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  A cowardly coup from within the administration threatens to enflame the president’s paranoia and further endanger American security.

• 2 We're Watching an Antidemocratic Coup Unfold

  Acts of sabotage against the president are perilous to the American system of government. They're also self-serving.

• 3 There’s No Coup Against Trump

  American democracy is imperiled by Republicans enabling the president’s authoritarian impulses, not by self-aggrandizing op-eds from anonymous bureaucrats.

• 4 The Bullet in My Arm

  I grew up in a gun-loving town in Alabama. My grandfather’s store sells firearms. But only after I was shot did I begin to understand America’s complicated relationship with guns.

• 5 Victorian-Era Orgasms and the Crisis of Peer Review

  A favorite anecdote about the origins of the vibrator is probably a myth.

• 6 How Well-Intentioned White Families Can Perpetuate Racism

  The sociologist Margaret Hagerman spent two years embedded in upper-middle-class white households, listening in on conversations about race.

• 7 A Photo Trip to Croatia

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• 8 Elon Musk and the Meaning of ‘Off the Record’

  The entrepreneur’s reaction to recent media coverage illustrates a common—and dangerous—misconception of reporting practices.

• 9 The Woodward Book Comes for James Mattis

  A veteran Washington journalist describes the defense secretary as avoiding confrontation and showing respect. But the rest of the book may have blown up that strategy.

• 10 Why Technology Favors Tyranny

  Artificial intelligence could erase many practical advantages of democracy, and erode the ideals of liberty and equality. It will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it.