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  1. geybulla1_Mohammed TalateneAnadolu AgencyGetty Images_facebookgaza Mohammed Talatene/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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    Facebook Is Failing Journalists

    Arzu Geybulla says that in the struggle for press freedom under repressive regimes, Meta is squarely on the wrong side.
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    Defending Democracies’ Information Infrastructure

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Ben Scott propose a set of media reforms intended to restore citizens’ connection to a shared basis of facts.
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    PS on Sunday

    A selection of essential PS content from the past seven days, giving you the information and insights you need as you prepare to start the new week.

  4. schallenberg2_BULENT KILICAFP via Getty Images_ukrainejournalist Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images
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    Defending Democracy’s Defenders

    Alexander Schallenberg & Teresa Ribeiro call attention to the growing threats faced by independent journalists – and the steps needed to stop them.
  5. sherwin6_ Dimitrios KambourisGetty Images for The Met MuseumVogue_elon musk Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
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    Elon Musk’s Covert War on Free Speech

    Richard K. Sherwin shows why the billionaire’s professed rationale for buying Twitter is fundamentally bogus.
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    Should Humanities Professors Be Automated?

    Nicholas Agar considers the implications of recent successes with AI-generated academic research and writing.
  7. haseltine14_Steve RussellToronto Star via Getty Images_monkeypoxsign Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images
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    Health Messaging in the Disinformation Age

    William A. Haseltine explains how officials can win back the public's trust after recent communication failures.
  8. lenoir13_Misha FriedmanGetty Images_rt Misha Friedman/Getty Images
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    Fighting Big Lies

    Noëlle Lenoir sees the need for stronger legal action against malicious disinformation and those who spread it.
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    The Fight for Press Freedom Is Local

    Jos Midas Bartman argues that authoritarian subnational elites often pose the greatest threat to journalists.
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    Utopia or Bust

    J. Bradford DeLong considers our options for both expanding and effectively slicing the proverbial economic pie.
  2. op_anheier13_CHRISTOF STACHEAFP via Getty Images_scholzbaerbockhabecklindner Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images
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    Germany’s Reckoning

    Helmut K. Anheier

    Germany is now grappling with a host of difficult questions about its place in the world, the nature of its politics, and its most cherished values. For a pacifist society in a new age of conflict and war, everything must change if things are to remain the same.

     traces the contours of the country's debate, triggered by the Ukraine war, about its strategic future.
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    Preempting a Generative AI Monopoly

    Diane Coyle urges policymakers to take steps to counter the anti-competitive implications of a rapidly emerging market.
  4. nye238_Kevin DietschGetty Images_biden kishida Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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    Japan’s Strategic Imperative

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. sees the country doubling down on its best option for ensuring national security and regional stability.
  5. zhang59_JADE GAOAFP via Getty Images_chinahousing Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images
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    China’s Savings Conundrum

    Zhang Jun explains why – and how – the country must stimulate household consumption to achieve a robust recovery.
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    The Flight of the Inflation Hawks

    Though the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike of 2023 is smaller than those that preceded it, policymakers have signaled that more increases are on the way, despite slowing price growth. But there is good reason to doubt the utility – and fear the consequences – of continued rate hikes, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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    How to Transform African Agriculture

    Safia Boly & Omid Kassiri identify four principles that could help governments across the continent boost food security.
  8. borrell19_ FADEL SENNAAFP via Getty Images_ukrainewar Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images
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    Making Ukrainian Victory Possible

    Josep Borrell explains why continued military support and other forms of assistance remain critical.
  9. zizek13_OLGA MALTSEVAAFP via Getty Image_russian soldier OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images
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    Death or Glory in Russia

    Slavoj Žižek traces the religious and intellectual roots of the Kremlin’s increasingly morbid war propaganda.

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