns
Voice of America: European Security Chiefs Alarmed at Threat From Far-Right Terrorism

April 2019

NBC News: DHS won't answer queries about staff, funds for domestic terror fight
CBS Los Angeles: Synagogue Shooting Suspect's Former Classmate Speaks Out
Foreign Affairs: People Power Is Rising in Africa
CNN: Are Muslims and Christians at war? The data says no
The Economist: Global jihadists turn increasingly against religious targets
Christian Science Monitor: After the bombings, searching for sense in Sri Lanka
Foreign Policy Research Institute: Lithuania's Presidential Election: Same Policy Wine in New Bottles?
Small Wars Journal: AvFID: Achieving the Peace in Colombia Through Aviation Foreign Internal Defense
Nyla Update: How to Reform Democracy
WMAR ABC: Second domestic terror attack foiled in MD in 2019
AirTalk: Are far-right extremist attacks on the rise? Analysts say it depends on where you look
Wall Street Journal: Far-Right Extremist Crimes Have Been With Us for Decades
World Economic Forum: These are the biggest risks facing the Middle East and North Africa
Fortune Magazine: Domestic Terrorism Is On the Rise. But How Prepared Is the U.S. to Counter It?
Small Wars Journal: President Erdogan is a Threat to U.S. and NATO Security
The New York Times: Attacks by White Extremists Are Growing. So Are Their Connections.

March 2019

The New York Times: How Sovereign Citizens Helped Swindle $1 Billion From the Government They Disavow
PBS: Durbin set to reintroduce his anti-domestic terrorism bill. Here's how it would work
News media features START expertise in wake of attack
TIME: 'A Game of Whack-a-Mole.' Why Facebook and Others Are Struggling to Delete Footage of the New Zealand Shooting
Center for American Progress: Turkey's Refugee Dilemma
New York Magazine: Report: Domestic Terrorism Is Still a Greater Threat Than Islamic Extremism
Military Times: Biological and chemical weapons: the other threats from North Korea
Tampa Bay Times: Marco Rubio and Venezuela: What a Twitter campaign to oust Maduro says about modern diplomacy
Center for American Progress: Confronting the Domestic Right-Wing Terrorist Threat

February 2019

The Hill: Any US military intervention in Venezuela will be counterproductive
The Conversation: Will terrorism continue to decline in 2019?
Yahoo News: Democratic lawmakers demand answers from Trump administration on extremists serving in U.S. military