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Jeet Heer's article on the "dominance politics" of Chapo Trap House ... Do Harry Potter and Game of Thrones have a place in political discourse? ... What the alt-right gets wrong about the Frankfurt School ... Kumars on why teens love weird political memes ... Aryeh's anthropological look at the alt-right ... Should neoliberals and leftists be allies or enemies? ... What's the best strategy to oppose Trump? ...

Discussing John's new piece on race and IQ ... How to approach the standardized testing gap ... Glenn argues for more research on race and IQ ... Is there a genetic component to criminality? ... John: Culture and home environment matter ... Is impeaching Trump a bad idea? ...

The doomed Obamacare repeal effort ... What will Republicans do now? ... Will McConnell and Ryan survive their health care defeat? ... Obamacare: Built to last ... Why Democrats should be wary of single-payer ...

Deepmala explains the Global Emergency Response Coalition ... Why famine is never a "natural" disaster ... Deepmala describes the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan ... Mercy Corps's operations in South Sudan ... Why isn't the American public paying attention? ...

Olivier’s new book, Jihad and Death ... The abstract goals of ISIS ... The link between Islam and ISIS ... Recruiting “volunteers for death” ... The future of ISIS ...

Alex’s book Dictators Without Borders ... Oligarchs and autocrats and kleptocrats, oh my! ... Luxury real estate’s illicit money problem ... The globalization of money laundering ... Trump and networks of power ... How Trump is blurring lines between business and politics ... The slippery slope to kleptocracy ...

David Brooks’s sandwich saga ... What elites get wrong about the working class ... Will Donald Trump Jr.’s emails change anything? ... How centrists can win over the left ... Where is Tulsi Gabbard? ...

The importance of political literature ... Václav Havel’s “The Power of the Powerless” ... When is civil disobedience justified? ... Is Trump an illegitimate president? ... Debating whether Trumpism is like McCarthyism ... How ideology obscures the truth ... Lies, damn lies, and the stories Trump tells ...

Has Silicon Valley lost its edge? ... Silicon Valley’s innovation slump ... Matt explains how "vertical integration" can kill creativity ... Can the tech giants be broken up? ... Bipartisan support for antitrust laws ... How Glenn got involved in an antitrust case against IBM ...

Bill: Liberals shouldn’t be defined by college campus culture ... The body-slamming of CNN ... Was CNN wrong to track down the wrestling meme maker? ... When anger at the media hurts private citizens ... Trump’s strategy: Bait the media to discredit the media ... How can journalists protect the integrity of the media? ...