The US Military’s Best-Kept Secret

The US Military’s Best-Kept Secret   For years, American military expansion in Africa has gone largely unnoticed, thanks to a deliberate effort to keep the public in the shadows.   NICK TURSE

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Republican Governors Are Posturing on Refugees, but Their Xenophobia Has Real Consequences   Anti-Muslim hate crimes are up, but that’s not all.   JOHN KNEFEL

Democrats Are Right—We’re Not At War With ‘Radical Islam’   Magic words won’t defeat Islamic terrorism. Sound analysis is important.   JOSHUA HOLLAND

This Conservation Program Is the Most Successful in US History. Why Are Republicans Destroying It?   The Land and Water Conservation Fund is just the first of several vaunted nature and wildlife programs the GOP wants to kill.   JIMMY TOBIAS

The Very Worst Takeaways From the Paris Attacks   Watch out, these takes are sizzling hot!   TOM TOMORROW

The Paris Attacks: What to Say? What to Think? What to Do?   An Algerian writer ponders the brutal and senseless absurdity the jihadis seek to impose.   KAMEL DAOUD

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