News in Brief Which Shakespearean Ruler Doth Trump Most Resemble? He has recently been compared to both Julius Caesar and King Lear. Tom Jacobs
Education Brutal Ironies in the Flap Over Trump and ‘Julius Caesar’ Shakespeare used to be considered a defense against totalitarianism. How we flattered ourselves. Ted Scheinman
News in Brief Travel Ban Loses in Second Appeals Court Ruling The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday against President Trump's controversial travel ban. Morgan Baskin
News in Brief Trump Won’t Drop Twitter, but Twitter Should Drop Trump In his late-night and early morning messages, the president has undoubtedly and repeatedly violated several of the social media platform's abusive behavior clauses. Seth Masket
News in Brief Trump Contradicts Comey, Says He Is ‘100 Percent’ Willing to Testify Under Oath President Donald Trump denied that he asked former FBI Director James Comey to drop the Michael Flynn investigation. Kate Wheeling
Social Justice Technology Transfer Could Drive Down Global CO2 Emissions by 25 Percent Exporting green technology will help lower emissions—but not without pools like the Green Climate Fund. Bob Berwyn
News in Brief The Trend of Blocking Constituents on Twitter Goes Beyond Trump As elected officials increasingly turn to social media to communicate with constituents, some are blocking those who disagree with them. Charles Ornstein
News in Brief Semantic Tomfoolery at Comey’s Senate Hearing Faced with damning testimony against their president, GOP senators resorted to hair-splitting. Ted Scheinman
News in Brief Trump’s Lawyer Speaks Following Comey Testimony Attorney Marc Kasowitz contradicted many of Comey's written and spoken statements. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Comey Reveals Source of Memo Leak, Holds Back on Dossier What did former FBI Director James Comey's testimony tell us about Trump? Kate Wheeling