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Can We Have Democracy With Screens?
Watch now | A conversation with "Screen People" author Megan Garber, who writes how smartphones have turned us into passive consumers of politics
 • Luke Johnson
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Trump's 'Peace is at Hand' Moment
Why a 'largely negotiated' deal is on the ropes
 • Luke Johnson
Trump's Corruption is Different This Time. Will Americans Care?
The U.S. president is proposing to use taxpayer money to reward allies as the economic picture darkens
 • Luke Johnson
The Mistake That Western Commentators Make When Analyzing Putin
Many seem to assume the Russian leader lives in the same information space as the rest of us. He does not.
 • Luke Johnson
Putin Gets a Victory Day Cease-Fire From Trump, But Only After a Humiliation from Zelenskyy
An attack on Red Square seemed unlikely, but Putin had to ask Trump for protection
 • Luke Johnson
As Moscow Stalls in Ukraine, Putin's Paranoia Reaches Epic Levels Ahead of Victory Day
The war in Ukraine is not going well for Moscow. But Putin refuses to change course.
 • Luke Johnson
The World Economy Will 'Explode' Before Iran's Oil Wells
Trump is prolonging the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on a series of questionable assumptions about Tehran
 • Luke Johnson
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