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May 2019

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?
USA Today: US army could help Venezuela with nonviolent resistance against Maduro
Newsweek: Domestic terrorism hearings focus on social media regulation
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
AirTalk: Are far-right extremist attacks on the rise? Analysts say it depends on where you look
WMAR ABC: Second domestic terror attack foiled in MD in 2019
World Economic Forum: These are the biggest risks facing the Middle East and North Africa
Wall Street Journal: Far-Right Extremist Crimes Have Been With Us for Decades
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
The Washington Times: Seeing red: Trump opponents say the MAGA hat is much more ominous than a show of support
Newsweek: Muslim terror attacks get 357 percent more media coverage than others: Study
The Atlantic: The Next Parkland Could Happen Anywhere
CNN: Law enforcement teaches rental car employees how to spot potential attackers in new video
The Washington Post: The 2019 Women’s March was bigger than you think

January 2019

The Economist: Culture as the menacing force behind today’s crazy politics
Nature Human Behaviour: The loosening of American culture over 200 years is associated with a creativity–order trade-off
The Conversation: ‘Bye Bye 45:’ Activists create news hoax with President’s resignation
Fox: Concern over future funding of top terrorism database
Larry King Now: The Psychology Behind Violent Hate Groups
TERP Magazine: Damage, Controlled
ABC: Terror attacks in 2019 highlight challenges remain
Vox: Al-Shabaab's Kenya attack proves the terrorist group is still deadly
New Republic: How to Build a Powerful Protest Movement
The Irish Times: Keeping the Peace