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- Northern Ireland: Weaponizing a Peace Agreement | Insight
A monumental election may lead to paralysis as terms designed to foster peace and cooperation are wielded in power politics.
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10 min - Cawthorn in Crisis: Private Vice, Public Mediocrity | Insight
The social media generation’s first House member is showing how hard it will be to balance privacy with public service.
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9 min - The Supreme Court Problem, Without the Partisanship | Focus re-run
It's back in the news. Whatever you think, it probably proves the court is a mess of an institution we'd do well to reform.
This Focus originally appeared on August 29, 2021, under the headline: "The Supreme Court: Political, Unaccountable, and All Too Powerful." Due to the recent leak of a Supreme Court opinion portending an overturn of Roe v. Wade, we decided to re-publish it.-Important References-
The Supreme Court and Constitutional Democracy, by John Agresto
"Written statement of [Professor] Samuel Moyn," to the President's Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States.
"The Supreme Court Needs to be Cut Down to Size," by Jamelle Bouie, in The New York Times.
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12 min - Can the EU Bring Hungary to Heel? | Insight
Hungary’s rocky relationship with the EU is about to get rockier. Could current tensions initiate an exit?
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9 min - Stalin and the Nazis: Unusual Comrades | Focus
Whether Communist, monarchist, or Nazi, any opponents of German democracy in the ‘20s could find a friend in the Soviet Union.
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17 min - Coloring Inside the Lines | Insight
New York Dems have been denied their gerrymander. They’ll need to find more productive ways to push the boundaries.
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9 min - Interim Interruptions | Insight
The Senate is making it harder to fill key posts in the government. The ready fix may not be a fix at all.
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8 min - A Gloomy Future for Free Speech? | Focus
Conservatives are using the power of the state to curtail freedom of speech. Will progressives step up to defend it?
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14 min - Putin May Yet Be a Master Strategist | Insight
The invasion of Ukraine has driven the West together and heightened militarization. It’s not perfectly clear that’s a good thing.
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8 min - Mudslides and Mistrust | Insight
As South Africa reels from devastating floods, a lack of trust between officials and citizens could make recovery difficult.
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About Spectacles Out Loud
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Join Spectacles editors Harry and Philip for Insight and Focus as they go beyond headlines to explore the news. We won't just explain a headline to you, but we'll try to help you make the connections…
between today's stories and what they all mean for democracy.