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Stephen M. Bainbridge (UCLA): The Law and Economics of Insider Trading 2.0. We’re asking the wrong questions of YouTube and Facebook after New Zealand. The responsibility isn’t theirs alone: Richard Beck on the killings in New Zealand. Trump’s feud with Kellyanne Conway’s husband, explained. Benjamin Hart interviews Joseph Soares on the long history of elites gaming the college admissions system. What the college admissions scandal says about racial inequality. College admissions are corrupt because universities are — here’s how to fix them. Meritocracy doesn’t exist, and believing it does is bad for you. Operation Varsity Blues will likely snowball into a 2020 political issue. Kazakh President Nazarbayev has resigned — here are three things to watch.

Ayelet Berman (NUS): Accordion Governance. Are Democrats facing their own tea party-style reckoning? Helaine Olen on Beto O’Rourke and Gen X’s traditionalism. Will Bernie Sanders split the Democratic Party in 2020? Farah Amjad on making #MeToo work in Pakistan. Aida Alami interviews Lenaig Bredoux on the impact of #MeToo in France. Suzanne Leonard on fealty, fortune, and the wives of #MeToo. Here’s every defense of the electoral college — and why they’re all wrong. The electoral college is an abomination, and Democrats should keep talking about it. Donna Brazile explains why she’s working for Fox News. Katherine Franke on making good on the broken promise of reparations.