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The September 11 terror attacks changed the world, with no community feeling the aftershocks more than Muslims in the West. Sweeping counterterror measures undermined civil liberties, enabling heightened surveillance and...

The 9/11 attacks raised concerns over the security of U.S. borders.In response, the Bush Administration employed additional BorderPatrol agents, deployed new technologies at the border, and erectedphysical barriers. The Obama Administration should continue thesemeasures by increasing training capabilities, supporting SBInet,encouraging states to enter into Section 287 (g) compacts, and tocreate State Defense Forces in order to promote citizenparticipation in border security.

A PEN America case study about a 2017 KPBS/inewsource report shows how humanizing extremists can gloss over dangerous viewpoints.

Climate change exacerbates the underlying social and governmental weaknesses that violent groups profit from.

Immigrants are the invisible victims of the California wildfires.

As registered nonprofits, violent actors are subsidized on the dime of American taxpayers.

The names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials, and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of the Oath Keepers, an extremist group that’s accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S.

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In May 2018, as Trump’s family separation policy became a major scandal, former Obama speechwriter and “Pod Save America” host Jon Favreau tweeted a photo of two migrant girls sleeping on the floor of a cage. “Look at these pictures. This is happening right now, and the only debate that matters is how we force our government to get these kids back to their families as fast as humanly possible.” As a number of his replies pointed out, the photos were actually from 2014, when his boss wa...

Via Clayton Cramer, I learn that the American Ci...