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Killing Those Who “Defame” Islam
In the modern era killing those who purportedly have defamed Islam began with the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini’s infamous fatwa—religious ruling—that...
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Europe, Let’s Talk About Islam
Wednesday morning, two assailants armed with Kalashnikovs forced their way into the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine...
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Who Could Get Wealthier in 2015
The middle class is in terrible shape. Wages are stagnant, the middle class’s share of the nation’s wealth has been declining for decades, and ordi...
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The Roots of Radicalism We Don’t Discuss
Have you ever been so heartbroken that you joined the conservative faction of a local mosque? Khalid did, because he felt he had no other way to co...
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Can the Young Turks Save US?
Does America need an Arab Spring? It’s a question that may seem absurd after the turmoil following the revolutions of 2011. Yet, it’s the question ...
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The Islamic State’s Plan For 2015
What’s next for the Islamic State in 2015? Clandestine domination, and exploiting America’s huge regional blind spots. The Islamic State of Iraq an...
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The Master Predictors of 2014
The huge drop in oil prices in 2014 might have come as a shock to you, unless you saw it coming. Germany's win in the World Cup probably came as le...
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One Is Not Born, But Rather Becomes, a Citizen
The more technology they accumulated, the more profoundly powerless they felt. That was the paradox Hahrie Han and Elizabeth McKenna discovered as ...
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Americans have plotted to kill cartoonists who lampooned Islam
The cartoons of the prophet had become a particular obsession of al Qaeda. In March 2008, Osama bin Laden denounced the publication of the cartoons...
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"Getting Connected: On Digital Stewards and community networking"
“The goal,” Byrum says, “is to design projects so they’re addressing multiple interlocking needs of the community,” from improving communications b...
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NAF Launches 'Future of War'
*The New America Foundation is launching a new “Future of War” project with Defense One and Arizona State University. The series of writing and eve...
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‘Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms’: ancient faiths in jeopardy
In “Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East,” former British diplomat Gerard Russell documents the...
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Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?
“They don’t have the facts that I have, don’t see what I see,” he said. The FBI director added that he has “very high confidence” in few things, bu...
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One Reason For Progressives To Be Hopeful This Year? Universal Pre-K
Universal pre-K illustrates a critical progressive value: programs that support underserved, low-income children and parents make it easier for the...
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Has Israel's antitrust watchdog blocked Mideast peace?
Lina Khan, a policy at the New America Foundation, published a Washington Post article in June entitled “How the United States became uncompetitive...
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LBJ, Civil Rights And The Great Society
Historian Julian Zelizer, author of a new book about LBJ, told The New York Times, “they obviously wanted to create a villain, and really miss who ...
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China's Sky Wing UAV Gets New Engines
The WZ-9 Sky Wing UAV,built by Guizhouz Aviation Industry Corporation, has been fitted with a pair of stealthy and more powerful engines.
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Wireless players send Title II warning flare
“If they reclassify broadband Internet access under Title II, the commission has to also reclassify it as a commercial mobile service,” said Michae...
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What’s 80% White, 80% Male and 92% Christian? Welcome to the 114th Congress!
But it is Liza Mundy’s article “The Secret History of Women in the Senate” that positively makes my teeth hurt. “In the entire history of the Unite...