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Elke Elisabeth Schmidt (Siegen): Are Lovers Ever One? Reconstructing the Union Theory of Love. Jodok Troy (Innsbruck): Two “Popes” to Speak for the World: The Pope and the United Nations Secretary General in World Politics. What is Putin up to in Syria? Russia and the U.S. are coming into conflict, even as they claim to be fighting the same enemy (and more). A crushing blow in the French elections is the latest setback for Europe’s far right. Can the new activist passion of suburban white women change American politics? How Amazon is changing the whole concept of monopoly. Wikipedia’s method for sorting out “good” and “bad” sources is a mess. DNA replication has been filmed for the first time, and it’s not what we expected.

Republicans are so much better than Democrats at gerrymandering. How to quantify (and fight) gerrymandering: Powerful new quantitative tools are now available to combat partisan bias in the drawing of voting districts. The mathematicians who want to save democracy: With algorithms in hand, scientists are looking to make elections in the United States more representative. How 2 academics got the Supreme Court to reexamine gerrymandering. Why the Supreme Court’s decision to review Wisconsin’s gerrymandering is such a big deal.