Mother of exiles
A year after record increases in American homelessness, it’s now gone up even more—why? Dennis Culhane on the immigration crisis playing out in U.S. cities.
Note: Sudan’s Unfinished Democracy
5 W Main: Sudan’s Unfinished Democracy. In December, the Famine Review Committee of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
Note: Winter has come in the Islamic Republic
Winter has come in the Islamic Republic. Iran is facing a major power outage in the middle of a cold
Note: Bandits
Why is Europe falling so far behind the U.S.? Martin Wolf on their split histories of investment, innovation, and confidence.
Note: Reputational hazards
Reputational hazards. Back in 2019, when I lived in Hong Kong, the police began ordering financial institutions to freeze the
Dear customer
Have banks really started closing people’s accounts because of their political views? Victoria Barnes on the dynamics of debanking.
Note: ‘Assad or We Burn the Country’
5 W Main: Assad or We Burn the Country. Damascus has fallen. Bashar al-Assad has fled Syria. Within the space
Note: ‘We’re going to be in a new world’
‘We’re going to be in a new world.’ The combined military budget of the United States is now nearly
Mutually assured
Why is the United States building up so much military capability? Adam Tooze on how America’s great-power rivalries with China and Russia are transforming U.S. priorities.
Note: ‘The Presidential Pardon Power’
5 W Main: The Presidential Pardon Power. On Sunday, December 1, U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter
