09
Dec
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
2 min read
Gustav Jönsson
Gustav Jönsson is an associate editor with The Signal.
05
Dec
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
1 min read
05
Dec
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.
11 min read
02
Dec
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
1 min read
27
Nov
Note: ‘The Fundamentals of Campaign Finance in the U.S.’
5 W Main: The Fundamentals of Campaign Finance in the U.S. In 15 weeks of the American presidential race,
1 min read
26
Nov
Note: ‘These groups are mystical creations’
‘These groups are mystical creations.’ Donald Trump won the recent U.S. presidential election with a greater share of non-white
1 min read
26
Nov
Racecraft
What does it mean that more non-white Americans voted for Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. presidential election than in the previous two? Adolph Reed on the limits of identity politics.
9 min read
18
Nov
Note: ‘The Tribe’
5 W Main: The Tribe. Days after the U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump commented that his former secretary of
1 min read
14
Nov
Note: ‘It’s coming from inside the house’
‘It’s coming from inside the house.’ Last summer, the Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first ever franchise to earn
1 min read
14
Nov
In theaters now
Why are studios releasing so few original new films? Andrew deWaard on how movie franchises have conquered Hollywood.
9 min read