Looking Back at 9/11
It’s been twenty years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Conventional wisdom holds that the tragic…
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9/11 Didn’t Change Us—Our Response to It Did
By Joe Young My phone rang just before 9 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.…
Why the “Terrorist” Label Helps Some Groups and Hurts Others
Guest post by Rebecca Best Does adding a terrorist group to the US State Department’s Foreign Terrorist Organization…
The End of the War on Terror
By Navin Bapat On August 15, 2021, almost twenty years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Taliban recaptured…
The Political Costs of Abusing Human Rights
Guest post by Rebecca Cordell As countries around the world continue to battle a deadly pandemic, another crisis…
The Attack on the Capitol Was a Success. So What Happens Next?
By Evan Perkoski For the first time since 1814, unauthorized forces took control of the United States Capitol…
Questions on Torture with Joe Young
In this interview, Joe Young talks about his new book, Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use…
Trends in Militarized Policing: New Data and Puzzles
Guest post by Erica De Bruin In recent months, protests in support of Black Lives Matter—and the federal…
How does COVID-19 compare to past crises?
Is the COVID-19 pandemic—and all the economic, social, and political repercussions it brings—comparable to any other time or…
Militarization of the Police
Guest post by Lindsay P. Cohn The COVID-19 pandemic raises important questions about civil liberties and the use…