19
Sep
Showing up
Who votes in America? Jan Leighley on what’s constant, what’s changing, what’s known, and what’s unknown about the U.S. electorate.
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Gustav Jönsson
Gustav Jönsson is an associate editor with The Signal.
16
Sep
Note: The resurgence of child poverty in America
The resurgence of child poverty in America. Last week, the United States Census Bureau published its latest accounting of the
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09
Sep
Note: ‘The Contest Over National Security’
5 W Main: The Contest Over National Security. In April 2023, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan gave a
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02
Sep
Note: ‘Putin’s War on Ukraine’
5 W Main: Putin’s War on Ukraine. On August 6, when Ukraine launched its incursion into the Kursk region,
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29
Aug
Note: The rise and fall of violent crime in America
The rise and fall of violent crime in America. What goes up doesn’t always come down. In the 1960s,
29
Aug
Shadows and fog
Why is violent crime down in the U.S.? Tracey Meares on what’s happening, what Americans think is happening, and how much anyone actually knows about it at all.
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26
Aug
Note: The paranoid style in American politics (2024)
The paranoid style in American politics (2024). Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the U.S. presidential race last
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23
Aug
‘The Sentinel State’
The Sentinel State. Chinese society has undergone radical, at times tumultuous, change since Mao Zedong established the communist People’s
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19
Aug
Note: Politics and the English language: a ‘coup’
Politics and the English language: a ‘coup.’ After it became clear that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris would replace
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15
Aug
Note: U.S. intelligence—what they don’t tell you
U.S. intelligence—what they don’t tell you. Recently, a U.S. court unsealed new FBI documents supporting longstanding
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