What made The Short List  this week?

• The feds say Alexander Ciccolo, 23, of Adams, Massachusetts, was gearing up to attack a college on behalf of ISIS. The backstory includes a DUI, guns laws, a father’s fears and mental health worries.
• A couple days later, a gunman killed four Marines and one sailor in Chattanooga. Among the dead: Marine Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan, who grew up in Springfield.

To explore these stories, New England Public Radio’s Susan Kaplan sat down with Rick Hurst of the African American Point Of View and Matt Szafranski of Western Mass Politics & Insight. Hear their conversation by clicking the audio player above.