Charleston

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik gestures as he arrives for his terrorism and murder trial in a courtroom in Oslo April 16, 2012.

How Norway threw away the term ‘lone wolf’

June 19, 2015Justice

Norwegians watching news out of Charleston, South Carolina are reminded of another mass shooting, in July 2011. An Oslo newspaper columnist recalls that her colleagues were unequivocal about calling Anders Behring Breivik a terrorist, and she thinks American media should not be shy about calling the Charleston church shooting an act of terrorism.

America has no monopoly on racism, it’s just ‘more lethal’

June 19, 2015Justice

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Charleston Remembers the War

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