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December 2015

CNN: American hostages killed at higher rates than others, report finds
Western Recorder: Boko Haram exceeds ISIS in terrorism deaths
Daily Times: Are we ready to educate our children
DAWN: Will Pakistan see more school attacks?
Vox: 33 maps that explain terrorism
International Business Times: Caliphate Cubs of ISIS
Think Railways: The massive challenge of securing railways against terrorism
NYSE Post: Discrimination against Muslims helps ISIS
Times Union: Terror takes toll on business travel
Sinclair Broadcast Group: ISIS leader on 'Person of the Year' list may bolster terrorists, experts say
Huffington Post; Obama's Tricky Balancing Act in Getting Muslim Americans to Fight Radicalization
Star Tribune: Attack raises urgency of local anti-terror efforts
Mint Press: Who Gets Charged for Terrorism and Why?
New York Times: Learning From Terrorism Past
The Atlantic: Why Join ISIS? How Fighters Respond When You Ask Them
NPR: Counterterrorism Experts Face Challenges Recognizing 'Lone Wolf' Terror
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Terror Evolves
Brisbane Times: We need to harden up: unreasonable fear of terrorism serves the enemy
Pacific Standard: The Roots of San Bernadino's Sorrow: How a Mass Murderer is Made
The Daily Cardinal: Rash responses to acts of terror play into terrorists' hands
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Words matter - especially for the politically terrorized
International Business Times: Lake Chad: Triple suicide attack kills scores in Africa bomb blast
Washington Post: Yes, mass shootings tend to produce copycats. So do terror attacks.
The Atlantic: Why the FBI Isn't Calling San Bernadino 'Terrorism'
NBC News: Staggering Stats - There Have Benn More Mass Shootings Than Days This Year
American Enterprise Institute: China and Japan's fight against ISIS
Washington Post: Minn. man accused of shooting Black Lives Matter protesters reportedly subscribed to 'sovereign citizen' subculture
Diane Rehm Show: Shootings at a Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado
Vox: A chilling history of the past 15 years of terrorism
Long Island Press: Islamophobia, Anti-Muslim Backlash & Domestic Terrorism
Policy Mic: Is the Planned Parenthood Attack About Mental Health?

November 2015

US News and World Report: Who is Up to the Challenge to Fight Terrorism?
MSNBC: To see terrorist threats, don't just look abroad
Broadly: When Does Anti-Abortion Violence Become Terrorism?
Vox: How I become afraid
New Indian Express: UN Must Question Terror and War on Terror Equally
PolitiFact: McSally's Comment Comparing IRS and Terrorism Fight "Mostly False"
Huffington Post: An Eye for an Eye Makes the Whole World Blind
Quartz: Terror attacks in Western Europe charted from the 1970s to now
Reddiff News: Terrorism is also a social activity
The Daily Beast: Yes, Anti-Refugee Rhetoric Helps ISIS
PBS NewsHour: 4 surprising facts from the 2015 Global Terrorism Index
Reuters: Paris attacks: Why families never seem to know about the killer in their home
Boston Herald: Looking inside the mind of a jihadist
Yahoo News: The doomsday ideology of ISIS
Eurasia Review: Fighting terrorism in EU needs stronger border security and refugees' integration
Baltimore Sun: Accepting refugees protects the U.S. from ISIS
The Nigerian Voice: Nigeria ranks above Syria in list of world's most terrorised countries
Mountain Messenger: More West Virginians die each year by gun violence than in last weekend's Paris attacks
Time Warner News: UAlbany Forum Discusses Paris Attacks