Matt Lewis considers what anti-Trump Republicans should do at the upcoming convention.
Robert Wright and Virginia Heffernan, author of Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, discuss the emotional permeability of the Internet. Plus: Trump as angry poet.
Shadi Hamid, author of Islamic Exceptionalism, explains how the Islamic State has changed the aspirations of extremists groups. Plus: Understanding sectarian conflict.
Glenn Loury suggests how the presumptive GOP nominee could gain support in black communities.
Journalist Jim Tankersley on the roots of the billionaire’s passion for funding academic research. Plus: The power of money in academia.
Journalist Michael Tracey says the media has skewed our perception of GOP voters.
Virginia Heffernan, author of Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, considers the candidate’s tweets a scary work of literature.
Political science professor David Brockington says some British politicians have made false claims to garner support for leaving the EU. Plus: The British version of a Trump supporter.
Suzanne Koven and Jo Marchant, author of Cure, discuss how a focus on pharmaceuticals limits medicine. Plus: The real effects of “fake” medicine.
In the last of five lectures on a spiritual worldview grounded in science, Robert Wright considers the viability of ancient religious ideas in the modern world.