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In “Money Trouble,” Amy Davidson examines the debate over the role of money in politics, and the clashes about the issue that have occurred between the Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton campaigns.

In “The Sovereignty of Women,” Jill Lepore considers the possibility that Hillary Clinton will become America’s first female President, and discusses how the sixteenth-century reign of Mary Tudor, in England, may shed light on the politicking surrounding female rule.

In “Global Trump,” Steve Coll writes about Donald Trump’s dubious foreign-policy plans, should he be elected President.

In “Bad Choices,” Amy Davidson writes about the prevalence of demagoguery in discussions by Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, and G.O.P. leaders about the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium.

In “Court Politics,” Jeffrey Toobin writes about Republican plans to block President Obama’s Supreme Court Justice nominee, Merrick Garland.

In “Conventional Wisdom,” Amy Davidson writes about what the Democratic National Convention of 1924 may teach us about the Republican National Convention of 2016, which could end up being a contested Convention.

In “American Demagogue,” David Remnick investigates how Donald Trump, the heir to a New York real-estate fortune, has emerged as a populist hero.

In “A Truce in Syria,” Dexter Filkins writes about the United States and Russia’s agreement about the Syrian civil war, and what it means for the embattled nation’s future.

In “Looking Back,” Jeffrey Toobin remembers Justice Antonin Scalia’s life, his “originalism,” and his influence on the Supreme Court.

In “Courting Black Voters,” Amy Davidson writes about Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton’s efforts to attract African-American voters to their respective camps.