November 20, 2015

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The Paris attacks were planned over the past 11 months. A January raid in Verviers galvanized Abaaoud’s resolve.

Belgium’s system of local government, ruled by clientelistic interests, left huge cracks for ISIS to exploit.

ISIS’s first female suicide bomber in Europe grew up in Paris. Her past may be the rule, not the exception.

We can’t sacrifice accuracy for speed. Confirming and debunking on the terror beat.

The most hawkish Dem candidate, Clinton’s plans for ISIS are a mixed bag that includes familiar paths to chaos.

Military commanders are using Captagon, an amphetamine, to embolden soldiers fighting in Syria.

How language desensitizes drone pilots to assassination—and endangers them as well as their targets.

“The number of Mexican immigrants in the US is declining, leaving behind older, more established families.”

Paul Mason argues information technology means Keynes’s playbook won’t be enough any more.

Gertrude Stein shared children’s books’ commitment to clarity without prejudice for words over shapes and colors.

The problem with Anonymous hackers’ war on ISIS: Some targets are better left online and surveilled.

Watch planetary formation as it’s happening. A ring of cloud and dust will soon become a planet.

The building blocks of our existence are agnostic to identity. #longreads

Harlem at night, without the flash. #photography