Looking Beyond Diplomacy in Syria

1. Could the U.S. really bring an end to the Syrian civil war with an air assault on Assad?

By Ashley Deeks and Marty Lederman in Lawfare

2. After Trump, Sanders, Senate filibusters and House sit-ins, will American politics ever be the same?

By Libby Nelson in Vox

3. Here’s how a simple pronoun plays into a gender revolution.

By Fiona Macdonald at the BBC

4. Why don’t LGBT entrepreneurs come out to investors?

By Karis Hustad in Chicago Inno

5. Don’t bother ‘brain-training.’ It’s just the placebo effect at work.

By Beth Mole in Ars Technica

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