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December 2024

Elon Musk's Far-Right Global Counterrevolution
The tech mogul's endorsement of the German far-right is part of a global trend
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Luke Johnson
7 Books of the Year 2024
If you don't want to read the news, read a book
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Luke Johnson
How Tulsi Gabbard Sees Syria, Ukraine, and Trump
Trump's intelligence director pick has a history of parroting propaganda from Assad and Putin
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Luke Johnson
Dictator For a Day
Autocracy is not in lived memory for (most) Americans. Can we avoid it?
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Luke Johnson
'The More Police Brutality We See, The Angrier We Get': Georgian Protests Gather Momentum
The specter of Belarus lingers over the country of the country which like Ukraine, borders Russia and the Black Sea
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Luke Johnson

November 2024

​​Q&A: A Genocide Scholar Traces Russia's 'Intent' To Destroy Ukraine
Professor Eugene Finkel had a student who turned out to be a Russian spy. Writing a book on Russian violence was his way to 'fight back.'
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Luke Johnson
X-Odus
Did Elon Musk's purchase of the social media platform help Trump win?
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Trump Wants to End the Ukraine War in '24 Hours,' But Putin Wants to Win
And what Biden's decision on long-range missiles means for Trump and Putin
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Luke Johnson
Trump's Kakistocracy
The triumph of retribution over experience
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Which Side is Trump On?
Will the incoming president be more focused on external enemies or "the enemy within"?
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Luke Johnson
Trump: The Threat We Face
What's left after an authoritarian wins a democratic election
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