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March 2018

Crime Report: Three Universities Launch National Database to Track School Shootings
War on the Rocks: Strategic Progress Remains Elusive in America's Expanded Air Campaign Against Al-Shabaab

February 2018

Politifact: NRA's Loesch cherry-picks terrorism deaths in France to argue against assault weapon ban
Playboy: How to Deprogram a White Supremacist
LA Times: Guns play an outsized role in deaths from terrorist attacks, especially in the U.S., data show
The Reason: Is It OK To Punch a Nazi? We Asked Berkeley Students
BBC: Can mapping conflict data explain, predict and prevent violence?

January 2018

The Hill: American attitudes are disconnected from reality on crime trends
The Hill: New defense strategy requires paradigm shift in US counterterrorism
Religion News Service: To keep churches safe, government gets involved
U.S. News: How Terrorism Is Taught Around the World
Lawfare: Marginalizing Violent Extremism Online
Washington Post: Trump seems to think that sharks are ocean terrorists
The National Interest: Understanding the Global Refugee Crisis: A Tale of 3 Myths
The Conversation: Did far-right extremist violence really spike in 2017?
Washington Post: The Iran struggle will be historic. Here’s what Trump should do.

December 2017

The Guardian: The history of 2017 in seven charts
Politifact: Infowars says suspect in San Francisco plot is anti-Trump
Middle East Eye: Trump has led the way for schoolyard bullying of American Muslims
Associated Press: US drone strike removes 'imminent threat' to Somali capital
WTOP: US still faces major terrorism challenges
Associated Press: As Baltimore murders soar, mayor talks tough on crime
Associated Press: Final death toll in Somalia's worst attack is 512 people

November 2017

The Conversation: What drives instability in Africa and what can be done about it
Politico: Egypt attack is tragic evidence of ‘new normal'
Star Tribune: Father, hacker and jujitsu instructor among Minnesotans under investigation for ISIS ties
Record Searchlight: Why do mass shooters even target children and strangers?
Eureka Street: They're not lone wolves, they're canaries
Delaware Online: Delaware churches armed, ready for an attack
PolitiFact: Michael McCaul makes Half True claim that New York attack the ninth vehicular assault "by ISIS"
Colorado Pubilc Radio: When Is Someone A Terrorist? Do Journalists Get It Right?
The Independent: Texas church shooting: What mass killings and domestic violence have in common
Aeon Magazine: Alt-Right or jihad?
The Washington Post: What political science can tell us about mass shootings
Mic: Domestic violence is a link among most mass shooters — but America continues to ignore it
ProPublica: White Supremacists Share Bomb-Making Materials in Online Chats
Bustle: Can Vehicle Attacks In The U.S. Ever Be Stopped?
The Hill: Cities grapple with how to protect soft targets from new attacks
Newsweek: New York Terror: Could the Killer Have Been Spotted Sooner?
BBC: Why Uzbek migrants are being radicalised
Mic: Vehicular attacks like the one in New York City are on the rise. Here's why.
WSB-TV: FBI lays groundwork to prevent truck attacks in Georgia
Business Insider: Startling maps show every terrorist attack worldwide over the last 20 years

October 2017

The Hill: Americans’ fear of terrorism divided along party lines
PolitiFact: Donald Trump takes credit for gains against ISIS but there's more to the story
The Hill: Will America ever have a grand strategy for the Middle East?
The New York Times: How to Respond to Richard Spencer
ProPublica: Racist, Violent, Unpunished: A White Hate Group's Campaign of Menace
The New Yorker: The Ignominious End of the ISIS Caliphate
PRI: Minnesota's Somali immigrants feel 'holes' left after deadly Mogadishu attack