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October 2018

Financial Times: Far-right fuels US violence as extremism creeps into mainstream
Christian Science Monitor: ‘Lone wolves' and the rhetoric that fuels them
The Washington Post: Pittsburgh shooting comes amid rise in hate crimes, growing anxiety about right-wing extremism
FiveThirtyEight: Only 6 Percent Of U.S. Terrorists Act Alone, But They Are Prolific
NPR: Investigators Search For Culprit Behind Potential Explosive Devices
Quartz: Stochastic terror and the cycle of hate that pushes unstable Americans to violence
WAMU 88.5: With Technology, Law Enforcement Gets Better At Threats By Mail
The Atlantic: If the Pipe-Bomb Mailings Weren't Terrorism, What Is?
The Christian Science Monitor: What mail bombs say – and don't say – about political discourse
The Globe and Mail: Suspicious packages sent to De Niro, Biden as investigators focus on leads in Florida
Boston Herald: Mail bombs put Dems on high alert
FiveThirtyEight: How To Make Sense Of This Week’s Mail Bombs
WJLA: Domestic terrorism? Experts analyze targets, timing and tactics in package bomb attacks
TIME Online: This Week's Attempted Bombings Raise Alarms. But Experts Say It Doesn't Mean the Country Is More Violent
The Telegraph: Who is the US bomb suspect and what do we know about the devices?
Quartz: US terror attacks are increasingly motivated by right-wing views
AirTalk: Suspicious packages sent to Clintons, Obamas, Time Warner Center and other high profile figures
Vice: Tracing the Tactics of 21st-Century Youth Protest
Nature: Retool AI to forecast and limit wars
OZY: AI Heralds End of the Passport Line... and Start of a Privacy Row
The Conversation: The psychology of closure – and why some need it more than others
Forbes Online: Trump: America's Tweeter In Chief Becomes Its Texter In Chief
Foreign Policy: The Fight Against Terror Needs Better Data

September 2018

RAND: Why We Should Measure the Economic Impact of Terrorism in the Middle East
USA Today: The shooter who killed 3 in Aberdeen, Md., was a woman. How unusual is that?
Wall Street Journal: 400 Murders a Day: The Crisis of Latin America
The Guardian: Here’s the science behind the Brexit vote and Trump’s rise
The Conversation: Our shared reality is fraying
The Independent: 9/11: Two former members of investigative commission warn of future terrorist attacks
Quartz: Decades after 9/11, the American right is behind a terrorism surge
Scientific American: A Powerful Force That Shapes All of our Decisions
CTV: Growing Venezuela Refugee Crisis
Newshub: Interview: Martha Crenshaw
Foreign Policy: India's Aging Guerrillas Still Believe in the Struggle

August 2018

ABC: Why Al-Qaeda is alive and well long after the death of Bin Laden
DHS: Vehicle Ramming Attack Mitigation
Newswise: S&T Develops the First Line of Defense Against Acts of Targeted Violence
Quartz: Terrorism is surging in the US, fueled by right-wing ideologies
WKRC-TV Online: Global terrorism down in 2017... but there's more to the story.
Washington Post: Were the American cyclists killed in Tajikistan naive for traveling there?
Cato Institute: The Chance of Being Murdered or Injured in a Terrorist Attack in the United Kingdom
Washington Post: Terrorist attacks are quietly declining around the world
Quartz: Terrorist attacks in the Middle East and North Africa fell by almost 40% last year
Human Rights Watch: Pakistan: Surge in Militant Attacks on Schools
CBC: Vegas police close investigation into Strip shooting, with FBI report to come
Small Wars Journal: Terrorism is Still a Problem. It Has Not Gone Away.
Washington Times: Terrorist attacks are down worldwide, new data shows
Quartz: New data shows terror attacks are becoming less frequent and much less deadly

July 2018

CBC: ISIS claims of responsibility for Toronto shooting raise questions of credibility
The Star: Is U.S.-style gun violence really ‘new’ to Canada? Experts say our problems are not that different