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A TSA agent wears a black ribbon over his badge during a memorial service for a slain colleague.

How the fight against terrorism has transformed America since 9/11

Books

Journalist Lawrence Wright told the story of al-Qaeda’s rise and the planning of 9/11. Now, he’s worried that Washington’s reaction to terrorism is robbing a generation of basic freedoms.

Christianne Boudreau lost her son Damian to ISIS. Now she's offering support to parents who've also lost their children to jihadi extremism.

‘They look at our children as monsters, and they’re not,’ argues mom of ISIS fighter

Conflict
Ilwad Elman and her mother Fartuun Adan created the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Mogadishu.

A Mogadishu-based mother and daughter team say youth can be brought back from religious extremism

Conflict
An Islamic State fighter gestures from a vehicle in the countryside of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, after the Islamic State fighters took control of the area in October.

The so-called Islamic State looks bleak to outsiders, but supporters see it as ‘liberating’

Conflict
A man in Tokyo's Ginza district reads an extra edition of a newspaper, which reported ISIS' claim to have beheaded Japanese journalist Kenji Goto on February 1, 2015.

The ‘ultra-violent death cult’ at the heart of ISIS

Conflict
Christianne Boudreau and her son Damian Clairmont who died fighting for an extremist group in Syria.

Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she’s doing something about it.

Justice

Damian Clairmont converted to Islam and died fighting for ISIS in Syria one year ago this week. His mother is reaching out to other parents who fear the same future for their children.

Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.

Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover

Conflict & Justice

Fear has rippled across Iraq since jihadist militias overran Mosul — Iraq’s second city — on Tuesday. But correspondent Jane Arraf has talked with some Mosul residents who say the extremists have brought clean streets and running water.

Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.

Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover

Conflict & Justice

Fear has rippled across Iraq since jihadist militias overran Mosul — Iraq’s second city — on Tuesday. But correspondent Jane Arraf has talked with some Mosul residents who say the extremists have brought clean streets and running water.

The number of global jihadis is increasing, but Americans aren’t necessarily less safe

Conflict & Justice

A new report by the Rand Corporation finds the number of jihadi groups, and their membership, is escalating. But the study’s author, Seth Jones, says the threat of attacks in the US homeland is less than it was three years ago.