With their government's and military's support, vigilante Israeli settlers are using terrorist tactics to expel thousands of Palestinians from key villages and swaths of land, in order to thwart any prospect that Palestinians could create their own nation there. Dror Etkes, a former Israeli soldier who got his “political education” invading Palestinian homes, describes the systematic strategy behind the campaign, its brutal impacts on Palestinian families he knows, and the dangerous implications for the future. Check out the brave and innovative research that Dror and his colleagues are doing under the umbrella of their organization, Kerem Navot.

While Trump derides America's closest ally and punishes them with zany tariffs, Canada can make the U.S. look like a backward country. Canadians don't have to pay a penny to get treated for serious illnesses and injuries. Their rate of gun violence is a fraction of America's. New mothers get a year of maternity leave, and it's subsidized. Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, has basically declared that nobody can trust America's leaders anymore. Surprisingly, the battles between the two countries more than 200 years ago might have predicted the rupture now: Did you know that Americans invaded what's-now Canada twice?

David Becker - who runs the nonpartisan Center for Election, Innovation and Research - says Trump is trying to sabotage free and fair elections, yes. But David says the election system is so decentralized, and the vast majority of election officials are so principled, and judges have been so consistent rejecting Trump's illegal efforts to meddle, that your vote will matter as always. For the record though, let's remember some of what Trump and his minions have been doing: His Justice Department is suing states to get their voter rolls. Trump's FBI has raided election centers, and might show up at them on election day. Trump's allies have installed election deniers on state voting boards. Trump supporters have floated a draft plan for him to declare a national emergency before the elections and seize control. But David says don't let that scare you: Vote!