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October 2017

PRI: There's no evidence linking the Las Vegas attack to ISIS. So why did the group claim responsibility?
Slate: A “Distraught Person” Can Still Be a Terrorist
USA Today: Las Vegas mass shooting raises new doubts about safety of live entertainment
Buzzfeed: This Is Why ISIS Took Responsibility For The Las Vegas Shooting
The New York Times: Terrorizing if Not Clearly Terrorist: What to Call the Las Vegas Attack?
CBRNe World: Get busy dying...
National Post: Low-tech, lone-wolf terrorism like Edmonton's almost unstoppable, experts say

September 2017

Christian Science Monitor: Behind the ‘paradox of fear’: Crime is down, but many Americans don’t feel safe
PBS News: How to fight extremist psychology with social media
Washington Post: The countries added to Trump's immigration ban don't have very much terrorism
Bloomberg TV Bulgaria: The ISIL crash will not lead to the collapse of Islamic terrorism
The Wall Street Journal: To Deal With Antifa, Designate It a Street Gang
The Globe and Mail: RCMP shelved hundreds of organized-crime cases after terror attacks
Huffington Post: Why do People Believe Fake News?
Department of Homeland Security: Written testimony of I&A Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence Operations Robin Taylor for a House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence hearing
Berks: Womelsdorf Volunteer Fire Company pays tribute to first responders
The New Yorker: Sixteen Years After 9/11, How Does Terrorism End?
The Conversation: Why al-Qaida is still strong 16 years after 9/11
New York Times: Neo-Nazis in Your Streets? Send in the (Coup Clutz) Clowns
CNN: What motivates ISIS fighters -- and those who fight against them
Orange County Register: Waging war against hate? It's deeper than fists
PolitiFact: Who carries out more terror attacks on U.S. soil: Right wing or Islamic extremists?
McClatchy: Does Charlottesville horror make the case for a U.S. domestic terrorism law?

August 2017

Washington Post: Almost all news coverage of the Barcelona attack mentioned terrorism. Very little coverage of Charlottesville did.
Task and Purpose: Looking For A Gender Gap In The Army? Try The Army Chief Of Staff’s Reading List
Huffington Post: Former White Supremacists In Canada Give ‘Triage' To Racist Radicals
Westworld: Resistance in Denver
Vox: The case against antifa
Sputnik: Why Rising Number of Daesh Attacks 'Won't Decrease in the Short Term'
AFP: W. Europe had less than 1% of terror victims in 2016
US News and World Report: What Makes People Join Hate Groups?
New Yorker: An Intimate History of Antifa
Center for American Progress: Losing the War of Ideas
Reuters: Despite losing terrain, Islamic State's attacks rose in 2016: study
The Guardian: Extremism is surging. To beat it, we need young hearts and minds
Bloomberg: Terror in Spain Shows Islamic State Is Down Not Out
New Scientist: What makes normal people become extremists?
New York Times: How to Make Fun of Nazis
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Terrorist attacks decrease worldwide but fatalities increase in the west
NBC News: Vehicles in crowds are becoming terrorists' weapons of choice
PBS Newshour: How the term ‘alt-left’ came to be
NBC News: The Psychology of Hate Groups: What drives someone to join one?
Deutsche Welle: Three things that make the violence by the extreme right in Charlottesville unique
New York Times: Trump Asks, ‘What About the Alt-Left?' Here's an Answer.
Sinclair Broadcast Group: A new generation of American extremists is on the rise, experts say
5280 Magazine: In the Age of Trump, Resistance Isn’t Futile
The Hill: Trump's Charlottesville response stirs debate on 'domestic terrorism'
Huffington Post: This Is How White Supremacists Get Radicalized
RadioTimes: The Violence in Charlottesville / Debating ‘The Goldwater Rule’
Cato Institute: Terrorism Deaths and Injuries by Ideology: Excluding the Outlier Attacks