Lots of news in democracy this week: Barbados goes all in on it, Sudan backslides from it, and Steve Bannon might actually face some consequences for trying to subvert it. In our main story, Africa’s largest country is becoming a powder keg of inequality, violence, corruption, climate change, jihadism, piracy, cryptocurrency, and more. Can the center hold in Nigeria?

Mike is drinking: Elysian Superfuzz Blood Orange Ale

Erol is drinking: Soda Stream H20

Tweet thread Erol mentions: https://twitter.com/SchneidermanDM/status/1452956177957015558?s=20

The Economist article on Nigeria: https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/how-kidnappers-zealots-and-rebels-are-making-nigeria-ungovernable/21805737