Let’s stay on law for a bit longer. While White House staffing shakeups and decade-old sex-scandal allegations are lighting up TV screens, an important story is getting less attention: the work of ensuring that President Trump, a businessman turned politician, has kept those realms appropriately separate.

This next piece is about a strategic rebranding. Introducing religion into politics can squelch dissent and weaken democracy. The religious nationalism at play in Turkey not only helps President Erdoğan’s war effort in Syria, it also helps solidify his hold on power.

A new strain of teen activism appeared to emerge overnight after the Parkland, Fla., shooting. In fact, it had a running start. This story looks at the groundwork done by educators to nurture an informed and articulate generation.

That same self-awareness and global outlook have also been reshaping the time-honored “service trip.” It has become much more about selflessness than selfies. Six months after hurricane Maria, that shift is being welcomed in Puerto Rico.

Language is about so much more than words. In South Africa, Afrikaans has long been associated with the apartheid-era government and with persistent inequality. But for millions of nonwhite South Africans, it’s also the language of home and proud identity.

The Kremlin’s drive to split apart Western democracies has run into turbulence. The European Union said Friday that it not only backs Britain’s claim of Russia being behind the poisoning of a former spy, but also that most EU states plan to take action against Russia. This club of democracies is standing in solidarity against the attempted murder of civilians on EU soil with a military-grade nerve agent. Europe, in other words, will not allow itself to become like Syria’s chemical battleground. The bloc’s “unqualified” support is especially noteworthy because of its ongoing differences with Britain over the terms of that country’s exit from the Union. It is also surprising given that a few EU members tend to side with Russia on many issues. As more countries like Russia favor authoritarian rule, Europe may be waking up to the need to better embrace a rules-based international order and the democratic values that undergird it.