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Emily Savell, Anna B. Gilmore, and Gary Fooks (Bath): How Does the Tobacco Industry Attempt to Influence Marketing Regulations? A Systematic Review. Donna Roberts (Gilan) and Daniel Garza Usabiaga (MAM): The Use Value of Lucifer: A Comparative Analysis of the Figures of Lucifer and Satan in the Writings of Roger Caillois and Walter Benjamin in the 1930s. Lea Shaver (Indiana): Copyright and Inequality. Russia vs. Ukraine is a clash of brothers, not cultures: Countries with shared identities but different political regimes have historically been more likely to fight wars. Amy Knight on Putin’s golden dilemma. Max Seddon goes inside Vladimir Putin’s paranoid vision. Kiley Kroh on why much of what you’ve read about Ukraine isn’t quite right, as explained by Ukranians. Strong, mean, shirtless: American conservatives still have an awkward crush on Putin. Jonathan Chait on how Obama’s embrace of Republican proposals to expand the EITC will likely wind up serving the sole function of calling their bluff; and Paul Ryan tries to enlist social science to back up his poverty plan, disaster ensues. Is history repeating itself?: Here is Jonah Peretti’s recent memo to the BuzzFeed staff. What’s the matter with white dudes? Jim Newell wants to know. Is sex work (specifically, prostitution) vulnerable to technological unemployment?: John Danaher on sex work, technological unemployment and the basic income guarantee. The preface to A World without Why by Raymond Geuss. Max Read on America's 99 problems, ranked.