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October 2017

Oct 4
National Post: 'It was textbook": How Edmonton Police masterfully prevented a mass casualty terrorist attack
Oct 4
Think Progress: America has a skewed perception of what qualifies as terrorism
Oct 3
PRI: There's no evidence linking the Las Vegas attack to ISIS. So why did the group claim responsibility?
Oct 3
The Cipher Brief: No Proof ISIS Behind Vegas, No Problem for its Followers
Oct 2
Slate: A “Distraught Person” Can Still Be a Terrorist
Oct 2
USA Today: Las Vegas mass shooting raises new doubts about safety of live entertainment
Oct 2
Buzzfeed: This Is Why ISIS Took Responsibility For The Las Vegas Shooting
Oct 2
The New York Times: Terrorizing if Not Clearly Terrorist: What to Call the Las Vegas Attack?
Oct 1
National Post: Low-tech, lone-wolf terrorism like Edmonton's almost unstoppable, experts say
Oct 1
CBRNe World: Get busy dying...

September 2017

Sep 29
Christian Science Monitor: Behind the ‘paradox of fear’: Crime is down, but many Americans don’t feel safe
Sep 28
PBS News: How to fight extremist psychology with social media
Sep 25
Washington Post: The countries added to Trump's immigration ban don't have very much terrorism
Sep 19
Bloomberg TV Bulgaria: The ISIL crash will not lead to the collapse of Islamic terrorism
Sep 17
The Globe and Mail: RCMP shelved hundreds of organized-crime cases after terror attacks
Sep 17
The Wall Street Journal: To Deal With Antifa, Designate It a Street Gang
Sep 15
Huffington Post: Why do People Believe Fake News?
Sep 13
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
Sep 12
Berks: Womelsdorf Volunteer Fire Company pays tribute to first responders
Sep 10
The Conversation: Why al-Qaida is still strong 16 years after 9/11
Sep 10
The New Yorker: Sixteen Years After 9/11, How Does Terrorism End?
Sep 6
New York Times: Neo-Nazis in Your Streets? Send in the (Coup Clutz) Clowns
Sep 4
CNN: What motivates ISIS fighters -- and those who fight against them
Sep 1
PolitiFact: Who carries out more terror attacks on U.S. soil: Right wing or Islamic extremists?
Sep 1
McClatchy: Does Charlottesville horror make the case for a U.S. domestic terrorism law?
Sep 1
Orange County Register: Waging war against hate? It's deeper than fists

August 2017

Aug 31
Washington Post: Almost all news coverage of the Barcelona attack mentioned terrorism. Very little coverage of Charlottesville did.
Aug 30
Task and Purpose: Looking For A Gender Gap In The Army? Try The Army Chief Of Staff’s Reading List
Aug 30
Huffington Post: Former White Supremacists In Canada Give ‘Triage' To Racist Radicals
Aug 29
Westworld: Resistance in Denver
Aug 29
Vox: The case against antifa
Aug 28
Sputnik: Why Rising Number of Daesh Attacks 'Won't Decrease in the Short Term'
Aug 23
US News and World Report: What Makes People Join Hate Groups?
Aug 23
AFP: W. Europe had less than 1% of terror victims in 2016
Aug 22
New Yorker: An Intimate History of Antifa
Aug 21
Reuters: Despite losing terrain, Islamic State's attacks rose in 2016: study
Aug 21
Center for American Progress: Losing the War of Ideas
Aug 20
The Guardian: Extremism is surging. To beat it, we need young hearts and minds
Aug 19
Bloomberg: Terror in Spain Shows Islamic State Is Down Not Out
Aug 18
New York Times: How to Make Fun of Nazis
Aug 18
New Scientist: What makes normal people become extremists?
Aug 18
Vox: The radicalization of white Americans
Aug 17
PBS Newshour: How the term ‘alt-left’ came to be
Aug 17
NBC News: Vehicles in crowds are becoming terrorists' weapons of choice
Aug 17
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Terrorist attacks decrease worldwide but fatalities increase in the west
Aug 16
NBC News: The Psychology of Hate Groups: What drives someone to join one?
Aug 15
Huffington Post: This Is How White Supremacists Get Radicalized
Aug 15
The Hill: Trump's Charlottesville response stirs debate on 'domestic terrorism'
Aug 15
5280 Magazine: In the Age of Trump, Resistance Isn’t Futile
Aug 15
Sinclair Broadcast Group: A new generation of American extremists is on the rise, experts say

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