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April 2018

Apr 30
Pulitzer Center: Colombia: After the Violence
Apr 29
Lawfare: Preventing, Not Just Countering, Violent Extremism
Apr 27
Salon: Why cops kill black people: Research suggests a troubling pattern of “retaliatory violence”
Apr 27
Il Lametino: Calabria a basso rischio d'infiltrazione terroristica
Apr 26
VICE: Why Vehicles Are on the Rise as Weapons of Mass Killing
Apr 24
Cato Institute: The Toronto “Van Incident” and Terrorism in Canada
Apr 22
USA Today: Waffle House suspect Travis Reinking deemed himself a 'sovereign citizen,' part of anti-government group
Apr 17
Washington Post: How to make sense of our collapsing global order
Apr 13
Psychology Today: The Cycle of Violence
Apr 7
9 News: The evolution of terror: From anarchists to Al-Qaeda
Apr 6
Toronto Star: My friend ended up in jail, I ended up at Yale: Toronto lawyer and activist Jamil Jivani explores the destructive ideas that can influence young men
Apr 3
Der Tagesspiegel: Held über Nacht

March 2018

Mar 27
The National Post: Is Sikh extremism really active in Canada?
Mar 23
The New York Times: Were the Austin Bombings Acts of Terrorism? Why Law Enforcement Says No
Mar 23
National Public Radio: Is The Austin Serial Bomber A 'Terrorist'? Not Legally – Yet.
Mar 21
Crime Report: Three Universities Launch National Database to Track School Shootings
Mar 5
War on the Rocks: Strategic Progress Remains Elusive in America's Expanded Air Campaign Against Al-Shabaab

February 2018

Feb 27
Politifact: NRA's Loesch cherry-picks terrorism deaths in France to argue against assault weapon ban
Feb 19
Playboy: How to Deprogram a White Supremacist
Feb 17
LA Times: Guns play an outsized role in deaths from terrorist attacks, especially in the U.S., data show
Feb 16
The Reason: Is It OK To Punch a Nazi? We Asked Berkeley Students
Feb 16
BBC: Can mapping conflict data explain, predict and prevent violence?

January 2018

Jan 31
The Hill: American attitudes are disconnected from reality on crime trends
Jan 29
The Hill: New defense strategy requires paradigm shift in US counterterrorism
Jan 29
Religion News Service: To keep churches safe, government gets involved
Jan 23
U.S. News: How Terrorism Is Taught Around the World
Jan 22
Lawfare: Marginalizing Violent Extremism Online
Jan 19
Washington Post: Trump seems to think that sharks are ocean terrorists
Jan 9
The National Interest: Understanding the Global Refugee Crisis: A Tale of 3 Myths
Jan 5
Washington Post: The Iran struggle will be historic. Here’s what Trump should do.
Jan 5
The Conversation: Did far-right extremist violence really spike in 2017?

December 2017

Dec 29
Politifact: Infowars says suspect in San Francisco plot is anti-Trump
Dec 29
The Guardian: The history of 2017 in seven charts
Dec 19
Middle East Eye: Trump has led the way for schoolyard bullying of American Muslims
Dec 12
Associated Press: US drone strike removes 'imminent threat' to Somali capital
Dec 11
The Conversation: De-radicalization can work for former ISIS fighters
Dec 7
WTOP: US still faces major terrorism challenges
Dec 6
Associated Press: As Baltimore murders soar, mayor talks tough on crime
Dec 2
Associated Press: Final death toll in Somalia's worst attack is 512 people

November 2017

Nov 28
The Conversation: What drives instability in Africa and what can be done about it
Nov 25
Politico: Egypt attack is tragic evidence of ‘new normal'
Nov 19
Star Tribune: Father, hacker and jujitsu instructor among Minnesotans under investigation for ISIS ties
Nov 16
Record Searchlight: Why do mass shooters even target children and strangers?
Nov 14
Eureka Street: They're not lone wolves, they're canaries
Nov 10
PolitiFact: Michael McCaul makes Half True claim that New York attack the ninth vehicular assault "by ISIS"
Nov 10
Delaware Online: Delaware churches armed, ready for an attack
Nov 9
Colorado Pubilc Radio: When Is Someone A Terrorist? Do Journalists Get It Right?
Nov 7
The Independent: Texas church shooting: What mass killings and domestic violence have in common
Nov 6
The Washington Post: What political science can tell us about mass shootings
Nov 6
Mic: Domestic violence is a link among most mass shooters — but America continues to ignore it

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