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What makes a white nationalist?

6 June 2018

Race-based ideologies are gaining ground across the West. Our special report delves into the white supremacist scene in the US to ask why
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Anatomy of terror: What makes normal people become extremists?

16 August 2017

It takes more than religious fanaticism or hatred to make someone take innocent lives, but recognise the true roots of ISIS-inspired terror and they can be addressed

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