The Signal (Page 18)

May. 24, 2022 | Monika Richter & Graham Vyse

Matters of Fact

Why did the U.S. government’s “disinformation czar” resign? Monika Richter on a strange saga of executive missteps and hyper-polarized reactions.

13 minute read

May. 20, 2022 | Michael Bluhm & Alvin Camba

Family Legend

How did the son of the notoriously corrupt dictator Ferdinand Marcos win the Philippines’ presidential election in a landslide? Alvin Camba on anti-elite anger, disinformation, and rewritten history.

9 minute read

May. 19, 2022 | Susan Colbourn & Graham Vyse

Borderlands

What’s at stake in Finland and Sweden joining NATO? Susan Colbourn on how the war in Ukraine has reset security calculations in Europe.

10 minute read

May. 17, 2022 | Michael Bluhm & Samantha Gross

Russian Roulette

What’s Vladimir Putin trying to accomplish by cutting off gas supplies to Europe? Samantha Gross on Moscow’s energy-blackmail scheme amid “the first global natural-gas crisis.”

13 minute read

May. 13, 2022 | Heather Barr & Graham Vyse

Erasure

How bad is the Taliban’s recent clampdown on women? Heather Barr on a new catastrophe for human rights in Afghanistan.

8 minute read

May. 12, 2022 | Michael Bluhm & Rachel Blum

Face of the Party

Is the U.S. Republican Party still unified behind Donald Trump? Rachel Blum on the challenge of interpreting new primary-election results and signs of change in elite opinion.

15 minute read

May. 10, 2022 | Graham Vyse & Joshua C. Wilson

Trigger Laws

How does the end of a right to abortion change the politics of the issue in the U.S.? Joshua C. Wilson on state legislatures, activist networks, and ambiguity in the American public.

11 minute read

May. 06, 2022 | Michael Bluhm & Philip Rocco

Laboratories of Democracy

Why are two opposing legal systems forming in the United States? Philip Rocco on how networks of Democratic and Republican activists are reshaping America at the state level.