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The best of the Bulletin’s bimonthly magazine, 2024

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

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Advice for Thanksgiving 2024: How to deal with the climate change-denier at the table

By Richard C. J. Somerville | Climate Change, Opinion, Special Topics

No cats or dogs were killed during the completion of this debate scorecard

By John Mecklin, Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Undebatable: You need this existential threat scorecard for the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump debate

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

RFK Jr.’s presidential ambitions may have fallen short, but his anti-vax beliefs are winning in many statehouses

By Matt Field | Special Topics

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Introduction: Securing elections, democracy, and the information ecosystem in a critical political year

By John Mecklin, Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

The campaign volunteer who used AI to help swing Pakistan’s elections: Interview with Jibran Ilyas

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Constitutional mistakes of the past can tyrannize the present—but we can fix them

By Lawrence Douglas | Special Topics

How demagogues destroy democracy: a step-by-step global guide

By John Keane | Special Topics

Interview: Lawrence Norden on US election security

By Dawn Stover | Special Topics

An interview about the 2024 election with Harper Reed, chief technology officer for Obama 2012

By John Mecklin | Special Topics

AI misinformation detectors can’t save us from tyranny—at least not yet

By Walter Scheirer | Special Topics