The Signal (Page 45)

Jun. 09, 2021 | Michael Bluhm

The New Marauders

What’s behind recent ransomware attacks on critical U.S. industries? Dmitri Alperovitch on kingpins, safe havens, and large transactions.

10 minute read

Jun. 08, 2021 | David Kusnet & Graham Vyse

Men of the people

How is Joe Biden’s populist rhetoric competing with Donald Trump’s? David Kusnet on the war of words for the hearts and minds of working-class Americans.

9 minute read

Jun. 07, 2021 | Michael Bluhm

Never Thought I’d See You Here

How did far-right, centrist, leftist, and Arab parties form a new governing coalition in Israel? Hussein Ibish on political calculations, patronage, and a post-Netanyahu Israel.

12 minute read

Jun. 03, 2021 | Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Reservations

Is America going through a sexual counterrevolution? Default Friend on an emerging aversion to “sex positivity.”

7 minute read

Jun. 01, 2021 | Graham Vyse

‘Twitter Is the Consensus’

How does the popular social-media platform shape American journalism? Yair Rosenberg on gatekeeping and groupthink in the news business.

13 minute read

May. 31, 2021 | Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Power and Glory

Does religion now belong to the right in U.S. politics? Matthew Sitman on Joe Biden’s Catholicism and the broad potential of religious tradition in American democracy.

11 minute read

May. 28, 2021 | Michael Bluhm

This Is Now

Why did deadly conflict suddenly break out again in Israel and Gaza this month? Natan Sachs on the complex connections among evictions, elections, rockets, and tunnels.

14 minute read

May. 27, 2021 | Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Plain Folks

How can the U.S. middle class be shrinking if almost everyone thinks they’re middle class? Musa al-Gharbi on why a lack of social and economic awareness helps drive inequality in America.