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Note: Weather report: Brooklyn
Weather report: Brooklyn, U.S.A. It’s high-summer New York City, regularly in the mid-30s C (mid-90s F)—and
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30
Jul
Note: Follow the bitcoin
Follow the bitcoin. Of everything Donald Trump could have been doing this past weekend, the former U.S. president and
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30
Jul
Note: How can you keep on moving
How can you keep on moving. It’s hard to read the news without reading something about a crisis; it
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30
Jul
Shelter storm
Why the record number of homeless people in the U.S. last year? Dennis Culhane on the reasons in and out of plain sight.
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25
Jul
Note: Two concepts of populism
Two concepts of populism. With U.S. President Joe Biden announcing he won’t seek reelection in November, the American
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16
Jul
Great expectations
Why did South Africa’s post-apartheid leadership finally lose its majority? Hussein Solomon on the problems of turning a liberation movement into a governing party.
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09
Jul
Note: The bill comes due
The bill comes due. Voters in the United Kingdom gave the Labour Party an enormous victory in general elections on
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09
Jul
Reasonable doubt
Has the U.S. legal system been politically captured? Christopher W. Schmidt on the conflict over the country’s Supreme Court, allegations about the prosecution of Donald Trump, and the fragmentation of America’s institutions.
11 min read
25
Jun
Note: Trade War II
Trade War II. China’s Commerce Ministry announced this week that the People’s Republic and the European Union have
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25
Jun
Strange multitude
Who controls the U.S. Democratic Party? David A. Hopkins on its old guard, new left, and the challenge of winning elections with such a diverse set of forces and factions.
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