Despatch

Member’s despatch, Week XXI: Why’s a new book about former U.S. President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline getting so much attention? Germany’s first foreign military presence since WWII. & Looks like we’ve been evolving for longer than we thought. + Music from A.B. Quintanilla III. What is cumbia? &c.

Member’s despatch, Week XX: Why would Donald Trump accept a $400 million jetliner from the dictatorship in Qatar? A rebel group fighting for almost half a century disbands. & A rare copy of the Magna Carta has been hiding in plain sight. + Music from Cybotron. What is electro? &c.

Member’s despatch, Week XIX: ‘We have a pope.’ India, Pakistan, and all-out war. & Thinking about the beauty of art helps thinking abstractly. + Is Donald Trump making China more popular? How to have humane labor in an age of automated work? Music from Tenor Saw. What is dancehall reggae? &c.

Member’s despatch, Week XVIII: Ukraine and the U.S. make a deal. Things don’t look good between India and Pakistan. Canada’s ruling party keeps ruling. &c.

Member’s despatch, Week XVII: The U.S. talks peace as Russia presses war in Ukraine. The global trade-war era continues—in strange directions. & Border fighting between India and Pakistan follows a mass murder in Kashmir. &c.

Member’s despatch, Week XVI

Member’s despatch, Week XV

Member’s despatch, Week XIV

Member’s despatch, Week XIII

Member’s despatch, Week XII