“The nation’s children and grandchildren are on the frontlines in a fight for long-overdue change in racial justice.” William Frey explains why the recent activism of America’s young, diverse millennial and Gen Z generations is a pivotal moment not just for them, but the country as a whole.

With Israeli democracy already weakened by political crisis, legislative dysfunction, and an ongoing campaign against the judicial system, surveillance tools pose a fundamental challenge to the long-term health of Israel’s democratic institutions. Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard explain Israel’s use of this technology to track the COVID-19 outbreak and the complications this might cause for the country’s future.

Though the military is withdrawing from Washington, D.C. after President Trump deployed units to patrol protests, they leave serious questions about the legal authority under which they were deployed in the first place. Scott Anderson, Emma Broches, Eric Halliday, and Julia Solomon-Strauss outline the extensive amount of authority the President has over the nation’s capital and limits on that authority.