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Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars as he watches a display during the MAKS 2017 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.
Books
How Putin learned to stop worrying and love internet espionage
A police officer carries bouquets of flowers on Whitehall the morning after an attack in London.
Conflict
How alone are ‘lone wolf’ jihadi attackers?
Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum was the focus of a Russian smear campaign.
Global Politics
What it’s like to be the victim of a Russian online smear campaign
The ISIS flag next to symbols of Twitter and Facebook
Conflict
How ISIS recruits online — using encryption, chat rooms and even dating sites
Predator Cops, Crowdsourcing Diseases, Losing Control of the GOP
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Escaping an Inferno, Dancing Babies, Presidential Candidates
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Aziz Ansari, the comedian and actor teamed up with a sociologist from New York University, Eric Klinenberg to take the pulse of global romance in the early 21st century.
Books
Strangers around the world gave Aziz Ansari the most intimate details of their romantic lives — their text messages
White Power Groups, Taylor Swift, Love and The Law
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Domestic Terrorism, Winning The Internet, The First Ladies of Space
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Policing Schools, Silencing Gun Research & Game of Thrones
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Policing Schools, Silencing Gun Research & Game of Thrones
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Disaster in Philly, College Costs, and Solo Adventures
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Internet cafes bustle in Ankara, where Turkey's parliament approved a crackdown on online access.
Global Politics
‘What is at stake is the right of Turkish citizens to speak freely’