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AI Could Drive the 2026 Midterm Elections

We are nearly one year out from the 2026 midterm elections, and it’s far too early to predict the outcomes. But it’s a safe bet that artificial...

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Nathan E. Sanders And Bruce Schneier

The Hard Part for Moldova Comes Next

The recent election in Moldova may prove to be a historic event. The reformist Party of Action (PAS), led by President Maia Sandu, has consolidated...

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John E. Herbst

Why Becoming Japan's First Woman Prime Minister May Be the Easy Part

Becoming president of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and soon the country’s first female prime minister is the easy part. Sanae Takaichi...

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Jeff Kingston

How the Internet Blackout Sowed Fear in Afghanistan

On Monday evening, internet and telephone communications were cut off across Afghanistan. The entire country was left in darkness, with millions of...

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Zahra Nader

Are Russians Really Happy?

I have been spending time in Russia every year since the invasion of Ukraine and witnessed a stark societal transformation. Russians went from...

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Nina Khrushcheva

What Wine Can Teach Us About Climate Change

Wine can become a symbol of resilience against climate change. Wineries—and businesses in general—have the responsibility and the tools to adapt...

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Miguel A. Torres

Iran's Water Crisis Is Its Greatest Threat

Iran is a warning to every society that treats water as infinite. Over the summer, Iran’s water crisis turned into an emergency. Wells collapsed...

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Nik Kowsar

Portland Doesn’t Want Federal Troops

Perhaps few other cities have experienced the consequences of a fracturing American consensus as sharply as Portland, Oregon. Our city has the...

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Keith Wilson

PBS Is Vital for Bilingual Education

As a child growing up in a Spanish-speaking, immigrant household, I had limited resources available to teach me English. My parents came to this...

thursday 10

Priscilla Blossom

Does Tylenol Cause Autism?

Nearly six months ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said: “By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate...

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Dr. Sunny Patel

How to Thrive in the AI Era of Work

The emergence of artificial intelligence in the workplace, particularly the rise of AI “agents” which can autonomously complete tasks previously...

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Marco Argenti

The Arc of History is Bending Backward

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. The Cold War had ended, and it looked like liberal democracy had triumphed. That same year, Francis Fukuyama...

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Richard Stengel

What Trump Doesn't Understand About Alliances

“Our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances … We cannot protect our...

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Tom Nagorski

Eli Sharabi: 491 Days as a Hostage of Hamas

Eli Sharabi’s Hostage, the first memoir of captivity in Gaza in the aftermath of Oct. 7, appeared in Israel in May, just four months after his...

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Eli Sharabi

The Real History of Tenure

As states like Florida and Texas gut tenure protections for university faculty, many assume the greatest loss is to academic freedom. But tenure is...

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