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Terrorism

News, analysis, and opinions on extremist activity around the world, from fringe groups in the US to major organizations abroad.

The Supreme Court is befuddled by whether Twitter is liable for ISIS’s terrorism

By Ian Millhiser

An atmosphere of violence: Stochastic terror in American politics

By Ellen Ioanes

After the latest clash with Israel, Gazans’ struggle continues

By Ellen Ioanes

The only way to “win” the war on terrorism is to end it

By Jonathan Guyer

Thinking through the unthinkable

By Bryan Walsh

The biggest funder of anti-nuclear war programs is taking its money away

By Dylan Matthews

The war on terror and the long death of liberal interventionism

By Zack Beauchamp

Why progressives are lining up against new criminal penalties for domestic terrorism

By Nicole Narea

Labeling groups like the Proud Boys “domestic terrorists” won’t fix anything

By Nicole Narea

The coronavirus has now killed more people in the US than the 9/11 terror attacks

By Alex Ward

21 Saudi military trainees in the US are being sent home for anti-US media and child porn

By Alex Ward

Killing Qassem Soleimani changes the game in the Middle East

By Daniel Byman

Accelerationism: the obscure idea inspiring white supremacist killers around the world

By Zack Beauchamp

Trump’s Baghdadi press conference shows how he ruins even his best moments

By Alex Ward

What Baghdadi’s death means for ISIS

By Alex Ward

How the Pittsburgh shooting changed American Jews

By Zack Beauchamp

A Norwegian white nationalist tried to kill Muslims at a mosque

By Alex Ward

Trump wants social media to detect mass shooters before they commit crimes

By Rani Molla

Osama bin Laden’s son, the “Crown Prince of Terror,” is dead. Or is he?

By Jennifer Williams

Sam Harris talks Islam, politics, Twitter, and Trump with Kara Swisher

By Eric Johnson

Here’s what we know so far about the Poway synagogue shooting

By Alexia Underwood

Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings, in 22 pictures

By Alexia Underwood and Kainaz Amaria

This filmmaker spent months interviewing neo-Nazis and jihadists. Here’s what she learned.

By Sean Illing

The recent spike in tensions between India and Pakistan, explained

By Alexia Underwood

A Coast Guard officer’s arrest is the latest example of the rising problem of right-wing terrorism in America

By Emily Stewart

House Democrats are forming a new oversight subcommittee to investigate Trump

By Alex Ward

Egypt’s president tried to stop a 60 Minutes interview from airing. It’s now clear why.

By Alexia Underwood

Reciprocal rage: why Islamist extremists and the far right need each other

By Sean Illing

Trump’s Justice Department is fighting US terrorist attack victims in the Supreme Court

By Alex Ward

Pakistan’s military is waging a quiet war on journalists

By Kiran Nazish

How the Vietnam war created America’s modern “white power” movement

By Sean Illing

Are the Austin bombings terrorism? It depends who you ask.

By Jennifer Williams

If America becomes a dystopian hellscape, it might look like this

By Sean Illing

US forces reportedly killed more than 100 Russian mercenaries inside Syria

By Alexia Underwood

An atheist Muslim on what the left and right get wrong about Islam

By Sean Illing

We're becoming numb to terrorism. That might be a good thing.

By Sean Illing

What we know about the victims of the New York terror attack

By Sarah Wildman

Trump blasts “Diversity Visa Lottery Program” after NYC terror attack

By Jen Kirby

“A colossal miscalculation”: why the Kurds’ independence bid might lead to civil war in Iraq

By Sean Illing

Photos: al-Qaeda-linked militants kill more than 320 in Somalia truck bomb attack

By Jennifer Williams and Kainaz Amaria