Terrorism
News, analysis, and opinions on extremist activity around the world, from fringe groups in the US to major organizations abroad.
How terrorism has changed over time, from the French Revolution to ISIS.
The speech wasn’t aimed at insiders.
Get ready to hear a lot about “self-radicalization”; we shook the box and it sure sounds like we’re getting a rate hike for Christmas; and Chipotle’s E. coli problem spreads.
And this was before the Colorado Springs attack.
A really striking video.
A pro-choice group petitioned the Obama administration to categorize attacks on abortion clinics as “domestic terrorism” last Wednesday — two days before the deadly shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood.
More worry than at any time since October 2001.
“We have to afford this same assumption of innocence to Muslims.”
A striking new data set that shows the baffling variation in how frequently different hospitals perform C-sections rather than traditional childbirths.
Understanding the terrorism threat in France and Belgium.
Banks are now wary of dealing with remittance companies — and poor people are paying the price.
The nightmare isn’t a random gunman. It’s what happens next.
Garden-variety gun violence has killed vastly more people in the United States than terrorist attacks.
A rare agreement with George W. Bush.
Way more Americans are killed in gun homicides than in terrorist attacks.
There political ground is shifting on abortion and women’s health.
Radical Islamists aren’t number one.
What you need to know to understand the horrific bombing.
There’s a long tradition of violent Jewish extremism in Israel. It speaks to a basic tension at the heart of Israeli society.
The man allegedly attacked the historic black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
“A means of control. A way to terrorize and oppress.”
“There’s a belief that the threat of right-wing, antigovernment violence has been underestimated.”
Was the shooting that killed nine people in Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church on Wednesday terrorism?
For most of American history, “terrorism” has referred to acts committed by white people against black people.
What we’re really saying when we ask, “Is this terrorism?”
Complete coverage of the terrorist shooting on the French satirical magazine
Does this mean the US is getting more xenophobic?
The president owes it to Americans — including Muslims in the US — to have an honest conversation about religious extremism.
One of the event’s speakers tweeted about her speech being interrupted by gunfire.
US regulations just cut off thousands of Somalis from the money they need to survive. And the resulting catastrophe could end up helping terrorist organizations instead of hurting them.
One lesson of Charlie Hebdo: it’s time for us to end our demand that Muslims denounce every madman.