by Grace Deng | Feb 22, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON—At 3 a.m. on the first day of Black History Month, Spelman College, an Atlanta-based HBCU, received its second bomb threat of the year. Six hours later, Spelman junior Sophia Parker found out about the threat through an email sent by the school. At noon,...
by Linus Hoeller | Dec 9, 2021 | National Security
WASHINGTON – In the all-white world of the neofascist Patriot Front, a fast-growing far-right organization, a path to power leading military veterans are sought after as a force multiplier for their ability to young recruits to the organization, turning into a lethal...
by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Apr 17, 2018 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration needs to work with its allies in the Middle East to counter terrorist networks supported and funded by Iran that pose a threat to the U.S., a senior scholar from the Center for American Progress told a House Homeland Security...
by Ross Krasner | Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –Abdalaziz Alhamza, the co-founder of a group working to expose the terror tactics of the so-called Islamic State in its de facto capital in Syria, said Monday his group has dealt with many threats as it struggles to counter extremist propaganda in Raqqa....
by Tara Longardner | Jan 28, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON– For the ninth consecutive year, more freedom has been lost than found in countries worldwide, an advocacy group said Wednesday. Washington-based Freedom House is an independent, nonpolitical watchdog organization that’s led by former senior...
