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Where Were the Gatekeepers?
Finding lessons in the firing of Tucker Carlson.
Books You Can Read to Understand What’s Going on in Sudan
For a deeper understanding of what’s going on, here’s what to read.
How to Understand the Fighting in Sudan
Looking at the history of coups — both the successes and the failures — can help put it the week’s chaotic events into clearer perspective.
What if A.I. Sentience Is a Question of Degree?
A conversation with Nick Bostrom, a philosopher at Oxford, who has spent decades preparing for the day artificial intelligence is capable of anything the human brain can do.
What I’m Reading: Presidential Indictment Edition
Criminal cases against former leaders can be a positive sign about a country’s institutions. But of course politics often plays a role as well.
Israeli Crisis Shows How Protests Can, and Can’t, Force Change
What does it take for a mass movement to translate public anger into political results? Leverage.
When Judges Decide on Abortion
Cases in Poland and Texas bring legal vulnerabilities into sharp relief.
When a Military Spies on Citizens’ Phones
How the Mexican military is using private data against civilians — and what that reveals about the country’s democracy.
Interpreting the Week’s Most Important Stories
The larger themes behind the protests in Israel, the U.K.’s tough new immigration plan and a fight over U.S. labor unions.