Terrorism

A year after the liberation of Mosul, Iraq's boys find themselves in a series of dead ends.

• By Alex Potter

A conversation with Joan Carling, Filipino gender equality advocate, former adviser to the United Nations, and an enemy of the state, according to the Duterte government.

• By Megan Clement

What the Toronto Killer's online misogyny reveals about the threat from the alt-right.

• By David M. Perry

From growing up in rural Delaware to opening the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.

• By Jack Denton

They're reading the same websites, talking to each other, and killing the same targets. The lone wolves are actually a pack.

• By David M. Perry

What happens when suicide forestalls any possibility of justice?

• By Hanif Abdurraqib

This past year—2017—saw a surge in extremist violence, much of it related to white supremacist activity. But as the Women's March shows, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

• By Jared Keller

Pakistani Christians take part in a service at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore on December 18th, 2017, for the victims of a suicide attack on a church the day prior.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The terrorist attack on a mosque in Egypt was potentially motivated by extremist groups viewing Sufi religious practices as a threat to their intolerant worldview.

• By Peter Gottschalk

Trump also told reporters that he would consider sending the suspected terrorist to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.

• By Emily Moon

Attacks like the one in New York City can alter people's psychology and their politics.

• By Emily Moon

Eight people are reported dead, and at least 15 are injured.

• By Emily Moon

After the deadliest terror attack to hit Somalia in years, residents of Nairobi's "Little Mogadishu" neighborhood cope with a national tragedy from thousands of miles away.

• By Amanda Sperber

The attack on the Somali capital could further destabilize an already tenuous governmental situation in the East African nation.

• By Laura Hammond

Three distinct psychological predispositions combine to produce terrorists. And one appears to be on the rise among the extreme right.

• By Tom Jacobs

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The van that ploughed into a crowd, killing at least 13 people and injuring around 100 others is towed away from the Rambla in Barcelona on August 18th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The move may come as a surprise to the president's supporters, many of whom favored his hardline, tough-on-terrorism approach.

• By Kate Wheeling

New research finds their moral reasoning resembles that of certain dementia victims.

• By Tom Jacobs

The attacks mark the first major acts of terrorism in Iran since 2010.

• By Nick Hagar

Blaming multiculturalism for tragedies like London and Manchester overlooks Europe's colonial history of terrorism.

• By Ben Carrington

A new study shows that terrorists judge morality based solely on outcomes.

• By Kate Wheeling

New research finds one key is providing former fighters with an alternative source of meaning.

• By Tom Jacobs

• By Ryan Jacobs