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07
Aug

Note: Inherent vice

Inherent vice. Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for this November’s U.S. presidential election, has chosen Minnesota’s
1 min read
06
Aug

Note: Leaving it all behind

Leaving it all behind. Every day now, immigration seems to be in the news across Europe and the U.S.
06
Aug
The great migration

The great migration

Why is global population movement at a record high? Rebecca Hamlin on the reasons why so many millions are now uprooting their lives every year.
9 min read
06
Aug

Note: ‘Seven Steps to Heaven’

111 MHz: ‘Seven Steps to Heaven.’ As long as it’s so hot, how about some sizzling Miles Davis—from
05
Aug

Note: Downfall in Dhaka

Downfall in Dhaka. On August 5, the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned and fled to India after weeks
1 min read
01
Aug

Note: People’s Republic behaving badly

People’s Republic behaving badly. On June 17, Chinese coast guard ships rammed and boarded Philippine navy vessels, confiscating and
2 min read
01
Aug

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
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
1 min read
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
1 min read
30
Jul
Shelter storm

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.
7 min read